To accuse
ἐγκαλέωStrong’s G1458egkaleō
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Egkaleō is the Greek word usually translated “being accused”, “am accused” and “should accuse”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.”
Meaning
Usually translated “being accused”, “am accused” and “should accuse”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- being accused 2
- i am accused 2
- they should accuse 1
- they were accusing 1
- will bring an accusation 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 6
- Romans 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 19:40For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
- Acts 23:28And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
- Acts 23:29Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
- Acts 26:2I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
- Acts 26:7Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
- Romans 8:33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
Greek dictionary
ἐγκαλέω egkaleō · to accuse
ἐγκαλέω, -ῶ, [in LXX for אמר, etc.; with dative, Zec.1:4 (קָרָא אֶל), Wis.12:12, Sir.46:19 ;] 1. to call in, demand. 2. to bring a charge against, accuse: with dative of person(s) (as in cl.), Act.19:38 23:28; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Rom.8:33. Pass., to be accused: with genitive of thing(s); στάσεως, Act.19:40; ὦν (perh. by attraction = ἅ), Act.26:2; before περί, with genitive of thing(s), Act.23:29 26:7 (Cremer, 743). † SYN.: αἰτιάομαι (which see), διαβάλλω, ἐπικαλέω, κατηγορέω. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “accuse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ACCU'SE, verb transitive
[Latin accuso, to blame or accuse; ad and causor, to blame, or accuse; causa, blame, suit, or process, cause. See Cause.]
- To charge with, or declare to have committed a crime, either by plaint, or complaint, information, indictment, or impeachment; to charge with an offense against the laws, judicially or by a public process; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.
- To charge with a fault; to blame.“Their thoughts, in the meanwhile, accusing or excusing one another” Romans 2:15
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.