ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΙΣ, κατηγοροις
KATĒGOROIS, katēgorois
Sounds Like: kah-tay-GO-roys
Translations: to accusers, for accusers, accusers
From the root: ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who bring charges or accusations against someone. It is a compound word formed from the preposition κατά (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ἀγορεύω (agoreuō), meaning 'to speak in the assembly' or 'to speak publicly'. Thus, it literally means 'one who speaks against' someone in a public setting, typically a court or assembly.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2725 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 23:30
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 5:86
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 6:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 23:30
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΣ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΙ — accusers, the accusers
- ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΝ — accuser, an accuser
- ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΣ — accuser, a accuser, prosecutor
- ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΟΥΣ — accusers, a prosecutor, prosecutors, those who accuse
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