G1458: ἐγκαλέω
enkaléō · “to accuse”
Definition
to call in (as a debt or demand), i.e. bring to account (charge, criminate, etc.)
KJV translates it as: accuse, call in question, implead, lay to the charge
Extended definition
[in LXX for אמר, etc.; with dative, Zec.1:4 (קָרָא אֶל), Wis.12:12, Sir.46:19 ;]
1. to call in, demand.
2. to bring a charge against, accuse: with dative of person(s) (as in cl.), Act.19:38 23:28; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Rom.8:33. Pass., to be accused: with genitive of thing(s); στάσεως, Act.19:40; ὦν (perh. by attraction = ἅ), Act.26:2; before περί, with genitive of thing(s), Act.23:29 26:7 (Cremer, 743).
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SYN.: αἰτιάομαι (which see), διαβάλλω, ἐπικαλέω, κατηγορέω.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1458 is translated
- being accused ×2
- i am accused ×2
- they should accuse ×1
- they were accusing ×1
- will bring an accusation ×1
Bible verses with G1458 (enkaléō)
Enkaléō appears in 7 verses.
- Acts 19:38
Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
- Acts 19:40
For we are in danger to be called in question for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
- Acts 23:28
And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
- Acts 23:29
Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
- Acts 26:2
I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
- Acts 26:7
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
- Romans 8:33
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.