Greek verb · G1458
ἐγκαλέω
enkaleoeng-kal-eh'-o
to call in, demand; to bring a charge against, accuse
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: enkaléō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1458is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1458
to call in (as a debt or demand), i.e. bring to account (charge, criminate, etc.)
The King James renders it: accuse, call in question, implead, lay to the charge.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
enkaleo is rendered "to call in, demand; to bring a charge against, accuse". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to call in, demand".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 19:38So 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.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
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 19:38ἐγκαλείτωσαν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: to call in, demand, and to bring a charge against, accuse.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to call in, demand | Tagged as
| WhereActs 19:38So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone… |
| to bring a charge against, accusewith dative of person(s) (as in cl.), Act.19:38 23:28; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Rom.8:33. Pass., to be accused | Tagged as
| WhereActs 19:38So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγκαταλείπω | enkataleipo | to leave behind | Uses10 |
| ἐγκαινίζω | enkainizo | to inaugurate | Uses2 |
| ἐγκαίνια | enkainia | Feast|Festival of Dedication | Uses1 |
| ἐγκάθετος | enkathetos | a spy | Uses1 |
| ἐγκατοικέω | enkatoikeo | to live among | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐγκαλοῦμαι2
- ἐγκαλεῖσθαι1
- ἐγκαλείτωσαν1
- ἐγκαλέσει1
- ἐγκαλούμενον1
- ἐνεκάλουν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present passive, indicative · 1st person singular2V-PPI-1S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, command · 3rd person plural1V-PAM-3P
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
- verb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PPP-ASM
Acts
six uses
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.
- ἐγκαλείτωσανegkaleitosanverb · present active, command · 3rd person pluraltagged: they should accuse
For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
- ἐγκαλεῖσθαιegkaleisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: being accused
and since I wanted to understand their charges against him, I brought him down to their Sanhedrin.
- ἐνεκάλουνenekalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were accusing
I found that the accusation involved questions about their own law, but there was no charge worthy of death or imprisonment.
- ἐγκαλούμενονegkaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: being accused
“King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,
- ἐγκαλοῦμαιegkaloumaiverb · present passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am accused
the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.
- ἐγκαλοῦμαιegkaloumaiverb · present passive, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am accused
Romans
one use
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
- ἐγκαλέσειegkaleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will bring an accusation
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.