noun · masculine

marana

Greekμαράνα (marana)

Strong’sG3134

our Lord (Aramaic)

stem maran-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

Lord … come1×

What it means

μαρὰν ἀθά (Rec. μαραναθά; Aram.: on the original form v. Dalman, Gr., § 41, 1; 74, 3; Words, 328),

Maran atha, i.e. the Lord cometh (but v. Dalman, Gr., § 41, 1; 74, 3; Words, 328; Field, Notes, 180; ICC, in l.): I Co 16:22.†

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

Strong’s G3134 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmar'-an ath'-ah

maranatha, i.e. an exclamation of the approaching divine judgment

Fromof Chaldee origin (meaning our Lord has come);

King JamesMaran-atha.

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	marana	marana
object accusative	marana	marana
direct address vocative	marana1×Μαράνα	marana
of, belonging to genitive	marana	marana
to, for dative	marana	marana

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

maranastem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

marana“Lord … come”direct addressvocative singular1×

1 Corinthians 16:22“Lord … come”ei 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!