To accuse
κατηγορέωStrong’s G2723katēgoreō
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katēgoreō is the Greek word usually translated “accusing”, “accuse” and “may accuse”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.”
Meaning
Usually translated “accusing”, “accuse” and “may accuse”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- accusing 4
- to accuse 4
- they may accuse 3
- they accuse 2
- accuse 2
- were accusing 1
- accusation you are bringing 1
- will accuse 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 9
- Luke 5
- Mark 3
- Matthew 2
- John 2
- Romans 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 27:12And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
- Mark 3:2And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
- Mark 15:3And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
- Mark 15:4And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
- Luke 6:7And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
- Luke 11:54Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
Greek dictionary
κατηγορέω katēgoreō · to accuse
κατηγορέω, -ῶ (κατά, ἀγορεύω), [in LXX: Dan LXX 6:5, (9), 1Ma.7:6 1Mac 7:25, 2Ma.4:47 2Mac 10:13 2Mac 10:21, 4Ma.9:14 * ;] to make accusation, accuse, (a) in general: absol., Rom.2:15; with genitive of person(s) (cl., WM, 254), Jhn.5:45; irreg. with accusative of person(s), Rev.12:10; …
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.