What does προαιτιάομαι (proaitiáomai) mean in the Bible?
προαιτιάομαι (proaitiáomai) is a Greek word meaning "to accuse".
Greek · G4256
προαιτιάομαι
To accuse
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προαιτιάομαι G4256
Pronunciation proaitiáomai
What does προαιτιάομαι (proaitiáomai) mean in the Bible?
προαιτιάομαι (proaitiáomai) is a Greek word meaning "to accuse".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4256?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include we have already made the charge (1).
Where does προαιτιάομαι (proaitiáomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 3:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (1).
Are there verse guides for προαιτιάομαι (proaitiáomai)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 we have already made the charge 1× Romans 3:9
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Usage map
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First aligned row Romans 3:9
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Romans 1
Source forms
προῃτιασάμεθα 1x proētiasametha Romans 3:9
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 1st Person Plural 1x Romans 3:9
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to accuse
Source Gloss
to accuse
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
to accuse or charge beforehand: Rom.3:9 (not elsewhere) .
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
prohtiasameqa
I make a prior accusation
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 1 Tenses Aorist Voices Middle
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 1 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1
Voice
middle 1
Mood
indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
προαιτιάομαι is built from these roots:
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