Strong's 2723: κατηγορέω
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; R L Tr brackets; ; 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). [SYNONYMS: αἰτίασθαι, διαβάλλειν, ἐγκάλειν, ἐπικάλειν, κατηγορεῖν: αἰτίασθαι to accuse with primary reference to the ground of accusation (αἰτία), the crime; κατηγορεῖν to accuse formally and before a tribunal bring a charge against (κατά suggestive of animosity) publicly; ἐγκάλειν, to accuse with publicity (καλεῖν), but not necessarily formally or before a tribunal; ἐπικάλειν 'to cry out upon' suggestive of publicity and hostility; διαβάλλειν, properly, to make a verbal assault which reaches its goal (διά); in distinction from the words which allude to authorship (αἰτιάομαι), to judicial procedure (κατηγορέω), or to open averment (ἐγκαλέω, ἐπικαλέω), διαβάλλω expresses the giving currency to a damaging insinuation. διάβολος a secret and calumnious, in distinction from κατήγορος an open and formal, accuser. Schmidt, chapter 5.]
Strong's Greek: 2723. κατηγορέω (katégoreó) — 23 Occurrences
Matthew 12:10 - V-ASA-3P
GRK: θεραπεῦσαι ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ
NAS: so that they might accuse Him.
KJV: that they might accuse him.
INT: to heal that they might accuse him
Matthew 27:12 - V-PNM/P
GRK: ἐν τῷ κατηγορεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ
NAS: And while He was being accused by the chief priests
KJV: he was accused of
INT: in the [time when] was accused he by
Mark 3:2 - V-ASA-3P
GRK: αὐτόν ἵνα κατηγορήσωσιν αὐτοῦ
NAS: so that they might accuse Him.
KJV: that they might accuse him.
INT: him in order that they might accuse him
Mark 15:3 - V-IIA-3P
GRK: καὶ κατηγόρουν αὐτοῦ οἱ
NAS: The chief priests [began] to accuse Him harshly.
KJV: the chief priests accused him
INT: And were accusing him the
Mark 15:4 - V-PIA-3P
GRK: πόσα σου κατηγοροῦσιν
NAS: how many charges they bring against You!
INT: of how many things you they witness against
Luke 6:7 - V-PNA
GRK: ἵνα εὕρωσιν κατηγορεῖν αὐτοῦ
NAS: that they might find [reason] to accuse Him.
INT: that they might find an accusation against him
Luke 23:2 - V-PNA
GRK: ἤρξαντο δὲ κατηγορεῖν αὐτοῦ λέγοντες
NAS: And they began to accuse Him, saying,
KJV: And they began to accuse him, saying,
INT: they began moreover to accuse him saying
Luke 23:10 - V-PPA-NMP
GRK: γραμματεῖς εὐτόνως κατηγοροῦντες αὐτοῦ
NAS: were standing there, accusing Him vehemently.
KJV: stood and vehemently accused him.
INT: scribes violently accusing him
Luke 23:14 - V-PIA-2P
GRK: αἴτιον ὧν κατηγορεῖτε κατ' αὐτοῦ
NAS: man regarding the charges which
KJV: whereof ye accuse him:
INT: faulty [as to the things] of which you bring accusation against him
John 5:45 - V-FIA-1S
GRK: ὅτι ἐγὼ κατηγορήσω ὑμῶν πρὸς
NAS: Do not think that I will accuse you before
KJV: that I will accuse you to
INT: that I will accuse you to
John 5:45 - V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἔστιν ὁ κατηγορῶν ὑμῶν Μωυσῆς
NAS: the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses,
KJV: there is [one] that accuseth you,
INT: there is [one] who accuses you Moses
John 8:6 - V-PNA
GRK: ἵνα ἔχωσιν κατηγορεῖν αὐτοῦ ὁ
NAS: that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus
KJV: they might have to accuse him.
INT: that they might have to accuse him
Acts 22:30 - V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: τὸ τί κατηγορεῖται ὑπὸ τῶν
NAS: why he had been accused by the Jews,
KJV: wherefore he was accused of
INT: the why he is accused by the
Acts 24:2 - V-PNA
GRK: αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο κατηγορεῖν ὁ Τέρτυλλος
NAS: began to accuse him, saying
KJV: began to accuse [him], saying,
INT: of him began to accuse [him] Tertullus
Acts 24:8 - V-PIA-1P
GRK: ὧν ἡμεῖς κατηγοροῦμεν αὐτοῦ
NAS: the things of which we accuse him.
KJV: whereof we accuse him.
INT: of which we accuse him
Acts 24:13 - V-PIA-3P
GRK: ὧν νυνὶ κατηγοροῦσίν μου
NAS: they now accuse me.
KJV: they now accuse me.
INT: [the things] of which now they accuse me
Acts 24:19 - V-PNA
GRK: παρεῖναι καὶ κατηγορεῖν εἴ τι
NAS: before you and to make accusation, if
KJV: thee, and object, if they had
INT: to appear and to accuse if anything
Acts 25:5 - V-PMA-3P
GRK: ἀνδρὶ ἄτοπον κατηγορείτωσαν αὐτοῦ
NAS: the man, let them prosecute him.
KJV: go down with [me], and accuse this
INT: man wrong let them accuse him
Acts 25:11 - V-PIA-3P
GRK: ὧν οὗτοι κατηγοροῦσίν μου οὐδείς
NAS: these men accuse me, no one
KJV: whereof these accuse me,
INT: of which they accuse me no one
Acts 25:16 - V-PPM/P-NMS
GRK: ἢ ὁ κατηγορούμενος κατὰ πρόσωπον
NAS: before the accused meets
KJV: that he which is accused have
INT: that the [one] being accused to face
Acts 28:19 - V-PNA
GRK: ἔχων τι κατηγορεῖν
NAS: any accusation against my nation.
KJV: my nation of.
INT: having anything to lay against
Romans 2:15 - V-PPA-GMP
GRK: τῶν λογισμῶν κατηγορούντων ἢ καὶ
NAS: alternately accusing or
KJV: [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or
INT: the thoughts accusing or also
Revelation 12:10 - V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ἡμῶν ὁ κατηγορῶν αὐτοὺς ἐνώπιον
NAS: has been thrown down, he who accuses them before
KJV: for the accuser of our
INT: of us who accuses them before
