What does κατήγορος (katḗgoros) mean in the Bible?
κατήγορος (katḗgoros): One who brings formal accusation in court; accuser in judicial proceedings, not mere critic.
Greek · G2725
κατήγορος
Accuser
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κατήγοροςG2725
Pronunciationkatḗgoros
What does κατήγορος (katḗgoros) mean in the Bible?
κατήγορος (katḗgoros): One who brings formal accusation in court; accuser in judicial proceedings, not mere critic.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2725?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include accusers (5), accuser (1).
Where does κατήγορος (katḗgoros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 8:10. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), John (1), Revelation (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itaccusers5×John 8:10, Acts 23:30, Acts 23:35, Acts 25:16
accuser1×Revelation 12:10
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John 8:10κατήγοροίtoaccusersNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralActs 23:30κατηγόροιςtoaccusersNoun - Dative Masculine PluralActs 23:35κατήγοροίtoaccusersNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralActs 25:16κατηγόρουςtoaccusersNoun - Accusative Masculine PluralActs 25:18κατήγοροιtoaccusersNoun - Nominative Masculine PluralRevelation 12:10κατήγωρtoaccuserNoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowJohn 8:10
Aligned rows6
Books represented3
John1Acts4Revelation1
Source forms
κατήγοροί2xkatēgoroiJohn 8:10, Acts 23:35
κατήγοροι1xkatēgoroiActs 25:18
κατηγόροις1xkatēgoroisActs 23:30
κατηγόρους1xkatēgorousActs 25:16
κατήγωρ1xkatēgōrRevelation 12:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural3xJohn 8:10, Acts 23:35, Acts 25:18
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xActs 25:16
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xActs 23:30
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 12:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who brings formal accusation in court; accuser in judicial proceedings, not mere critic.
Strong'sG2725
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances7 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkActs 23:23-35Source Gloss
accuser
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 8:10Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κατήγοροίkathgoroi
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verseActs 23:30Noun Dative Plural Masculine
κατηγόροιςkathgoroiv
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verseActs 23:35Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κατήγοροίkathgoroi
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verseActs 24:8Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κατηγόρουςkathgorouv
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verseActs 25:16Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κατηγόρους,kathgorouv
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verseActs 25:18Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κατήγοροιkathgoroi
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verseRevelation 12:10Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κατήγοροςkathgorov
a prosecutor, accuser
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 3 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 patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternNominative (2)Number patternPlural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · MasculineActs 23:35 · Acts 25:182×
Dative · Plural · MasculineActs 23:301×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineActs 25:161×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
Those bringing formal charges.
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
κατήγορος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Introduces the next phase of legal confrontation.Acts 23:23-35