ἀναθεματίζω
anathematízō · G332 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to curse
To invoke divine harm if what is said is not true or if one does not carry out what has been promised
ExamplesMark 14:71 But he began to curse himself and to swear, “I do not know this Man of whom you speak!”
Acts 23:12 When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and put themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- Ἰουδαῖοςa Jew, Jewish 1
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
- Not stated: we 1
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- γεύομαιto taste 1
- ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
- φάγωto eat 1
Named alongside itApposition
2 occurrences in 3 groups
- ποιέωto do, to make 1
- ἀνήρman, husband 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄρχωto be first 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- חָרַם châram · H2763 · to split into two parts
- חָרַם (châram, H2763) denotes the act of devoting something to destruction under divine ban (herem), while ἀναθεματίζω (anathematízō, G332) denotes declaring a vow or oath under penalty of curse; both share the semantic core of placing something/someone under solemn, irreversible consecration to destruction or divine judgment.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To curse33.472
- In Mark 14:71, when Peter denies Jesus a third time, “he began to curse himself (anathematízein) and to swear, ‘I do not know this Man of whom you speak!’” describing the act of invoking a curse upon oneself.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἀνεθεμάτισα; (ἀνάθεμα, which see); a purely Biblical and ecclesiastical word, to…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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