noun · neuter
anathemem
Strong’sG331
a curse, a cursed thing
stem anathem-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
† ἀνάθεμα, -τος, τό
(< ἀνατίθημι), Hellenistic for Attic ἀνάθημα (Bl., § 27, 2);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G331 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-ath'-em-ah
a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person)
Fromfrom G394;
King Jamesaccused, anathema, curse, X great.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
poetry ἄνθεμα, ατος, τό, (ἀνατίθημι) properly, like{ἀνάθημα}, anything dedicated, Refs 3rd c.BC+
2 anything devoted to evil, an accursed thing, LXX; of persons. NT
II curse, Refs 1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | anathemem5×ἀνάθεμα | anathemeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | anathemeu | anathemeiu |
| to, for dative | anatheme1×Ἀναθέματι | anathemei1×ἀναθήμασιν |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
anatheme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
anathemem“accursed”subject or objectdirect singular5×
Romans 9:3“accursed”euchome gar anathemem arō autos mis apo tou Christou …For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the …
1 Corinthians 12:3“accursed”… oudenos en pneume theou lalarōntos legatō; Anathemem Iēsus, kai oudenos dunotō legara; Kurios …… you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by …
1 Corinthians 16:22“accursed”… tinos ouk filatō ton kurion, atōr anathemem. Marana thasar.If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
Galatians 1:8“accursed”… euangelizoteiō vi para hem euangelizena vi, anathemem atōr.… heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a …
Galatians 1:9“accursed”… tinos vin euangelizotō para hem paralabava, anathemem atōr.… again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a …
anatheme“with an oath”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 23:14“with an oath”… toi archierevoi kai toi presbuteroi legala; Anatheme anathematizana heautoin mēdeneu geuera heōs hou …… went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have …
anathemei“gifts dedicated to god”to, fordative plural1×
Luke 21:5“gifts dedicated to god”… teu hiereu, hoti lithoi kaloi kai anathemei kosmotē legata;… were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,