noun · neuter
enklēmem
Strong’sG1462
an accusation, charge
stem enklēm-2 times in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἔγκλημα -τος, τό
(< ἐγκαλέω),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1462 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saideng'-klay-mah
an accusation, i.e. offence alleged
Fromfrom G1458;
King Jamescrime laid against, laid to charge.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(ἐγκαλέω) accusation, charge, ἔ. τινι ἔχειν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐγκλήματα ἔχειν τινός, ={ἐγκαλεῖν τι}, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔ. ποιεῖν τι make a thing matter of complaint, Refs; ἐγκλήματα ποιεῖσθαι bring accusations, Refs; τὰ ἐ. τὰ ἔς τινας complaints respecting..,Refs 4th c.BC+; γίγνεται or ἐστὶ ἔγκλημά μοι πρός τινα I have ground of complaint respecting him, Refs 5th c.BC+; λύειν ἔ. clear away a charge, Refs 5th c.BC+
II in Law, written complaint: generally, of complaints which were to lead to private suits, ἔ. λαγχάνειν τινί file a complaint against.., Refs 4th c.BC+
III concrete, a standing reproach, τῆς τύχης καὶ τῶν θεῶν Refs
III.2 defect, Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | enklēmem | enklēmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | enklēmeu1×ἐγκλήματος | enklēmeiu |
| to, for dative | enklēme | enklēmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
enklēme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
enklēmeu“charge”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Acts 25:16“charge”… topon tē apologiau labatoia peri teu enklēmeu.… had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
enklēmem1×
Acts 23:29… de axiem thanatou ē desmoiu echarōnton enklēmem.… own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.