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Lexicon :: Strong's G2672 - kataraomai

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καταράομαι
Transliteration
kataraomai (Key)
Pronunciation
kat-ar-ah'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice from κατάρα (G2671)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:448,75

Strong’s Definitions

καταράομαι kataráomai, kat-ar-ah'-om-ahee; middle voice from G2671; to execrate; by analogy, to doom:—curse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G2672 in the following manner: curse (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G2672 in the following manner: curse (6x).

  1. to curse, doom, imprecate evil upon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
καταράομαι kataráomai, kat-ar-ah'-om-ahee; middle voice from G2671; to execrate; by analogy, to doom:—curse.
STRONGS G2672:
καταράομαι, καταρωμαι; (deponent middle from κατάρα); 1 aorist 2 pers singular κατηράσω; (perfect passive participle κατηραμένος (see below)); from Homer down; the Sept. mostly for קִלֵּל and אָרַר; to curse, doom, imprecate evil on: (opposed to εὐλογεῖν) absolutely, Romans 12:14; with the dative of the object (as in the earlier Greek writings), Luke 6:28 Rec. (Baruch 6 (Epistle Jer. Epistle of Jeremiah 1:65) Baruch 6:66; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 22, 16)); with the accusative of the object (as often in the later Greek writings, as Plutarch, Cat. min. 32, 1 variant (Buttmann, § 133, 9; Winer's Grammar, 222 (208))), Matthew 5:44 Rec.; Luke 6:28 G L text T Tr WH; James 3:9; a tree, i. e. to wither it by cursing, Mark 11:21 (see Hebrews 6:8 in κατάρα). perfect passive participle κατηραμένος in a passive sense, accursed (Wis. 12:11; (2 Kings 9:34); Plutarch, Luc. 18; and κεκατηραμ. Deuteronomy 21:23; (Sir. 3:16)): Matthew 25:41 (also occasionally κεκαταρανται, Numbers 22:6; Numbers 24:9; (but Tdf. etc. κεκατήρανται; see Veitch, under the word.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
22:6; 24:9
Deuteronomy
21:23
2 Kings
9:34
Matthew
5:44; 25:41
Mark
11:21
Luke
6:28; 6:28; 18
Romans
12:14
Hebrews
6:8
James
3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2672 matches the Greek καταράομαι (kataraomai),
which occurs 56 times in 47 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will [fn]give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said [fn]to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the [fn]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again [fn]destroy every living thing, as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - And I will bless those who bless you,
And the one who [fn]curses you I will [fn]curse.
And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May peoples serve you,
And nations bow down to you;
Be master of your brothers,
And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be those who curse you,
And blessed be those who bless you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14 - “Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:15 - “You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too [fn]mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to [fn]defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - “How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be [fn]agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - “He [fn]couches, he lies down as a lion,
And as a [fn]lion, who [fn]dares rouse him?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his [fn]hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is [fn]accursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - because they did not meet you with [fn]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of [fn]Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the LORD,
‘Utterly curse its inhabitants;
Because they did not come to the help of the LORD,
To the help of the LORD against the warriors.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a [fn]festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - Thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and [fn]cut off his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - But the king said, “What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if the LORD has told him, ‘Curse David,’ then who shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out from [fn]me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah said, “Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’S anointed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a [fn]violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of [fn]their number.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining with their [fn]kinsmen, their nobles, and are [fn]taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of [fn]GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2 - And Job [fn]said,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - “As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - “Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are [fn]prepared to rouse Leviathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - “They are [fn]insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth.
They do not turn [fn]toward the vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 - For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,
But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position;
They delight in falsehood;
They bless with [fn]their mouth,
But inwardly they curse. [fn]Selah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - Let them curse, but You bless;
When they arise, they shall be ashamed,
But Your servant shall be glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Do not slander a slave to his master,
Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:11 - There is a [fn]kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Also, do not [fn]take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - For [fn]you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me
As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not lent, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2 - “If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name,” says the LORD of hosts, “then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart.
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