κατηγορέω katēgoreō

Greek word for “to accuse” · Strong’s G2723 · used 23 times in 22 verses

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Meaning

κατηγορέω, -ῶ; (κατά, ἀγορεύω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for katēgoreō in context, with how often each is used:

• accusing 6
• accuse 6
• may accuse 2
• accuse! 1
• accusation you are bringing 1
• will accuse 1
• accused 1
• make accusation 1
• should accuse 1
• can accuse 1
• being accused 1
• lay against 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 24 (4), Luke 23 (3), Acts 25 (3), Mark 15 (2), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 27 (1), Mark 3 (1), Luke 6 (1), John 5 (1), John 8 (1)

Forms

• κατηγορεῖν 6
• κατηγορήσωσιν 2
• κατηγορῶν 2
• κατηγοροῦσίν 2
• κατηγορεῖσθαι 1
• κατηγόρουν 1
• κατηγοροῦσιν 1
• κατηγοροῦντες 1
• κατηγορεῖτε 1
• κατηγορήσω 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with katēgoreō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• Καῖσαρ Kaisar “Caesar” 3
• εἰ ei “if” 6
• ἀρχιερεύς archiereus “high-priest” 4
• θεραπεύω therapeuō “to serve/heal” 3
• σάββατον sabbaton “Sabbath” 3
• παρατηρέω paratēreō “to observe” 2
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 4
• ἀνακρίνω anakrinō “to investigate” 2
• χαρίζω charizō “to give grace” 2
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 3
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 3
• ἐπικαλέω epikaleō “to call (on)/name” 2

Key verses

The verses using katēgoreō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 12:10 — 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.
• Matthew 27:12 — And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
• Mark 3:2 — And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
• Luke 6:7 — And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
• Luke 23:2 — And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cæsar, saying that he himself is Christ a…
• Luke 23:14 — Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in…
• John 5:45 — Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
• John 8:6 — This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
• Acts 25:11 — For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man…
• Acts 25:16 — To 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…
• Romans 2:15 — Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one…
• Revelation 12:10 — And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.