ἘΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΑ, ἐγκληματα
EGKLĒMATA, egklēmata
Sounds Like: ENG-klee-mah-tah
Translations: accusation, charge, complaint, crime, offense
From the root: ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an accusation, charge, or complaint, often in a legal or formal context. It can also denote a crime or an offense. It is typically used when someone is being formally accused of wrongdoing or when a specific act is identified as a transgression.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1458 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 2:3
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΓΚΛΗΜΑ — accusation, a charge, a complaint, a crime, charge, complaint, crime
- ἘΓΚΛΗΜΑΣΙΝ — accusations, charges, complaints
- ἘΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ — of accusation, of charge, of complaint, of crime, of offense
- ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑ — charge, accusation, crime, a crime
- ΕΓΚΛΗΜΑΤΟΣ — (of) accusation, (of) charge, (of) crime, (of) complaint
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