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Lexicon :: Strong's G331 - anathema

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ἀνάθεμα
Transliteration
anathema (Key)
Pronunciation
an-ath'-em-ah
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:354,57

Trench's Synonyms: v. ἀνάθημα, ἀνάθεμα.

Strong’s Definitions

ἀνάθεμα anáthema, an-ath'-em-ah; from G394; a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person):—accused, anathema, curse, × great.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G331 in the following manner: accursed (4x), anathema (1x), bind under a great curse (with G332) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G331 in the following manner: accursed (4x), anathema (1x), bind under a great curse (with G332) (1x).

  1. a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept

    1. specifically, an offering resulting from a vow, which after being consecrated to a god was hung upon the walls or columns of the temple, or put in some other conspicuous place

  2. a thing devoted to God without hope of being redeemed, and if an animal, to be slain; therefore a person or thing doomed to destruction

    1. a curse

    2. a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀνάθεμα anáthema, an-ath'-em-ah; from G394; a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person):—accused, anathema, curse, × great.
STRONGS G331:
ἀνάθεμα, -τος, τό, (equivalent to τὸ ἀνατεθειμένον);
1. properly, a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept; specifically a votive offering, which after being consecrated to a god was hung upon the walls or columns of his temple, or put in some other conspicuous place: 2 Macc. 2:13 (Plutarch, Pelop c. 25); Luke 21:5 in L T, for ἀναθήμασι R G Tr WH; for the two forms are sometimes confounded in the manuscripts; Moeris, ἀνάθημα ἀττικῶς, ἀνάθεμα ἑλληνικῶς. Cf. ἐπίθημα, ἐπίθεμα, etc., in Lob. ad Phryn., p. 249 [cf. 445; Paral. 417; see also Lipsius, Gram. Unters., p. 41].
2. ἀνάθεμα in the Sept. is generally the translation of the Heb. חֵרֶם, a thing devoted to God without hope of being redeemed, and, if an animal, to be slain [Leviticus 27:28, 29]; therefore a person or thing doomed to destruction, Joshua 6:17; Joshua 7:12, etc. [Winer's Grammar, 32]; a thing abominable and detestable, an accursed thing, Deuteronomy 7:26. Hence, in the N. T. ἀνάθεμα denotes
a. a curse: ἀναθέματι ἀναθεματίζειν, Acts 23:14 [Winers Grammar, 466 (434); Buttmann, 184 (159)].
b. a man accursed, devoted to the direst woes (equivalent to ἐπικατάρατος): ἀνάθεμα ἔστω, Galatians 1:8; 1 Corinthians 16:22; ἀνάθεμα λέγειν τινά to execrate one, 1 Corinthians 12:3 (R G, but L T Tr WH have restored ἀνάθεμα Ἰησοῦς, namely, ἔστω); ἀνάθεμα εἶναι ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Romans 9:3 (pregnantly equivalent to doomed and so separated from Christ). Cf. the full remarks on this word in Fritzsche on Romans, vol. ii., 247ff; Wieseler on Galatians, p. 39ff; [a translation of the latter by Prof. Riddle in Schaff's Lange on Romans, p. 302ff; see also Trench, § 5; Bp. Lightfoot on Galatians, the passage cited; Ellicott ibid.; Tholuck on Romans, the passage cited; BB. DD., under the words, Anathema, Excommunication].
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
27:28; 27:29
Deuteronomy
7:26
Joshua
6:17; 7:12
Luke
21:5
Acts
23:14
Romans
9:3
1 Corinthians
12:3; 16:22
Galatians
1:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G331 matches the Greek ἀνάθεμα (anathema),
which occurs 22 times in 15 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - “But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the LORD, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - And the LORD heeded the voice of Israel and gave over the Canaanites, and they devoted them and their cities to destruction. So the name of the place was called Hormah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - And you shall not bring an abominable thing into your house and become devoted to destruction[fn] like it. You shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is devoted to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword, devoting it to destruction,[fn] all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - None of the devoted things shall stick to your hand, that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger and show you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you, as he swore to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - but you shall devote them to complete destruction,[fn] the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, as the LORD your God has commanded,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction.[fn] Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18 - But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the LORD burned against the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction.[fn] I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - Get up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the LORD, God of Israel, “There are devoted things in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - Did not Achan the son of Zerah break faith in the matter of the devoted things, and wrath fell upon all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone for his iniquity.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:7 - The son[fn] of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:11 - And it shall be inhabited, for there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.[fn] Jerusalem shall dwell in security.
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