Definition

to call in (as a debt or demand), i.e. bring to account (charge, criminate, etc.)

Etymology

from G1722 (ἐν) and G2564 (καλέω);

Where the KJV renders it

• accuse
• call in question
• implead
• lay to the charge

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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