G331

ἀνάθεμα

anathema

Neuter noun · From ἀνατίθημι (G394)

From G394; a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person):—accused, anathema, curse, × great.

Outline

  1. a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept
    1. 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
    1. a curse
    2. a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes
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