Strongs Number: G331
- Greek Word
- ἀνάθεμα
- Transliteration
- anathema
- Phonetic
- an-ath'-em-ah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Neuter
- Strongs Definition
-
a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept
a. 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
a. a curse
b. a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes
- Origin
- From G394
- Bible Usage
- accursed anathema curse X-(idiom) great.