Lexicon anathematizó: to declare anathema, devote to destruction Original Word: ἀναθεματίζωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: anathematizó Phonetic Spelling: (an-ath-em-at-id'-zo) Short Definition: I curse, invoke curses Definition: I curse, invoke curses, devote to destruction. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 332 anathematízō – literally, anathematize, put under a divine curse (anathema); "to devote to destruction, declare or invoke anathema" (Abbott-Smith). See 331 (anathema). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anathemaDefinitionto declare anathema, devote to destruction NASB Translationbound...under...oath (1), bound...under a curse (2), bound...under an oath (2), curse (1), under...oath (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 332: ἀναθεματίζωἀναθεματίζω; 1 aorist ἀνεθεμάτισα; ( ἀνάθεμα, which see); a purely Biblical and ecclesiastical word, to declare anathema or accursed; in the Sept. equivalent to הֶחֱרִים to devote to destruction ( Joshua 6:21, etc.; 1 Macc. 5:5); ἑαυτόν to declare oneself liable to the severest divine penalties, Acts 23:12, 21; ἀναθέματι ἀναθεματίζειν ( Deuteronomy 13:15; Deuteronomy 20:17 ( Winers Grammar, § 54, 3; Buttmann, 184 (109))) ἑαυτόν, followed by an infinitive, to bind oneself under a curse to do something, Acts 23:14. absolutely, to asseverate with direful imprecations: Mark 14:71. (Compare: καταναθεματίζω.)
Strong's curse, bind with an oath. From anathema; to declare or vow under penalty of execration -- (bind under a) curse, bind with an oath. see GREEK anathema |
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