noun · feminine

kataras

Greekκατάρα (katara)

Strong’sG2671

a curse, cursing

stem katar-6 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

curse3×accursed1×cursed1×cursing1×

What it means

κατ-άρα, -ας, -ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for קְלָלָה;]

a curse: Ga 3:10, 13, He 6:8, II Pe 2:14; opp. to εὐλογία, Ja 3:10; concrete, of Christ, Ga 3:13 (v. Lft. in l.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2671 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkat-ar'-ah

imprecation, execration

Fromfrom G2596 (intensive) and G685;

King Jamescurse(-d, ing).

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kataras2×κατάρα	katarais
object accusative	kataran1×κατάραν	katarain
direct address vocative	katarar	katarair
of, belonging to genitive	katarau3×κατάρας	kataraiu
to, for dative	katara	katarai

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

katarstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

katara 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

Words built on the same stem

kataremō — καταράομαι, I curse

Where it appears

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

kataras“curse”subjectnominative singular2×

Galatians 3:13“curse”Christos nin exagorazata ek tau katarau tou nomou gineratos huper nu kataras, hoti grafitē; Epikataratos pantos tos kremannueratos epi xuleu,Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

James 3:10“cursing”ek teu auteu stomeu exerchetō eulogias kai kataras. ouk chrēatō, adelfoir mu, houteim houtōs ginerō.Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!

kataran“curse”objectaccusative singular1×

Galatians 3:10“curse”Hosois gar ek ergeiu nomou alō hupo kataran alō, grafitē gar hoti Epikataratos pantos hos ouk emmenatō pantei tei grafirētei en te biblie tou nomou teu poiara auteim.All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

katarau“curse”of, belonging togenitive singular3×

Galatians 3:13“curse”Christos nin exagorazata ek tau katarau tou nomou gineratos huper nu kataras, hoti grafitē; Epikataratos pantos tos kremannueratos epi xuleu,Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

Hebrews 6:8“cursed”ekferarōtas de akanthain kai triboloin adokimas kai katarau engus, hau tem telem eis kausian.But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.

2 Peter 2:14“accursed”ofthalmoin echarōtois mestoin moichaliau kai akatapaustoin hamartau, deleazarōtois psuchain astēriktain, kardian gumnazirētan pleonexiau echarōtois, katarau tekneim,Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.