Quick Definition
an offering dedicated by a worshipper
Strong's Definition
a votive offering
Derivation: from G394 (ἀνατίθεμαι) (like G331 (ἀνάθεμα), but in a good sense);
KJV Usage: gift
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνάθημα, (τος, τό (ἀνατίθημι), a gift consecrated and laid up in a temple, a votive offering (see ἀνάθεμα, 1): Luk_21:5 (R G Tr WH). (3Ma_3:17; cf. Grimm on 2Ma_3:2; κοσμεῖν ἀναθήμασι occurs also in 2Ma_11:16; Plato, Alcib. ii. § 12, p. 148 e. ἀναθήμασι τέ κεκοσμήκαμεν τά ἱερά αὐτῶν, Herodotus 1, 183 τό μέν δή ἱερόν οὕτω κεκόσμηται. Ἔστι δέ καί ἰδίᾳ ἀναθήματα πολλά.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνάθημα anathēma 1x
a gift or offering consecrated to God, Luk_21:5
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀνάθημα , -τος , τό
( cf. ἀνάθημα , and v. MM , VGT , s.v. ),
[in LXX often as v.l . for ἀνάθεμα ( H2763 ), and in Num_21:3 , Jdg_1:17 for H2767 , but prop . in 3Ma_3:17 , al. ;]
a gift set up in a temple, a votive offering: Luk_21:5 ( LT , -θεμα ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνάθημα [page 33]
See Index to Syll III. p. 206, which shows how the old form and the later ἀνάθεμα (like ἀνάδημα and ἀνάδεμα , etc.) lived on side by side. In his index to OGIS Dittenberger is content with ἀνάθημα , ἀναθήματα passim. That the alternative lived on in Semitic districts as well as in Greece itself, in the same sense, is well shown in a trilingual inscr. Latin, Greek and Punic in G. A. Cooke s North Semitic Inscriptions , p. 109 (ii/B.C.), Ἀσκληπιῷ Μηρρὴ ἀνάθεμα βωμὸν ἔστησε Κλέων . This answers to donum dedit in the Latin, πγψ in the Punic.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνάθημα [Etym: ἀνατίθημι, ἀνάθεμα.] "a votive offering set up" in a temple, Hdt. , Soph. , etc. "a delight, ornament", Od.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀνάθημα, -τος, τό
(cf. ἀνάθημα, and see MM, VGT, see word), [in LXX often as seel. for ἀνάθεμα (חָרַם), and in Num.21:3, Jdg.1:17 for חׇרְמָה, but prop. in 3Ma.3:17, al. ;]
a gift set up in a temple, a votive offering: Luk.21:5 (LT, -θεμα).†
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