to accuse

Greek Verb

δια-βάλλω [in LXX: Dan LXX 3:8, Da TH 3:8; 6:24 (25) (אֲכַל קְרַץ), 2Ma.3:11, 4Ma.4:1 *;] 1) to throw across. 2) To slander, defame, accuse falsely or maliciously: Luk.16:1 (Cremer, 120). (AS)

to accuse

Greek Verb

διαβάλλω, future -βᾰλῶ: perfect -βέβληκα:— throw or carry over or across, νέας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in wrestling, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) more frequently intransitive, pass over, cross, ἐκ. ἐς. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) put through, τῆς θύρας δάκτυλον [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) in [Refs 5th c.BC+] whatever scraps they threw to him, with a play on signification see III) set at variance, ἐμὲ καὶ Ἀγάθωνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; set against, τινὰς πρὸς τὰ πάθη, πρὸς τὴν βρῶσιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; bring into discredit, μή με διαβάλῃς στρατῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be at variance with, τινί [Refs]; to be filled with suspicion and resentment against another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be brought into discredit, ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους [Refs 5th c.BC+]discredited, [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) put off with evasions, δ. τινὰ μίαν (i.e. ἡμέραν) ἐκ μιᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+] V) attack a man's character, calumniate, δ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους πρὸς τὸν Ἀρταφρένεα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διέβαλλον τοὺς Ἴωνας ὡς δι᾽ ἐκείνους ἀπολοίατο αἱ νέες [Refs 5th c.BC+]; accuse, complain of, without implied malice or falsehood, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: with dative of things, reproach a man with, τῇ ἀτυχίᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. τινὰ εἴς or πρός τι, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, διεβλήθη ὡς [NT+2nd c.AD+] V.2) with accusative of things, misrepresent, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: speak or state slanderously, ὡς οὗτος διέβαλλεν [Refs]; τοῦτό μου διαβάλλει [Refs]give hostile information, without any insinuation of falsehood, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V.3) δ. τι εἴς τινα lay the blame for a thing on, [Refs 6th c.AD+] V.4) disprove a scientific or philosophical doctrine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, [Refs 1st c.AD+] V.5) δ. ἔπος declare it spurious, [Refs] VI) deceive by false accounts, impose upon, mislead, τινά [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+] VII) divert from a course of action, πρὸς τὴν κακίαν τινάς [Refs]:—passive, ψυχὴ -βέβληται πρὸς μάχην [Refs 2nd c.AD+] VIII) middle, contract an obligation, [Refs] IX) διαβάλλεσθαι ἀστραγάλοις πρός τινα throw against him, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

(figuratively) to traduce; accuse; from g1223 (διά) and g906 (βάλλω)