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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 BoxGen 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - And he called his name Noe, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And the Lord God smelled a smell of sweetness, and the Lord God having considered, said, I will not any more curse the earth, because of the works of men, because the imagination of man is intently bent upon evil things from his youth, I will not therefore any more smite all living flesh as I have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - And let nations serve thee, and princes bow down to thee, and be thou lord of thy brother, and the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; accursed is he that curses thee, and blessed is he that blesses thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son of the Israelitish woman named THE NAME and cursed; and they brought him to Moses: and his mother's name was Salomith, daughter of Dabri of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:14 - Bring forth him that cursed outside the camp, and all who heard shall lay their hands upon his head, and all the congregation shall stone him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:15 - And speak to the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whosoever shall curse God shall bear his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and they brought him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones: and the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - And now come, curse me this people, for it is stronger than we; if we may be able to smite some of them, and I will cast them out of the land: for I know that whomsoever thou dost bless, they are blessed, and whomsoever thou dost curse, they are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, neither shalt thou curse the people; for they are blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? or how can I devote whom God devotes not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - And Balac said to him, Come yet with me to another place where thou shalt not see [fn]the people, but only thou shalt see a part of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse me them from thence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - And Balac said to Balaam, Neither curse [fn]the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balac said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but ye shall by all means bury it in that day; for [fn] every one that is hanged on a tree is cursed of God; and ye shall by no means defile the land which the Lord thy God gives thee for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - (LXX 23:5) because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - to curse Meroz: Curse ye it, said the angel of the Lord; cursed is every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his help among the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field, and gathered their [fn]grapes, and trod them, and [fn]made merry; and they brought the grapes into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - And the Philistine said to David, Am I as a dog, that thou comest against me with a staff and stones? [fn][and David said, Nay, but worse than a dog.] And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - And king David came to Baurim; and, behold, there came out from thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, and his name was Semei the son of Gera. He came forth and cursed as he went,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - And thus Semei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, thou bloody man, and man of sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - And Abessa the son of Saruia said to the king, Why does this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over now and take off his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Saruia? even let him alone, and so let him curse, for the Lord has told him to curse David: and who shall say, Why hast thou done thus?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abessa and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - (LXX 19:22) And Abessai the son of Saruia answered and said, Shall not Semei therefore be put to death, because he cursed the Lord's anointed?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - And, behold, there is with thee Semei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Baurim: and he cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went into the [fn]camp; and he came down to Jordan to meet me, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - And he turned after them, and saw them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And, behold, there came out two bears out of the wood, and they tore forty and two children of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - And Ju went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - (LXX 10:30) were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - And I strove with them and cursed them; and I smote some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying,Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, and ye shall not take of their daughters to your sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2 - saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - let that day and night be cursed, let darkness carry them away; let it not come into the days of the year, neither let it be numbered with the days of the months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - But let him that curses that day curse it, even he that is ready to attack the great whale.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 - (LXX 36:22) For they that bless him shall inherit the earth; and they that curse him shall be utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - (LXX 61:5) They only took counsel to set at nought mine honour: I ran in thirst: with their mouth they blessed, but with their heart they cursed. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - (LXX 108:28) Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:11 - A wicked generation curse their father, and do not bless their mother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Also take no heed to all the words which ungodly men shall speak; lest thou hear thy servant cursing thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - For many times he shall trespass against thee, and repeatedly shall he afflict thine heart; for thus also hast thou cursed others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Even in thy conscience, curse not the king; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry thy voice, and that which has wings shall report thy speech.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has any one helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2 - If ye will not hearken, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, saith the Lord Almighty, then I will send forth the curse upon you, and I will bring a curse upon your blessing: yea, I will curse it, and I will scatter your blessing, and it shall not exist among you, because ye lay not this to heart.
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