Proverbs 30:10
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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Accuse
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1 Peter 3:16
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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κατηγορέω
katēgoréō · kat-ay-gor-eh'-o
12 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to be a plaintiff, i.e. to charge with some offence
Strong's KJV usage: :--accuse, object.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:10Strong's last: Acts 28:19
Open full G2723 profile →αὐτός
autós · ow-tos'
1 times translated as this KJV form5,718 total Strong's occurrences
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
Strong's KJV usage: :--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.
Strong's first: Acts 25:5Strong's last: Acts 25:5
Open full G846 profile →ἐπηρεάζω
epēreázō · ep-ay-reh-ad'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to insult, slander
Strong's KJV usage: :--use despitefully, falsely accuse.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Peter 3:16Strong's last: 1 Peter 3:16
Open full G1908 profile →συκοφαντέω
sykophantéō · soo-kof-an-teh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to be a fig-informer (reporter of the law forbidding the exportation of figs from Greece), "sycophant", i.e. (genitive and by extension) to defraud (exact unlawfully, extort)
Strong's KJV usage: :--accuse falsely, take by false accusation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 3:14Strong's last: Luke 3:14
Open full G4811 profile →לָשַׁן
lâshan · law-shan'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to wag the tongue, i.e. to calumniate
Strong's KJV usage: accuse, slander.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 30:10Strong's last: Proverbs 30:10
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H3960
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
G2723
And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
G2723
And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
G4811
And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
G2723
Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
G2723
And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
G2723
Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
G2723
Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
G2723
This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
G2723
And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
G2723
Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
G2723
Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
G846
Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him.
G2723
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
G2723
But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
G1908
Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.
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accuse
ACCU'SE, verb transitive [Latin accuso, to blame or accuse; ad and causor, to blame, or accuse; causa, blame, suit, or process, cause. See Cause.]
1. To charge with, or declare to have committed a crime, either by plaint, or complaint, information, indictment, or impeachment; to charge with an offense against the laws, judicially or by a public process; as, to accuse one of a high crime or misdemeanor.
2. To charge with a fault; to blame.
Their thoughts, in the meanwhile, accusing or excusing one another. Romans 2:15.
It is followed by of before the subject of accusation; the use of for after this verb is illegitimate.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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