egklema denotes a charge brought against someone, including one to which the accused may answer.

The two occurrences present egklema as a charge made against a person: Acts 23:29 assesses whether such a charge warrants death or imprisonment, while Acts 25:16 places it within a procedure allowing the accused to answer accusers.

1. A charge brought against an accused person · dominant

   In Acts 23:29, the accusative singular form occurs in the assessment that no charge was worthy of death or chains; the APB renders the clause "having no accusation worthy of death or chains." In Acts 25:16, the genitive singular form concerns the matter about which the accused is given opportunity to make a defense before accusers; the APB renders "a defense concerning the accusation."

   Acts 23:29Acts 25:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Acts 23:29 and Acts 25:16, the APB uses "accusation" for the relevant clauses. This rendering is treated as confirmation of the verses' charge-and-defense setting rather than as a precise lexical mapping.