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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.

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 pain of our hands arising from the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And Yahweh smelled the [fn]soothing aroma; and Yahweh said [fn]to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the [fn]intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again strike down every living thing as I have done.
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.”

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.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And 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.)
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:15 - “And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin.
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 Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “So now, please come, curse this people for me since they are too [fn]mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - And God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 -

“How shall I curse whom God has not cursed?

And how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced?

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 -

Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, but you will only see the end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 -

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 -

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be right in the eyes of God that you curse them for me from there.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 -

“He [fn]crouches, 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.”

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 blessed them repeatedly these three times!

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 (because cursed of God is he who is hanged), so that you do not make unclean your land which Yahweh your God gives you as an inheritance.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 -

‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of Yahweh,

‘Utterly curse its inhabitants,

Because they did not come to the help of Yahweh,

To the help of Yahweh against the warriors.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - And they went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them and celebrated a [fn]festival; and they came into the house of their god and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 -

And King David came to Bahurim, and 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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - And thus Shimei said when he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and vile fellow!
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 pass over now and remove his head.”

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 Yahweh has told him, ‘Curse David,’ then who shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came forth from my body seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for Yahweh has told him.
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 anointed of Yahweh?”
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 Yahweh, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Then he looked behind him and saw them. And he cursed them in the name of Yahweh. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of [fn]their number.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - Then he came in and ate and drank. And he said, “Take care now of this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are [fn]joining with their [fn]relatives, their nobles, and are entering into a curse and an oath to walk in God’s law, which was given by the hand of Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord and His judgments and His statutes;
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.
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 up their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2 - And Job answered and said,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 -

As for that night, let thick darkness take it;

Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;

Let it not come into the number of the months.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 -

“Let those curse it who curse the day,

Who are [fn]ready to rouse Leviathan.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 -

[fn]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.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 -

For those blessed by Him will inherit the land,

But those cursed by Him will be cut off.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 -

Surely they have counseled to thrust him down from his high position;

They find pleasure in falsehood;

They bless with [fn]their mouth,

But inwardly they curse. [fn]Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 -

Let them curse, but You bless;

They arise and will be put to shame,

But Your slave shall be glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 -

Do not slander a slave to his master,

Lest he curse you and you be found guilty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:11 -

There is a generation that curses its father

And does not bless its mother.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Also, do not give your heart to all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your slave cursing you.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - For your heart also knows that you likewise have many times cursed others.
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 sky will bring the sound and the winged creature will tell the matter.
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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2 - “If you do not listen, and if you do not set it upon your heart to give [fn]honor to My name,” says Yahweh 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 setting it upon your heart.
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