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Koine Greek wordlink #102524

SR GNT Acts 23:28 ἐνεκάλουν (enekaloun) ‘charge because_of which they were indicting against him I brought_down him to’ Strongs=14580 Lemma=egkaleō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Refers to Word #102487

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Only use of identical word form ἐνεκάλουν (V-IIA3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐνεκάλουν’ (V-IIA3..P) is always and only glossed as ‘they were indicting’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘egkaleō’ have 6 different glosses: ‘being indicted’, ‘to_be_being indicted’, ‘will_be indicting’, ‘I am_being indicted’, ‘them let_be indicting’, ‘they were indicting’.

Greek words (2) other than ἐνεκάλουν (V-IIA3..P) with a gloss related to ‘indicting’

ACTs 19:38 ἐγκαλείτωσαν (egkaleitōsan) V-MPA3..P ‘and proconsuls there are them let_be indicting against one_another’ SR GNT Acts 19:38 word 24

ROM 8:33 ἐγκαλέσει (egkalesei) V-IFA3..S ‘who will_be indicting against the chosen ones of god’ SR GNT Rom 8:33 word 2

Key: V=verb IFA3..S=indicative,future,active,3rd person singular IIA3..P=indicative,imperfect,active,3rd person plural MPA3..P=imperative,present,active,3rd person plural