Strong's Lexicon
G2671 — κατάρα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2671 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κατάρα |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2596 (intensive) and G685 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | katara |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | kat-ar'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. a cursing (the act of) 2. a curse |
| KJV Renderings: | curse(-d, ing) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κατάρα, κατάρας, ἡ (κατά and ἄρα, cf. German Verfiuchung,Verwünschung (cf. κατά, III. 4)); the Sept. chiefly for ëÀÌìÈìÈä; an execration, imprecation, curse: opposed to εὐλογία to being cursed (which see), Jas 3:10; γῆ κατάρας ἐγγύς, near by God, i. e. to being given up to barrenness (the allusion is to Gen 3:17 f), Heb 6:8; ὑπό κατάραν εἶναι, to be under a curse, i. e. liable to the appointed penalty of being cursed, Gal 3:10; ἐξαγοράζειν τινα ἐκ τῆς κατάρας, to redeem one exposed to the threatened penalty of a curse, Gal 3:13; τέκνα κατάρας, men worthy of execration, 2Pe 2:14; abstract for the concrete, one in whom the curse is exhibited, i. e. undergoing the appointed penalty of cursing, Gal 3:13; ἐγώ κατάρα ἐγενήθην, Protevangelium Jacobi,
c. 3. (Aeschylus, Euripides, Plato, others.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κατάρα (curse(-d)
Galatians 3:10
- KJV: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse for it is written Cursed every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them
- GK: όσοι γαρ εξ έργων νόμου εισίν υπό κατάραν εισί γέγραπται γαρ επικατάρατος πας ος ουκ εμμένει εν πάσι τοις γεγραμμένοις εν τω βιβλίω του νομου του ποιήσαι αυτά
Galatians 3:13
- KJV: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law being made a curse for us for it is written Cursed every one that hangeth on a tree
- GK: χριστός ημάς εξηγόρασεν εκ της κατάρας του νόμου γενόμενος υπέρ ημών κατάρα γέγραπται γαρ επικατάρατος πας ο κρεμάμενος επί ξύλου
Hebrews 6:8
- KJV: But that which beareth thorns and briers rejected and nigh unto cursing whose end to be burned
- GK: εκφέρουσα δε ακάνθας και τριβόλους αδόκιμος και κατάρας εγγύς ης το τέλος εις καύσιν
James 3:10
- KJV: Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing My brethren these things ought not so to be
- GK: εκ του αυτού στόματος εξέρχεται ευλογία και κατάρα ου χρή αδελφοί μου ταύτα ούτως γίνεσθαι
2 Peter 2:14
- KJV: Having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin beguiling unstable souls an heart they have exercised with covetous practices cursed children
- GK: οφθαλμούς έχοντες μεστούς μοιχαλίδος και ακαταπαύστους αμαρτίας δελεάζοντες ψυχάς αστηρίκτους καρδίαν γεγυμνασμένην πλεονεξίας έχοντες κατάρας τέκνα