to charge
ellogeo denotes placing a debt, wrongdoing, or sin to someone’s account.
The attested use concerns assigning something to an account: in Philemon 1:18 a wrong or debt is to be put to another’s account, while in Romans 5:13 sin is said not to be so assigned where law is absent.
Senses in use
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Assigning a debt or offense to an account · dominant
In Philemon 1:18, the present active singular form occurs in the instruction concerning any wrong or debt and its placement on the speaker’s account; the APB renders the clause, “charge that to my account.” In Romans 5:13, the present passive indicative singular form concerns sin not being assigned in the stated circumstance; the APB renders, “sin is not charged when law is not present.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “charge” in Philemon 1:18 and “charged” in Romans 5:13. These are translation renderings of the respective clauses.