Enkaléō — G1458

Definition

verb

to call in (as a debt or demand), i.e. bring to account (charge, criminate, etc.)

Usually translated as

call in question, implead, lay to the charge, accuse

Origin

from G1722 and G2564

• en (G1722)
• kaléō (G2564)

Occurrences

Enkaléō occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (6), Romans (1)

• Acts 19:38 — Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead (ἐγκαλείτωσαν) one another.
• Acts 19:40 — For we are in danger to be called in question (ἐγκαλεῖσθαι) for this day’s uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse.
• Acts 23:28 — And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused (ἐνεκάλουν) him, I brought him forth into their council:
• Acts 23:29 — Whom I perceived to be accused (ἐγκαλούμενον) of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
• Acts 26:2 — I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused (ἐγκαλοῦμαι) of the Jews:
• Acts 26:7 — Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused (ἐγκαλοῦμαι) of the Jews.
• Romans 8:33 — Who shall lay any thing to the charge (ἐγκαλέσει) of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.