Lexical Definition

‎κατηγορέω‎ katēgoréō (kat-ay-gor-eh'-o) to accuse ^G:V
from ‎κατήγορος‎

accuse, object.

• to be a plaintiff, i.e. to charge with some offence

Abbott-Smith

κατηγορέω, -ῶ (< κατά, ἀγορεύω), [in LXX: Da LXX 6:5*(6*), I Mac 7:6, 25, II Mac 4:47 10:13, 21, IV Mac 9:14*;]
to make accusation, accuse,
(a) in general: absol., Ro 2:15; c. gen. pers. (cl., WM, 254), Jo 5:45; irreg. c. acc. pers., Re 12:10;
(b) before a judge: absol., Ac 24:2, 19; c. gen. pers., Mt 12:10, Mk 3:2, Lk 6:7 11:54 (WH, txt., R, om.), 23:2, 10, [6](/btb/interlinear/43%20-%20John/8/John.8.6.html)], Ac 25:5 28:19; id. c. acc. rei (cl., but v. WM, 254), Mk 15:3, 4; c. gen. rei (Dem.), Ac 24:8 25:11; seq. περί, c. gen. rei (Thuc., viii, 85), Ac 24:13; c. acc. rei, seq. κατά c. gen. pers. (WM, § 28, 1), Lk 23:14. Pass. (Bl., § 54, 3), seq. ὑπό c. gen., Mt 27:12, Ac 22:30; ὁ κατηγορούμενος, Ac 25:16.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κατηγορέω-έω,

speak against, especially before judges, accuse, opposed to ἀπολογέομαι, with genitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὸς πρὸς τὴν πόλιν denounce him publicly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατηγόρεις [αὐτῶν] ὡς λέγοιεν you accused them of saying, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τινὸς ὅτι[κατηγορέωεῖς [prev. author] 18.266, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.4. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 κ. τί τινος bring as a charge against a person, accuse him of it, δείν᾽ ἔπη μου [κατηγορέωεῖ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.294; κ. τι κατά τινος 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “pro Euxenippo” 23; τινὸς περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.110, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.85 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, κ. τινὸς παθεῖν τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 with accusative of things only, allege in accusation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be brought as an accusation against, κατηγορέωεῖτο τοὐπίκλημα τοῦτό μο; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ πρῶτά μου ψευδῆ -ημένα the first false charges brought against me, [κατηγορέωεῖται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.136: \_impersonal\_, followed by ">Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive, σφέων.. κατηγόρητο μηδίζειν a charge had been brought against them that.., [κατηγορέωεῖτό τινος ὡς βαρβαρίζοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.35 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατηγορέωουμένου δ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὅτι.. a charge being brought against him, that.., [Refs]
__3.b rarely in passive, of the person, to be accused, οἱ κατηγορέωούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 absolutely, to be an accuser, appear as prosecutor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II signify, indicate, prove, c.accusative of things, [τὸ νεαρὸν] κ. τὴν ὀλιγοετίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; display, οἱ πολλὴν -οῦντες ἀπειροκαλίαν [κατηγορέωεῖ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 271, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 690, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 907, etc.; ὠκύτητα κ. τοῦ κυνός 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.26. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 followed by relative, declare, assert, αὐτὸ κατηγορέωέει τὸ οὔνομα ὡς ἔστι Ἑλληνικόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, make a definite assertion, [Refs]
__III in Logic, predicate of a person or thing, τί τινος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κυρίως, καταχρηστικῶς κ., [Refs 1st c.BC+]: —more frequently in passive, to be predicated of.., τινος [κατηγορέωούμενον">Refs 4th c.BC+] the predicate, opposed to τὸ ὑποκείμενον (the subject), [Refs]; κατηγορέωεῖν καὶ -εῖσθαι to be subject and predicate, [Refs]
__III.2 affirm, opposed to ἀπαρνέομαι, [Refs] adverb κατηγορέωουμένως categorically, roundly, [Refs 1st c.BC+]