ἐγκαλέω enkaléō
Meaning
to call in (as a debt or demand), i.e. bring to account (charge, criminate, etc.)
In the King James Version: accuse, call in question, implead, lay to the charge
Derivation: from G1722 (ἐν) and G2564 (καλέω);
Where it is used
- Acts 19:38 So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.
- Acts 19:40 For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
- Acts 23:28 and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
- Acts 23:29 I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- Acts 26:2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
- Acts 26:7 the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
- Romans 8:33 Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.