Accused (2724) (kategoria from verb kategoreo, to accuse -- click use <> in turn from kata = against + agora = the assembly, a place of public speaking) refers to a speaking against a person before a public tribunal or bringing an accusation in court.
Kategoria is used 3x in NT Jn. 18:29; 1Tim. 5:19; Titus 1:6
Kategoria was a legal technical term that refers to the content of the accusation or charge made against someone. However the use in this verse in Titus does not refer to judicial punishment, but public condemnation. In contrast in the first NT use, Pilate asked the Jews
"What accusation (kategoria) do you bring against this Man (Jesus)?" (Jn 18:29)
Paul (in the third and last use of kategoria in the NT) wrote to Timothy
"Do not receive an accusation (kategoria) against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses." (1Ti 5:9)
Paul is saying that this elder's children cannot be charged with profligate, loose or riotous living, thus expounding on how "children who believe" should behave.
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