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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 - Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief[fn] from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the LORD has cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:21 - And the LORD was pleased with the aroma of the sacrifice and said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of the human race, even though everything they think or imagine is bent toward evil from childhood. I will never again destroy all living things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May many nations become your servants,
and may they bow down to you.
May you be the master over your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
All who curse you will be cursed,
and all who bless you will be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the LORD[fn] with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother 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 - “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and tell all those who heard the curse to lay their hands on his head. Then let the entire community stone him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:15 - Say to the people of Israel: Those who curse their God will be punished for their sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:23 - After Moses gave all these instructions to the Israelites, they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him to death. The Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - But God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:8 - But how can I curse those
whom God has not cursed?
How can I condemn those
whom the LORD has not condemned?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:13 - Then King Balak told him, “Come with me to another place. There you will see another part of the nation of Israel, but not all of them. Curse at least that many!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:25 - Then Balak said to Balaam, “Fine, but if you won’t curse them, at least don’t bless them!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - Then King Balak said to Balaam, “Come, I will take you to one more place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down;
like a lioness, who dares to arouse her?
Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel,
and cursed is everyone who curses you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - King Balak flew into a rage against Balaam. He angrily clapped his hands and shouted, “I called you to curse my enemies! Instead, you have blessed them three times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:23 - the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung[fn] is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the LORD your God is giving you as your special possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:4 - These nations did not welcome you with food and water when you came out of Egypt. Instead, they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in distant Aram-naharaim to curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - ‘Let the people of Meroz be cursed,’ said the angel of the LORD.
‘Let them be utterly cursed,
because they did not come to help the LORD—
to help the LORD against the mighty warriors.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:27 - During the annual harvest festival at Shechem, held in the temple of the local god, the wine flowed freely, and everyone began cursing Abimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:43 - “Am I a dog,” he roared at David, “that you come at me with a stick?” And he cursed David by the names of his gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - As King David came to Bahurim, a man came out of the village cursing them. It was Shimei son of Gera, from the same clan as Saul’s family.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:7 - “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!” he shouted at David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king?” Abishai son of Zeruiah demanded. “Let me go over and cut off his head!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:10 - “No!” the king said. “Who asked your opinion, you sons of Zeruiah! If the LORD has told him to curse me, who are you to stop him?”

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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, “My own son is trying to kill me. Doesn’t this relative of Saul[fn] have even more reason to do so? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to do it.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shimei should die, for he cursed the LORD’s anointed king!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:8 - “And remember Shimei son of Gera, the man from Bahurim in Benjamin. He cursed me with a terrible curse as I was fleeing to Mahanaim. When he came down to meet me at the Jordan River, I swore by the LORD that I would not kill him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:24 - Elisha turned around and looked at them, and he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - Then Jehu went into the palace and ate and drank. Afterward he said, “Someone go and bury this cursed woman, for she is the daughter of a king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - For they had not provided the Israelites with food and water in the wilderness. Instead, they hired Balaam to curse them, though 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 confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:2 - He said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - Let that night be blotted off the calendar,
never again to be counted among the days of the year,
never again to appear among the months.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let those who are experts at cursing—
whose cursing could rouse Leviathan[fn]—
curse that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:18 - “But they disappear like foam down a river.
Everything they own is cursed,
and they are afraid to enter their own vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:22 - Those the LORD blesses will possess the land,
but those he curses will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:4 - They plan to topple me from my high position.
They delight in telling lies about me.
They praise me to my face
but curse me in their hearts.
Interlude

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:28 - Then let them curse me if they like,
but you will bless me!
When they attack me, they will be disgraced!
But I, your servant, will go right on rejoicing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Never slander a worker to the employer,
or the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:11 - Some people curse their father
and do not thank their mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Don’t eavesdrop on others—you may hear your servant curse you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:22 - For you know how often you yourself have cursed others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts.
And don’t make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom.
For a little bird might deliver your message
and tell them what you said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Then I said,
“What sorrow is mine, my mother.
Oh, that I had died at birth!
I am hated everywhere I go.
I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose
nor a borrower who refuses to pay—
yet they all curse me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:2 - Listen to me and make up your minds to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “or I will bring a terrible curse against you. I will curse even the blessings you receive. Indeed, I have already cursed them, because you have not taken my warning to heart.
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