- ἀνάθεμα
- anything devoted to evil, an accursed thing
- ἀνάθεμα
- a curse, a cursed thing
- a votive offering, a thing devoted to God; a curse, the thing cursed.
- ἀνάθεμα
- devoted
- G:N-N
- ἀνάθεμα, -τος, τό
(< ἀνατίθημι),
Hellenistic for Attic ἀνάθημα (Bl., § 27, 2);
__1. prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as ἀνάθημα in—where LT read -θεμα, see M, Pr., 46).Refs
2Ma.2:13, Luk.21:5
__2. [As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (see Driver, De., 98 f., and cf. Lev.27:28-29), hence;
__(a) of the sentence pronounced (Deu.13:15), a curse: Act.23:14;
__(b) of the object on which the curse is laid, accursed ((see ICC on Ro.; Lft., Ga., ll. with; Cremer, 547; Tr., Syn., § v; MM, VGT, see word).†Refs
Deu.7:26): Rom.9:3, 1Co.12:3 16:22, Gal.1:8-9
(AS)
1) a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept
1a) 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
2a) a curse
2b) a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes
1a) 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
2a) a curse
2b) a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes
ἀνάθεμα
anathema
an-ath'-em-ah
From G394; a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person)
KJV Usage: accursed, anathema, curse, X great.