κατάρα,
κατάρας,
ἡ (
κατά and
ἄρα, cf. German
Verfiuchung,
Verwünschung (cf.
κατά, III. 4)); the
Sept. chiefly for
כְּלָלָה;
an execration, imprecation, curse: opposed to
εὐλογία to being cursed (which see),
James 3:10;
γῆ κατάρας ἐγγύς, near by God, i. e. to being given up to barrenness (the allusion is to
Genesis 3:17f),
Hebrews 6:8;
ὑπό κατάραν εἶναι, to be under a curse, i. e. liable to the appointed penalty of being cursed,
Galatians 3:10;
ἐξαγοράζειν τινα ἐκ τῆς κατάρας, to redeem one exposed to the threatened penalty of a curse,
Galatians 3:13;
τέκνα κατάρας, men worthy of execration,
2 Peter 2:14; abstract for the concrete, one in whom the curse is exhibited, i. e. undergoing the appointed penalty of cursing,
Galatians 3:13;
ἐγώ κατάρα ἐγενήθην, Protevangelium Jacobi,
c. 3. (
Aeschylus,
Euripides,
Plato, others.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Genesis
-
3:17
- Galatians
-
3:10; 3:13; 3:13
- Hebrews
-
6:8
- James
-
3:10
- 2 Peter
-
2:14
