King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2725
Transliteration: katēgoros
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ay'-gor-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an accuser
Meaning: an accuser
κατήγορος, κατηγορου, ὁ (κατηγορέω (which see ad at the end)), an accuser: John 8:10; Acts 23:30, 35; Acts 24:8 (R);; Revelation 12:10 R Tr. ((From Sophocles and Herodotus down.))
Word Summary
katēgoros: an accuser
Original Word: κατήγοροςTransliteration: katēgoros
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ay'-gor-os)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an accuser
Meaning: an accuser
Strong's Concordance
accuser. From kata and agora; against one in the assembly, i.e. A complainant at law; specially, Satan -- accuser.
see GREEK kata
see GREEK agora
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2725: κατήγοροςκατήγορος, κατηγορου, ὁ (κατηγορέω (which see ad at the end)), an accuser: John 8:10; Acts 23:30, 35; Acts 24:8 (R);
STRONGS NT 2725: κατήγωρκατήγωρ, ὁ, an accuser: Revelation 12:10 G L T WH. It is a form unknown to Greek writers, a literal transcription of the Hebrew קָטִיגור, a name given to the devil by the rabbis; cf. Buxtorf, Lex. Chaldean talm. et rahb., p. 2009 (p. 997, Fischer edition); (Schöttgen, Horae Hebrew i., p. 1121f; cf. Buttmann, 25 (22)).