Strong's Lexicon
G1462 — ἔγκλημα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1462 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἔγκλημα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G1458 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | egklema |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | eng'-klay-mah |
| Meaning: | 1. an accusation, i.e. offence alleged |
| KJV Renderings: | crime laid against, laid to charge |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔγκλημα (see ἐν, III. 3), ἐγκλήματος, τό (ἐγκαλέω), accusation: the crime of which one is accused, Act 25:16; ἔγκλημα ἔχειν, to have laid to one’s charge, be accused of a crime, Act 23:29. (Often in Attic writings from Sophocles and Thucydides on.) [SYNONYMS: see κατηγορέω; cf. Isocrates 16, 2 τάς μέν γάρ δίκας ὑπέρ τῶν ἰδίων ἐγκληματων λαγχανουσι, τάς δέ κατηγοριας ὑπέρ τῶν τῆς πόλεως πραγμάτων ποιοῦνται, καί πλείω χρόνον διατριβουσι τόν πατέρα μου διαβαλλοντες ἤ κτλ.]
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἔγκλημα (crime laid against)
Acts 23:29
- KJV: Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds
- GK: ον εύρον εγκαλούμενον περί ζητημάτων του νόμου αυτών μηδέν δε άξιον θανάτου η δεσμών έγκλημα έχοντα
Acts 25:16
- KJV: To whom I answered It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him
- GK: προς ους απεκρίθην ότι ουκ έστιν έθος Ρωμαίοις χαρίζεσθαί τινα άνθρωπον εις απώλειαν πριν η ο κατηγορούμενος κατά πρόσωπον έχοι τους κατηγόρους τόπον τε απολογίας λάβοι περί του εγκλήματος