Strong's Greek · G2725

κατήγορος

katḗgoros

accuser

Definition

against one in the assembly, i.e. a complainant at law; specially, Satan

Derivation

from G2596 (κατά) and G58 (ἀγορά);

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Acts 25:18

But when his accusers rose to speak, they did not charge him with any of the crimes I had expected.

Revelation 12:10

And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down—he who accuses them day and night before our God.

Acts 23:30

When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.

Acts 25:16

I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand a man over before he has had an opportunity to face his accusers and defend himself against their charges.

John 8:10

Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”

Acts 23:35

he said, “I will hear your case when your accusers arrive.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s Praetorium.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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