noun · feminine
katēgorias
Greekκατηγορία (katēgoria)
Strong’sG2724
a charge, accusation
stem katēgori-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* κατηγορία, -ας, ἡ
(< κατήγορος),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2724 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkat-ay-gor-ee'-ah
a complaint ("category"), i.e. criminal charge
Fromfrom G2725;
King Jamesaccusation (X -ed).
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 | katēgorias | katēgoriais |
| object accusative | katēgorian2×κατηγορίαν | katēgoriain |
| direct address vocative | katēgoriar | katēgoriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | katēgoriau | katēgoriaiu |
| to, for dative | katēgoria1×κατηγορίᾳ | katēgoriai |
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
katēgoria 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
katēgorian“accusation”objectaccusative singular2×
John 18:29“accusation”exerchata oun tos Pilatos exō pros autoin kai fēatō; Tinan katēgorian feravō kata tou anthrōpou houtou?So Pilate went out to them and asked, “What accusation are you bringing against this man?”
1 Timothy 5:19“accusation”kata presbuterou katēgorian mē paradechesōr, ektos ei mē epi duo ē treis marturoiu;Do not entertain an accusation against an elder, except on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
katēgoria“accused”to, fordative singular1×
Titus 1:6“accused”ei tinos atō anenklētos, henau gunaikau anēros, tekneim echarōtos pisteim, mē en katēgoria asōtiau ē anupotakteim.An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.