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Lexicon :: Strong's G2723 - katēgoreō

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κατηγορέω
Transliteration
katēgoreō (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ay-gor-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:637,422

Strong’s Definitions

κατηγορέω katēgoréō, kat-ay-gor-eh'-o; from G2725; to be a plaintiff, i.e. to charge with some offence:—accuse, object.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's G2723 in the following manner: accuse (21x), object (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's G2723 in the following manner: accuse (21x), object (1x).

  1. to accuse

    1. before a judge: to make an accusation

    2. of an extra-judicial accusation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κατηγορέω katēgoréō, kat-ay-gor-eh'-o; from G2725; to be a plaintiff, i.e. to charge with some offence:—accuse, object.
STRONGS G2723:
κατηγορέω, κατηγόρω; imperfect κατηγόρουν; future κατηγορήσω; 1 aorist κατηγόρησα; present passive κατηγοροῦμαι; (κατά and ἀγορεύω, properly, to speak against (cf. κατά, III. 7) in court, in the assembly of the people), to accuse;
a. before a judge: absolutely (to make accusation), Acts 24:2, 19; τίνος, to accuse one, Matthew 12:10; Mark 3:2; Luke 6:7 T Tr text WH; Luke 11:54 R L Tr brackets; Luke 23:2, 10; John 8:6; Acts 25:5; Acts 28:19; with the addition of a genitive of the thing of which one is accused (as Demosthenes 515 at the end): Acts 24:8; Acts 25:11 (unless it be thought preferable to regard the relative in these instances as in the genitive by attraction (so Buttmann, § 132, 16 at the end), since the common construction in Greek authors is κατηγόρουν τί τίνος, cf. Matthiae, § 370 Anm. 2, p. 849f, and § 378, p. 859; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 9a.); τίνος περί τίνος, Acts 24:13 (Thucydides 8, 85; Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 2); with the genitive of person and accusative of the thing, Mark 15:3 (unless πολλά should be taken adverbially: much, vehemently); πόσα, Mark 15:4 L T Tr WH (Euripides, Or. 28); followed by κατά with the genitive of person, Luke 23:14 (Xenophon, Hell. 1, 7, 9 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 28, 1; p. 431 (402); Buttmann, § 132, 16)); passive to be accused (as 2 Macc. 10:13; Xenophon, Hell. 3, 5, 25; cf. Buttmann, § 134, 4): ὑπό τίνος, Matthew 27:12; Acts 22:30 L T Tr WH for Rec. παρά (τό τί κτλ., why (A. V. wherefore) he was accused; unless it is to be explained, what accusation was brought forward etc.); ὁ κατηγορούμενος, Acts 25:16.
b. of an extra-judicial accusation (Xenophon, mem. 1, 3, 4): absolutely, Romans 2:15; τίνος, John 5:45 (cf. Buttmann, 295 (254)); Revelation 12:10 R G Tr: solecistically τινα, Revelation 12:10 L T WH (cf. Buttmann, § 132, 16).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
12:10; 27:12
Mark
3:2; 15:3; 15:4
Luke
6:7; 11:54; 23:2; 23:10; 23:14
John
5:45; 8:6
Acts
22:30; 24:2; 24:8; 24:13; 24:19; 25:5; 25:11; 25:16; 28:19
Romans
2:15
Revelation
12:10; 12:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2723 matches the Greek κατηγορέω (katēgoreō),
which occurs 22 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:10 - et ecce homo manum habens aridam et interrogabant eum dicentes si licet sabbatis curare ut accusarent eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:12 - et cum accusaretur a principibus sacerdotum et senioribus nihil respondit

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:2 - et observabant eum si sabbatis curaret ut accusarent illum

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:3 - et accusabant eum summi sacerdotes in multis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:54 - insidiantes et quaerentes capere aliquid ex ore eius ut accusarent eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:2 - coeperunt autem accusare illum dicentes hunc invenimus subvertentem gentem nostram et prohibentem tributa dari Caesari et dicentem se Christum regem esse

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:10 - stabant etiam principes sacerdotum et scribae constanter accusantes eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:14 - dixit ad illos obtulistis mihi hunc hominem quasi avertentem populum et ecce ego coram vobis interrogans nullam causam inveni in homine isto ex his in quibus eum accusatis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:45 - nolite putare quia ego accusaturus sim vos apud Patrem est qui accuset vos Moses in quo vos speratis

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:6 - haec autem dicebant temptantes eum ut possent accusare eum Iesus autem inclinans se deorsum digito scribebat in terra

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - postera autem die volens scire diligentius qua ex causa accusaretur a Iudaeis solvit eum et iussit sacerdotes convenire et omne concilium et producens Paulum statuit inter illos

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:2 - et citato Paulo coepit accusare Tertullus dicens cum in multa pace agamus per te et multa corrigantur per tuam providentiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:8 - a quo poteris ipse iudicans de omnibus istis cognoscere de quibus nos accusamus eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:13 - neque probare possunt tibi de quibus nunc accusant me

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:19 - quidam autem ex Asia Iudaei quos oportebat apud te praesto esse et accusare si quid haberent adversum me

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:5 - qui ergo in vobis ait potentes sunt descendentes simul si quod est in viro crimen accusent eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:11 - si enim nocui aut dignum morte aliquid feci non recuso mori si vero nihil est eorum quae hii accusant me nemo potest me illis donare Caesarem appello

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - ad quos respondi quia non est consuetudo Romanis donare aliquem hominem priusquam is qui accusatur praesentes habeat accusatores locumque defendendi accipiat ad abluenda crimina

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:19 - contradicentibus autem Iudaeis coactus sum appellare Caesarem non quasi gentem meam habens aliquid accusare

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:15 - qui ostendunt opus legis scriptum in cordibus suis testimonium reddente illis conscientia ipsorum et inter se invicem cogitationum accusantium aut etiam defendentium

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:10 - et audivi vocem magnam in caelo dicentem nunc facta est salus et virtus et regnum Dei nostri et potestas Christi eius quia proiectus est accusator fratrum nostrorum qui accusabat illos ante conspectum Dei nostri die ac nocte
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