κατηγόροις

katḗgoros

accusers

Primarily, one who brings a formal charge or accusation against another, typically in a legal or judicial setting; an accuser or prosecutor. In wider contexts, refers to anyone acting as an adversarial witness, presenting allegations or accusations, whether formally in a court or informally in an assembly. Used metaphorically for a spiritual adversary, especially in certain New Testament texts.

G2725

Acts 23:30 · Word #16

Lexicon G2725

Lemmaκατήγορος
Transliterationkatḗgoros
Strong'sG2725
DefinitionPrimarily, one who brings a formal charge or accusation against another, typically in a legal or judicial setting; an accuser or prosecutor. In wider contexts, refers to anyone acting as an adversarial witness, presenting allegations or accusations, whether formally in a court or informally in an assembly. Used metaphorically for a spiritual adversary, especially in certain New Testament texts.

Morphology N DAT M PL All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number PL — Plural — More than one

Common Translation

Phraseaccusers
Literalaccusers

Lexical Info

Lemmaκατήγορος
Strong'sG2725

SIBI-P1 Translation G2725-02

to accusers

Morphological NotesNoun, dative masculine plural (Gr,N,,,,,DMP); indicates indirect object or relation, referring to multiple male accusers.
Rendering RationaleThe dative masculine plural form κατηγόροις denotes "to/for accusers." The rendering preserves the legal sense of those who formally speak against others in an assembly or court, reflecting the root idea of public accusation.

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SILEX v2

SIBI-P2 (Context-Aware)

accusers

Same as P1No — adjusted for context
RationaleThe dative here functions as an indirect object, so 'to accusers' is redundant; 'accusers' matches SILEX usage and is grammatically correct in English context.
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