To accuse
προαιτιάομαιStrong’s G4256proaitiaomai
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Proaitiaomai is the Greek word usually translated “we have already charged”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;”
Meaning
Usually translated “we have already charged”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- we have already charged 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
προαιτιάομαι proaitiaomai · to accuse
προ-αιτιάομαι, -ῶμαι to accuse or charge beforehand: Rom.3:9 (not elsewhere) .† (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.