Lexical Summary anathematizō: to declare anathema, devote to destruction Original Word: ἀναθεματίζωTransliteration: anathematizō Phonetic Spelling: (an-ath-em-at-id'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to declare anathema, devote to destruction Meaning: to declare anathema, devote to destruction Strong's Concordance 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 Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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