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To curse

καταναθεματίζωStrong’s G2653

katanathematizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Katanathematizō is the Greek word usually translated “curse”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.”
Matthew 26:74 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “curse”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to curse 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    καταναθεματίζω katanathematizō · to curse

    κατα-θεματίζω to curse vehemently: Mat.26:74 (cf. ἀναθεμ-).† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “curse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CURSE, verb transitive

    preterit tense and participle passive cursed or curst.

    1. To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.“Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people” Exodus 22:28“Bless and curse not” Romans 12:14“CURSE me this people, for they are too mighty for me” Numbers 22:6
    2. To injure; to subject to evil; to vex, harass or torment with great calamities.
    3. To devote to evil.
    All definitions and other forms of “curse”

      CURSE, verb intransitive

      To utter imprecations; to affirm or deny with imprecations of divine vengeance.

      1. “Then began he to curse and to swear” Matthew 26:74

      CURSE, noun

      1. Malediction; the expression of a wish of evil to another.
      2. Imprecation of evil.“They entered into a curse and into an oath” Nehemiah 10:29
      3. Affliction; torment; great vexation.“I will make this city a curse to all nations” Jeremiah 26:6
      4. Condemnation; sentence of divine vengeance on sinners.“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law” Galatians 3:13
      5. Denunciation of evil.“The priest shall write all these curses in a book” Numbers 5:23

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.