What does ἔγκλημα (énklēma) mean in the Bible?
ἔγκλημα (énklēma): A formal charge or accusation brought before judicial authority, not mere complaint
Greek · G1462
ἔγκλημα
Accusation
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ἔγκλημα G1462
Pronunciation énklēma
What does ἔγκλημα (énklēma) mean in the Bible?
ἔγκλημα (énklēma): A formal charge or accusation brought before judicial authority, not mere complaint
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1462?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include charge (1), charges (1).
Where does ἔγκλημα (énklēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 23:29. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It charge 1× Acts 23:29
charges 1× Acts 25:16
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 23:29
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
Acts 2
Source forms
ἔγκλημα 1x enklēma Acts 23:29
ἐγκλήματος 1x enklēmatos Acts 25:16
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular 1x Acts 23:29
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular 1x Acts 25:16
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A formal charge or accusation brought before judicial authority, not mere complaint
Strong's G1462
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
accusation
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 23:29 Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἔγκλημα egklhma
an accusation, charge
Read verse Acts 25:16 Noun Genitive Singular Neuter
ἐγκλήματος. egklhmatov
an accusation, charge
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Acts 25:16 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Acts 23:29 1×
Word Origins
ἔγκλημα is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain