Accuser
κατήγοροςStrong’s G2725katēgoros
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Katēgoros is the Greek word usually translated “accusers”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?”
Meaning
Usually translated “accusers”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- accusers 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 5
- John 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 23:30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
- Acts 23:35I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.
- Acts 24:8Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
- Acts 25:16To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
- Acts 25:18Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
Greek dictionary
κατήγορος katēgoros · accuser
κατήγορος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Pro.18:17 (רִיב), 2Ma.4:5 * ;] an accuser: Act.23:30, 35 24:8 (WH, R, txt. om.) Act.25:16, 18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “accuser” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ACCU'SER, noun
One who accuses or blames; an officer who prefers an accusation against another for some offense, in the name of the government, before a tribunal that has cognizance of the offense.
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.