ἐγκαλέω

ἐγκαλέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX for אמר, etc.; with dative, Zec.1:4 (קָרָא אֶל), Wis.12:12, Sir.46:19 ;]

1. to call in, demand.

2. to bring a charge against, accuse: with 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: with genitive of thing(s); στάσεως, Act.19:40; ὦν (perh. by attraction = ἅ), Act.26:2; before περί, with genitive of thing(s), Act.23:29 26:7 (Cremer, 743).

† SYN.: αἰτιάομαι (which see), διαβάλλω, ἐπικαλέω, κατηγορέω.

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