ἐγκαλέω

ἐγκαλέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX for אמר, etc.; with dative, Zak 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.), ApG 19,38; 23,28; before κατά, with genitive of person(s), Rom 8,33, Pass., to be accused: with genitive of thing(s); στάσεως, ApG 19,40 ὦν (perh. by attraction = ἅ), ApG 26,2 before περί, with genitive of thing(s), ApG 23,29; 26,7 (Cremer, 743).

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