1944. epikataratos
Strong's Lexicon
epikataratos: Cursed

Original Word: ἐπικατάρατος
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: epikataratos
Pronunciation: eh-pee-kat-AR-ah-tos
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-kat-ar'-at-os)
Definition: Cursed
Meaning: on whom a curse has been invoked, accursed, doomed to destruction.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek preposition "ἐπί" (epi, meaning "upon" or "over") and the verb "καταράομαι" (kataraomai, meaning "to curse").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with the concept of being cursed is "אָרוּר" (arur), found in passages like Deuteronomy 27:26 and Jeremiah 17:5.

Usage: The term "epikataratos" is used to describe someone or something that is under a curse or is accursed. In the New Testament, it conveys the idea of being under divine condemnation or judgment. It is a strong term that indicates a state of being rejected or condemned by God.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient world, curses were taken very seriously and were believed to have real power. In the Jewish context, being cursed was associated with being cut off from the community and from God's blessings. The concept of being "cursed" is deeply rooted in the Old Testament, where disobedience to God's law often resulted in curses, as outlined in Deuteronomy 27-28. In the Greco-Roman world, curses were also common in religious and social contexts, often invoked to bring harm to one's enemies.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from epikataraomai (to invoke curses on)
Definition
accursed
NASB Translation
cursed (2).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1944: ἐπικατάρατος

ἐπικατάρατος, ἐπικατάρατον (ἐπικαταράομαι to imprecate curses upon), only in Biblical and ecclesiastical use, accursed, execrable, exposed to divine vengeance, lying under God's curse: John 7:49 R G; Galatians 3:10 (Deuteronomy 27:26); Galatians 3:13 (Deuteronomy 21:23); (Wis. 3:12 (); ; 4 Macc. 2:19; in the Sept. often for אָרוּר).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
accursed.

From epi and a derivative of kataraomai; imprecated, i.e. Execrable -- accursed.

see GREEK epi

see GREEK kataraomai

Forms and Transliterations
επαρατοι ἐπάρατοί επικατάρατα επικατάρατοι επικατάρατοί Επικαταρατος επικατάρατος Ἐπικατάρατος eparatoi epáratoí Epikataratos Epikatáratos
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Englishman's Concordance
John 7:49 Adj-NMP
GRK: τὸν νόμον ἐπάρατοί εἰσιν
KJV: the law are cursed.
INT: the law accursed are

Galatians 3:10 Adj-NMS
GRK: γὰρ ὅτι Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὃς
NAS: for it is written, CURSED IS EVERYONE
KJV: it is written, Cursed [is] every one
INT: indeed Cursed [is] everyone who

Galatians 3:13 Adj-NMS
GRK: ὅτι γέγραπται Ἐπικατάρατος πᾶς ὁ
NAS: for us -- for it is written, CURSED IS EVERYONE
KJV: it is written, Cursed [is] every one
INT: it has been written Cursed [is] everyone who

Strong's Greek 1944
3 Occurrences


ἐπάρατοί — 1 Occ.
Ἐπικατάρατος — 2 Occ.

















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