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G2672 καταράομαι (kataráomai)
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καταράομαι v. I curse

Strong's Definition

middle voice from 2671; to execrate; by analogy, to doom

KJV Usage: curse

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | aor.2sg. κατηράσω · pf. κατήραμαι

33.471 · Communication · Bless, Curse

to curse, curse to cause injury or harm by means of a statement regarded as having some supernatural power, often because a deity or supernatural force has been evoked

MAT 25:41 · MRK 11:21 · LUK 6:28 · ROM 12:14 · JAS 3:9

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κατ-αράομαι, -ὥμαι; (dep. mid. fr. κατάρα) ; 1 aor. 2 pers. sing. κατηράσω; [pf. pass. ptep. κατηραμένος (see below) J; fr. Hom. down; Sept. mostly for 79) and 178; (0 curse, doom, imprecate evil on: (opp. to εὐλογεῖν) absol. Ro. xii. 14; w. dat. of the obj. (as in the earlier Grk. writ.), Lk. vi. 28 Ree. (Bar. vi. [Ep. Jer. 65] 66; [Joseph. c. Ap. 1, 22, 16]); w. acc. of the obj. (as often in the later Grk. writ., as Plut. Cat. min. 32, 1 var. [B. § 133, 9; W. 222 (208)]), Mt. v. 44 Rec.; Lk. vi. 28 G Ltxt. T Tr WH; Jas. iii. 9; ἃ tree, i.e. to wither it by cursing, Mk. xi. 21 (see Heb. vi. 8 in κατάρα). pf. pass. ptep. κατηραμένος in a pass. sense, accursed (Sap. xii. 11; [2 K. ix. 34]; Plut. Luc. 18; and κεκατηραμ. Deut. xxi. 23; [Sir iii. 16]): Mt. xxv. 41 (also occasionally κεκατάρανται, Num. xxii. 6; xxiv. 9; [but Tdf. ete. -ryp-; see Veitch s. v. apdopuat])." kat-apyéw, -@; fut. karapynow; 1 aor. κατήργησα; pf. κατήργηκα; Pass., pres. καταργοῦμαι; pf. κατήργημαι; 1 aor. κατηργήθην:; 1 fut. καταργηθήσομαι; causative of the verb ἀργέω, equiv. to ἀργὸν (i. 6. depyov [on the accent cf. Chandler καὶ 444]) ποιῶ; freq. with Paul, who uses it 25 times [elsewhere in N. T. only twice (Lk., Heb.), in Sept. 4 times (2 Esdr., see below) ]; 1. to render idle, unemployed, inactive, inoperative : τὴν γῆν, to deprive of its strength, make barren [A. V. cumber], Lk. xiii. 7; to cause a pers. or a thing to have no further efficiency ; to deprive of force, influence, power, [A. V. bring to nought, make of none effect]: ri, Ro. iii. 3; 1 Co. i. 28; τινά, 1 Co. ii. 6 [but in pass.]; diabolic powers, 1 Co. xv. 24 (Justin, apol. 2, 6); Antichrist, 2 Th. ii. 8; τὸν θάνατον, 2 Tim. i. 10 (Barnab. ep. 5, 6); τὸν διάβολον, Heb. ii. 14; pass. 1 Co. xv. 26; to make void, τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, Gal. 11]. 17; pass. Ro. iv. 14. 2. to cause to cease, put an end to, do away with, annul, abolish: ri, 1 Co. vi. 13; xiii. 11; τὸν νόμον, Ro. iii. 31; Eph. ii. 15; τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ ἀνόμου, Sarnab. ep. 15, 5; pass. πόλεμος καταργεῖται ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων, Ignat. ad Eph. 13,2; ἵνα καταργηθῆ τὸ σῶμα τῆς ἁμαρτίας. that the body of sin might be done away, i.e. not the material of the body, but the body so far forth as it is an instrument of sin; accordingly, that the body may cease to be an instrument of sin, Ro. vi. 6. Pass. to cease, pass away, be done away: of things, Gal. v.11; 1 Co. xiii. 8, 10; 2 Co. iii. 7, 11, 13 sq.; of persons, foll. by ἀπό τινος, [0 be severed from, separated from, discharged from, loosed from, any one; to terminate all inlercourse with one [a pregn. constr., ef. W. 621 (577); B. 322 (277) ]: ἀπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Gal. v. 4 [on the aor. cf. W. § 40,5 b.]; ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου, Ro. vii. [2 (R™ om. τ. v.)], 6. The word is rarely met with in prof. auth., as Eur. Phoen. 753 καταργ. χέρα, to make idle, i. 6. to leave the hand unemployed; Polyb. ap. Suid. [s. v. κατηργηκέναι] τοὺς καιρούς, in the sense of to let slip, leave unused; in Sept. four times for Chald. 53, to make to cease, i. e. restrain, check, hinder, 2 Esdr. iv. 21, 23; v. 5; vi. 8.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

καταράομαι kataraomai 5x

to curse, to wish evil to, imprecate evil upon, Mk. 11:21; Lk. 6:28; Rom. 12:14; Jas. 3:9; in NT pass. to be cursed, Mt. 25:41*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κατ-αράομαι, -ώμαι, depon. (< κατάρα), [in LXX chiefly for קלל pi.;]

to curse: c. acc., Mk 11:21; opp. to εὐλογέω, Lk 6:28, Ro 12:14, Ja 3:9; pass. pf. ptcp., accursed, under a curse (v. M, Pr., 221): Mt 25:41.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

καταράομαι. For κατάρατος cf. OG/S 833 (iv/B.c.) κατάρατον ἔμμεναι καὶ αὖτον καὶ γένος τὸ κήνω, Sy// 479% (iii/B.C.) ἐὰν δέ τις τούτων τι λύηι, κατάρατος ἔστω. See also s.v. ἐπικατάρατος.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

καταράομαι (kataraomai) — to curse. καταρ-άομαι [ᾱρ Epic dialect, ᾰρ Attic dialect], call down curses upon, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; πολλὰ κατηρᾶτο he called down many curses, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: with infinitive, καταρῶνται δ᾽ ἀπολέσθαι they pray that he may perish, [Refs 6th c.BC+], curse, execrate, [NT+5th c.BC+]passive, aorist κατηράθην [ᾱ] [LXX]: perfect participle κατηραμένος accursed, [NT+1st c.AD+]: also perfect κεκατήραμαι with double reduplicate, [LXX]; participle κεκατηραμένος [LXX]

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