Greek noun (feminine) · G2671
κατάρα
katarakat-ar'-ah
curse
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: katára
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2671is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2671
imprecation, execration
The King James renders it: curse(-d, ing).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
katara is rendered "curse". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in Galatians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Galatians 3:10All 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.”
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
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.”
Galatians 3:10κατάραν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Galatians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a curse3
- curse1
- cursing1
- of a curse1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| καταργέω | katargeo | to abate | Uses27 |
| καταλείπω | kataleipo | to leave behind | Uses23 |
| καταλύω | katalyo | to destroy/lodge | Uses17 |
| κατακρίνω | katakrino | to condemn | Uses15 |
| κατανοέω | katanoeo | to observe | Uses14 |
| καταντάω | katantao | to come to | Uses13 |
| καταρτίζω | katartizo | to complete | Uses13 |
| καταισχύνω | kataischyno | to dishonor | Uses13 |
| καταλαμβάνω | katalambano | to grasp | Uses13 |
| κατακαίω | katakaio | to burn | Uses12 |
| κατάκειμαι | katakeimai | to recline | Uses12 |
| κατασκευάζω | kataskeuazo | to prepare | Uses11 |
and 88 more on the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κατάρας3
- κατάρα2
- κατάραν1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular2N-NSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1N-ASF
Galatians
three uses
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.”
- κατάρανkatarannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a curse
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.”
- κατάραςkatarasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: curse
- κατάραkataranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a curse
Hebrews
one use
But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.
- κατάραςkatarasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: a curse
James
one use
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
- κατάραkataranoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: cursing
2 Peter
one use
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.
- κατάραςkatarasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of a curse
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.