egkaleo denotes bringing a charge against someone or being the person charged in a legal dispute.

The attested use concerns bringing an allegation or charge against a person, whether voiced by accusers, faced by the accused, or posed as a question about who can bring such a charge. The active forms occur where people are to accuse, were accusing, or might bring a charge; passive forms describe persons being accused.

1. Bringing or facing a charge · dominant

   Active forms concern the act of charging someone: in Acts 19:38 the APB renders the instruction that disputants should "accuse one another," and in Romans 8:33 it asks who shall "bring any charge" against God's elect. Passive forms identify those under accusation: in Acts 19:40 the assembly is in danger of "being accused," while Acts 23:29 and Acts 26:7 describe a man as accused in connection with legal questions and hope.

   Acts 19:38Acts 19:40Acts 23:28Acts 23:29Acts 26:7Romans 8:33

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies among "accuse," "being accused," "accusations," and "bring any charge" across these verses. These expressions present the verse-level legal setting, but the translation does not align an English word individually to each Greek form.