κατηγορέω
katēgoreō
to accuse
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredBased on the provided data, the Greek word κατηγορέω (katēgoreō) is defined as "to accuse." Its occurrence in the Bible, at 24 instances, indicates that it carries some significance within the narrative. The meaning of "to accuse" suggests that this word is often used to describe actions or situations where blame is being assigned, whether justified or not. This could encompass a wide range of scenarios, from formal complaints to informal gossip. In terms of range of usage, it is not possible to determine its context or nuances with the information provided. However, the frequency of occurrence (24 instances) suggests that it plays a notable role in the biblical narrative.
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Occurrences in Scripture
24 total occurrences across the text
And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day?” that they might accuse him.
Matthew 27:12When he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
Mark 3:2They watched him, whether he would heal him on the Sabbath day, that they might accuse him.
Mark 15:3The chief priests accused him of many things.
Mark 15:4Pilate again asked him, “Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!”
Luke 6:7The scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find an accusation against him.
Luke 11:54lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
Luke 23:2They began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
Luke 23:10The chief priests and the scribes stood, vehemently accusing him.
Luke 23:14and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
John 5:45“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
John 5:45“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
John 8:6They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
Acts 22:30But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Acts 24:2When he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, “Seeing that by you we enjoy much peace, and that prosperity is coming to this nation by your foresight,
Acts 24:8By examining him yourself you may ascertain all these things of which we accuse him.”
Acts 24:13Nor can they prove to you the things of which they now accuse me.
Acts 24:19They ought to have been here before you, and to make accusation, if they had anything against me.
Acts 25:5“Let them therefore”, he said, “that are in power among you go down with me, and if there is anything wrong in the man, let them accuse him.”
Acts 25:11For if I have done wrong and have committed anything worthy of death, I don’t refuse to die; but if none of those things is true that they accuse me of, no one can give me up to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
Acts 25:16I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to give up any man to destruction before the accused has met the accusers face to face and has had opportunity to make his defense concerning the matter laid against him.
Acts 28:19But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar, not that I had anything about which to accuse my nation.
Romans 2:15in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)
Revelation 12:10I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, the power, and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ has come; for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night.