G331 - ἀνάθεμα - anáthema - an-ath'-em-ah - Accused
Original: ἀνάθεμα
Transliteration: anáthema
Phonetic: an-ath'-em-ah
Short Definition: Accused
- Original:
- 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 - TDNT entry: 06:54,6 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From G394; a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person): - accursed anathema curse X great.