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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 6 times in 6 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:14 - They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, “We have taken a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:3 - For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people, those of my own race,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:3 - Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 16:22 - If anyone does not love the Lord, let that person be cursed! Come, Lord[fn]!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:8 - But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 1:9 - As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!
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