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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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‘Nevertheless, [fn]anything which someone sets apart to the LORD for [fn]destruction out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the field of his own property, shall not be sold nor redeemed. Anything set apart for destruction is most holy to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - The LORD heard the voice of Israel and turned over the Canaanites; then they [fn]utterly destroyed them and their cities. And the place was named [fn]Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - “And you shall not bring an abomination into your house and become designated for destruction, like it; you are to utterly detest it, and you are to utterly loathe it, for it is something designated for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall most certainly strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword. [fn]Utterly destroy it and all who are in it and its cattle, with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “Nothing at all from what is designated for destruction is to cling to your hand, in order that the LORD may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:17 - “Instead, you shall [fn]utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, just as the LORD your God has commanded you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - “But the city shall be designated for [fn]destruction, it and everything that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the prostitute [fn]and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:18 - “But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things designated for destruction, so that you do not covet them and take some of the designated things, and turn the camp of Israel into something designated for destruction and bring disaster on it.

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But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully regarding the things designated for destruction, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the designated things; therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:11 - “Israel has sinned, and they have also violated My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things designated for destruction, and have both stolen and kept it a secret. Furthermore, they have also put them among their own things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:12 - “Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their [fn]backs before their enemies, because they have become designated for destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you eliminate from your midst the things designated for destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Stand up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has said this: “There are things designated for destruction in your midst, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you have removed the designated things from your midst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - ‘Did Achan the son of Zerah not act unfaithfully in the things designated for destruction, and wrath fall on the entire congregation of Israel? So that man did not perish alone in his guilt.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:7 - The [fn]son of Carmi was [fn]Achar, the one who brought disaster on Israel [fn]by violating the [fn]ban.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 14:11 - People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will live in security.
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