noun · masculine
katēgoros
Strong’sG2725
a prosecutor, accuser
stem katēgor-5 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 10 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.
κατήγορος, -ου, ὁ,
[in LXX: Pr 18:17 (ריב), II Mac 4:5*;]
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
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
accuser, NT+5th c.BC+; δημόσιος κ. public prosecutor, Refs 3rd c.AD+; betrayer, φρονημάτων ἡ γλῶσσ᾽ ἀληθὴς γίγνεται κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; πνεῦμα ὧν κατήγορον,.. δρόμοις [ἡ φύσις] ἐκβιᾶται κατηγορέειν what the respiration reveals, Refs 5th c.BC+
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 nominative | katēgoros | katēgorois3×κατήγοροί |
| object accusative | katēgoron | katēgoroin1×κατηγόρους |
| direct address vocative | katēgoror | katēgoroir |
| of, belonging to genitive | katēgorou | katēgoroiu |
| to, for dative | katēgoro | katēgoroi1×κατηγόροις |
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
katēgoro 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
katēgorois“accusers”subjectnominative plural3×
John 8:10… legata auta, pou alō? ekeinois tois katēgorois su oudenos sin katakrinata?… and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”
Acts 23:35Diakouemi su, fēate, hotan kai tois katēgorois su parageneleia; keleuarantos en te praitōrie …… will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul …
Acts 25:18peri hou stēirantois tois katēgorois oudenan aitian ferale heiu mis huponoame …But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not …
katēgoroin“accusers”objectaccusative plural1×
Acts 25:16… tos katēgororōntos kata prosōpem echatoiō toin katēgoroin topon tē apologiau labatoia peri teu …… had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.
katēgoroi“accusers”to, fordative plural1×
Acts 23:30… pempama pros sin, parangelarantos kai toi katēgoroi legarō pros auton epi su.… at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him …