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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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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:28 - ‘Nevertheless, anything which a man [fn]sets apart to the LORD out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the fields of his own property, shall not be sold or redeemed. Anything [fn]devoted to destruction is most holy to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:3 - The LORD heard the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites; then they [fn]utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called [fn]Hormah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:26 - “You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:15 - you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, [fn]utterly destroying it and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - “Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall 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 - “But you shall [fn]utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:17 - “The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot [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 under the ban, so that you do not [fn]covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, 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 transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, 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 before their enemies; they turn their [fn]backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:13 - “Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus the LORD, the God of Israel, has said, “There are things under the ban in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you have removed the things under the ban from your midst.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:20 - ‘Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:7 - The [fn]son of Carmi was [fn]Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 14:11

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