Accuse Accusation

Accuse Accusation

'''A — 1: αἰτία (Strong'S #156 — Noun Feminine — aitia — ahee-tee'-a )

probably has the primary meaning of "a cause, especially an occasion of something evil, hence a charge, an accusation." It is used in a forensic sense, of (a) an accusation,  Acts 25:18 (Rv, "charge"),   Acts 25:27; (b) a crime,  Matthew 27:37;  Mark 15:26;  John 18:38;  19:4,6;  Acts 13:28;  23:28;  28:18 . See Case , Cause , Charge , Crime , Fault.

'''A — 2: αἰτίαμα (Strong'S #157 — Noun Neuter — aitioma — ahee-tee'-am-ah )

"an accusation," expressing No. 1 more concretely, is found in  Acts 25:7 , Rv, "charges," for Av, "complaints." See Complaint.

'''A — 3: ἔγκλημα (Strong'S #1462 — Noun Neuter — enklema — eng'-klay-mah )

is "an accusation made in public," but not necessarily before a tribunal. That is the case in  Acts 23:29 , "laid to his charge." In  Acts 25:16 it signifies a matter of complaint; hence, the Rv has "the matter laid against him" (Av, "crime"). See Charge , Crime.

'''A — 4: κατηγορία (Strong'S #2724 — Noun Feminine — kategoria — kat-ay-gor-ee'-ah )

"an accusation," is found in  John 18:29;  1 Timothy 5:19;  Titus 1:6 , lit., "not under accusation." This and the verb kategoreo, "to accuse," and the noun kategoros, "an accuser" (see below), all have chiefly to do with judicial procedure, as distinct from diaballo, "to slander." It is derived from agora, "a place of public speaking," prefixed by kata, "against;" hence, it signifies a speaking against a person before a public tribunal. It is the opposite to apologia, "a defense."

 2 Peter 2:11 Jude 1:9

'''B — 1: διαβάλλω (Strong'S #1225 — Verb — diaballo — dee-ab-al'-lo )

used in  Luke 16:1 , in the Passive Voice, lit. signifies "to hurl across" (dia, "through," ballo, "to throw"), and suggests a verbal assault. It stresses the act rather than the author, as in the case of aitia and kategoria. Diabolos is connected.

'''B — 2: ἐγκαλέω (Strong'S #1458 — Verb — enkaleo — eng-kal-eh'-o )

see A, No. 3, "to bring a charge against, or to come forward as an accuser against," lit. denotes "to call in" (en, "in," kaleo, "to call"), i.e., "to call (something) in or against (someone);" hence, "to call to account, to accuse,"  Acts 19:38 , Rv (Av, "implead"); in  Acts 19:40 , "accused" (Av, "call in question"). It is used in four other places in the Acts, 23:28,29; 26:2,7, and elsewhere in  Romans 8:33 , "shall lay to the charge." See Call , Implead.

'''B — 3: ἐπηρεάζω (Strong'S #1908 — Verb — epereazo — ep-ay-reh-ad'-zo )

besides its more ordinary meaning, "to insult, treat abusively, despitefully,"  Luke 6:28 , has the forensic significance "to accuse falsely," and is used with this meaning in  1 Peter 3:16 , Rv, "revile." See Despitefully , Revile.

'''B — 4: κατηγορέω (Strong'S #2723 — Verb — kategoreo — kat-ay-gor-eh'-o )

"to speak against, accuse" (cp. A, No. 4), is used (a) in a general way, "to accuse," e.g.,  Luke 6:7 , Rv, "how to accuse;"  Romans 2:15;  Revelation 12:10; (b) before a judge, e.g.,  Matthew 12:10;  Mark 15:4 (Rv, "witness against");   Acts 22:30;  25:16 . In  Acts 24:19 , Rv renders it "make accusation," for the Av, "object." See Object , Witness.

'''B — 5: συκοφαντέω (Strong'S #4811 — Verb — sukophanteo — soo-kof-an-teh'-o )

(Eng., "sycophant") means (a) "to accuse wrongfully;"  Luke 3:14 (Av and Rv, margin); Rv, "exact wrongfully;" (b) "to exact money wrongfully, to take anything by false accusation,"   Luke 19:8 , and the Rv text of  Luke 3:14 . It is more frequently found in the Sept.; see  Genesis 43:18 , "to inform against;"  Leviticus 19:11 , "neither shall each falsely accuse his neighbor;"  Job 35:9 , "they that are oppressed by false accusation;"  Psalm 119:122 , "let not the proud accuse me falsely;"  Proverbs 14:31;  22:16 "he that oppresses the needy by false accusation."

Exact. Romans 3:9Charge.