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Strong's G1944 ἐπικατάρατος (epikataratos)

Epikataratos means “accursed” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1944 — hoham in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1944
Language Greek
Linked Usages 46
Books 16

Strong's G1944 Quick Answer

Strong's G1944 ἐπικατάρατος (epikataratos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epikataratos (ep-ee-kat-ar'-at-os) adj. 1. accursed, damned 2. (by analogy) doomed It has 46 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include cursed, people, lord, man, and say. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
epikataratos (ep-ee-kat-ar'-at-os) adj. 1. accursed, damned 2. (by analogy) doomed
Usage
46 linked usages
Books
16 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
cursed, people, lord, man, and say

Meaning and Definition

epikataratos (ep-ee-kat-ar'-at-os) adj. 1. accursed, damned 2. (by analogy) doomed [from G1909 and a derivative of G2672] KJV: accursed Root(s): G1909, G2672

Original Word
ἐπικατάρατος
Transliteration
epikataratos
Derivation
Root: καταράομαι R1: 1909 R2: 2672
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1944. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

cursed

Usage: ἐπι-κατ-άρατος, -ον (ἐπικαταράομαι, to imprecate curses on), [in LXX for אָרַר, also Wis.3:12 14:8, 4Ma.2:19 ;] accursed: Gal.3:10 (LXX) Gal.3:13 (LXX κεκαταραμένος) (Cremer, 109).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

cursed people lord man say thee shalt father saying law curse god

How Strong's G1944 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 38 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1944 (ἐπικατάρατος) appears 47 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1944 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1944 in the New Testament

3 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 7:49 KJV

But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.

Galatians 3:10 KJV

For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Galatians 3:13 KJV

Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

Strong's G1944 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

38 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 3:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.

Genesis 3:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labors, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

Genesis 4:11 Septuagint / Brenton

And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.

Strong's G1944 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

4 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 13:14 Septuagint / Brenton

O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be glad forever.

4 Maccabees 2:19 Septuagint / Brenton

For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.

Strong's G1944 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 102:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And all the angels shall execute their commandst And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory, And the children of earth shall tremble and quake; And ye sinners shall be cursed for ever, And ye shall have no peace.

Usage Excerpts

First 46 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1944.

Genesis 3:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labors, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
Genesis 4:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
Genesis 9:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Cursed be the servant Canaan, A slave shall he be to his brethren.
Genesis 27:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let nations serve thee, And princes bow down to thee, And be thou lord of thy brother, And the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; Accursed is he that curses thee, And blessed is he that blesses thee.
Genesis 49:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed be their wrath, for it was willful, And their anger, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Deuteronomy 27:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is the man that dishonors his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that removes his neighbor’s landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is everyone that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s skirt: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that lies with any beast: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that lies with his sister by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife’s sister: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he that smites his neighbor secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 27:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is every man that continues not in all the words of this law to do them: and all the people shall say, So be it.
Deuteronomy 28:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Deuteronomy 28:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed shall be thy barns and thy stores.
Deuteronomy 28:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.
Joshua 6:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joshua adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his firstborn, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bethel; he laid the foundation in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates of it in his youngest surviving son.
Joshua 9:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Judges 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
To curse Meroz: Curse ye it, said the angel of the Lord; Cursed is everyone that dwells in it, Because they came not to the help of the Lord, To his help among the mighty.
Judges 21:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed is he that gives a wife to Benjamin.
1 Kingdoms 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul committed a great trespass of ignorance in that day, and he lays a curse on the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread before the evening; so I will avenge myself on my enemy: and none of the people tasted bread, though all the land was dining.
1 Kingdoms 14:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of the people answered and said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread today. And the people were very faint,
1 Kingdoms 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they are cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Psalms 118:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast rebuked the proud: Cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.
Proverbs 24:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shall be cursed by peoples, and hateful among the nations.
Isaiah 65:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither shall there be there anymore a child that dies untimely, or an old man who shall not complete his time: for the youth shall be a hundred years old, and the sinner who dies at a hundred years shall also be accursed:
Jeremiah 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Cursed is the man, who shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,
Jeremiah 17:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.
Jeremiah 20:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: the day wherein my mother brought me forth, let it not be blessed.
Jeremiah 20:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed be the man who brought the glad tidings to my father, saying, A male child is born to thee.
Jeremiah 31:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cursed is the man that does the works of the Lord carelessly, keeping back his sword from blood.
Malachi 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.
John 7:49 New Testament, KJV
But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
Galatians 3:10 New Testament, KJV
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Galatians 3:13 New Testament, KJV
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:
Tobit 13:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
O blessed are they which love thee, for they shall rejoice in thy peace: blessed are they which have been sorrowful for all thy scourges; for they shall rejoice for thee, when they have seen all thy glory, and shall be glad forever.
4 Maccabees 2:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.
Wisdom of Solomon 3:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Their wives are foolish, And their children wicked:
Wisdom of Solomon 14:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
But that which is made with hands is cursed, as well it, as he that made it: He, because he made it: and it, because, being corruptible, it was called God.
1 Enoch 102:3 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the angels shall execute their commandst And shall seek to hide themselves from the presence of the Great Glory, And the children of earth shall tremble and quake; And ye sinners shall be cursed for ever, And ye shall have no peace.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1944, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1944 FAQ

What does epikataratos (ἐπικατάρατος) mean?

Epikataratos (Strong's G1944) is a Greek word most simply glossed "accursed". epikataratos (ep-ee-kat-ar'-at-os) adj. 1. accursed, damned 2. (by analogy) doomed

How many times is epikataratos (ἐπικατάρατος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 46 linked usages for Strong's G1944 across 16 books.

Where can I study epikataratos (ἐπικατάρατος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1944 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate epikataratos (ἐπικατάρατος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as cursed, people, lord, man, say, and thee. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1944 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 38 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 4 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1944, with linked reader references where each row is available.