noun · masculine

katēgōros

Greekκατήγωρ (katēgōr)

Strong’sG2725

a prosecutor, accuser

stem katēgōr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

accuser1×

What it means

† κατήγωρ, ὁ (Aram. קָטִיגוֺר; Dalman, Gr., 185; but v. Deiss., LAE, 90 f.),

= κατήγορος, an accuser: Re 12:10.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2725 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-ay'-gor-os

against one in the assembly, i.e. a complainant at law; specially, Satan

Fromfrom G2596 and G58;

King Jamesaccuser.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	katēgōros1×κατήγωρ	katēgōrois
object accusative	katēgōron	katēgōroin
direct address vocative	katēgōror	katēgōroir
of, belonging to genitive	katēgōrou	katēgōroiu
to, for dative	katēgōro	katēgōroi

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

katēgōrstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

katēgōro 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

katēgōros“accuser”subjectnominative singular1×

Revelation 12:10“accuser”Kai akouama fōnan megan en to ourano legarōtan; Arti gineta tas sōtērēas kai tas dunamias kai tas basileias tou theou nu kai tas exousias tou christou autou, hoti ballita tos katēgōros toiu adelfoiu nu, tos katēgorarōtos autoin enōpion tou theou nu hēmerau kai nuxau.And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down — he who accuses them day and night before our God.