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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κατήγορος G2725
Pronunciation katḗgoros
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 It accusers 5× John 8:10, Acts 23:30, Acts 23:35, Acts 25:16
accuser 1× Revelation 12:10
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John 8:10 κατήγοροί to accusers Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 23:30 κατηγόροις to accusers Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Acts 23:35 κατήγοροί to accusers Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 25:16 κατηγόρους to accusers Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Acts 25:18 κατήγοροι to accusers Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 12:10 κατήγωρ to accuser Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 8:10
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 3
John 1 Acts 4 Revelation 1
Source forms
κατήγοροί 2x katēgoroi John 8:10, Acts 23:35
κατήγοροι 1x katēgoroi Acts 25:18
κατηγόροις 1x katēgorois Acts 23:30
κατηγόρους 1x katēgorous Acts 25:16
κατήγωρ 1x katēgōr Revelation 12:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 3x John 8:10, Acts 23:35, Acts 25:18
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 25:16
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 23:30
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 12:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who brings formal accusation in court; accuser in judicial proceedings, not mere critic.
Strong's G2725
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Acts 23:23-35 Source Gloss
accuser
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 8:10 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κατήγοροί kathgoroi
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verse Acts 23:30 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
κατηγόροις kathgoroiv
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verse Acts 23:35 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κατήγοροί kathgoroi
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verse Acts 24:8 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κατηγόρους kathgorouv
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verse Acts 25:16 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
κατηγόρους, kathgorouv
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verse Acts 25:18 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κατήγοροι kathgoroi
a prosecutor, accuser
Read verse Revelation 12:10 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
κατήγορος kathgorov
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 patterns 3 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Plural (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Acts 23:35 · Acts 25:18 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Acts 23:30 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Acts 25:16 1×
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
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