Greek noun (neuter) · G331
ἀνάθεμα
anathemaan-ath'-em-ah
prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as; [As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (see Driver, De.
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: anáthema
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G331is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G331
a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person)
The King James renders it: accused, anathema, curse, X great.
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
anathema is rendered "prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as; [As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (see Driver, De.". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 23:14They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
Acts 23:14ἀναθέματι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as, and [As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (see Driver, De..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (asἀνάθημα in 2Ma.2:13 | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereLuke 21:5As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and… |
| [As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (see Driver, De. | Tagged as
| WhereLeviticus 27:28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀναθεματίζω | anathematizo | to take an oath | Uses4 |
| ἀναθεωρέω | anatheoreo | to contemplate | Uses2 |
| ἀνάθημα | anathema | a vow offering | Uses1 |
| ἀναθάλλω | anathallo | to renew | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- ἀνάθεμα5
- ἀναθέματι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular5N-NSN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
Acts
one use
They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.
- ἀναθέματιanathematinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: With an oath
Romans
one use
For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
- ἀνάθεμαanathemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: a curse
1 Corinthians
two uses
Therefore I inform 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 the Holy Spirit.
- ἀνάθεμαanathemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: Accursed
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
- ἀνάθεμαanathemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: accursed
Galatians
two uses
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be under a curse!
- ἀνάθεμαanathemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: accursed
As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
- ἀνάθεμαanathemanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: accursed
Where it leads
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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.