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Strong's G331 ἀνάθεμα (anathema)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H331 — atam (“narrow”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G331
Language Greek
Linked Usages 25
Books 13

Strong's G331 Quick Answer

Strong's G331 ἀνάθεμα (anathema) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. anathema (an-ath'-em-ah) n. 1. a (religious) ban 2. (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person) It has 25 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include curse and anathema. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
anathema (an-ath'-em-ah) n. 1. a (religious) ban 2. (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person)
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
curse and anathema

Meaning and Definition

anathema (an-ath'-em-ah) n. 1. a (religious) ban 2. (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person) [from G394] KJV: accused, anathema, curse, X great Root(s): G394

Original Word
ἀνάθεμα
Transliteration
anathema
Derivation
Root: ἀνατίθεμαι R1: 394
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G331. 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)

devoted

Usage: ἀνάθεμα, -τος, τό (ἀνατίθημι), Hellenistic for Attic ἀνάθημα (Bl., § 27, 2); __1. prop. = τὸ ἀνατιθέμένον, that which is laid by to be kept, a votive offering (as ἀνάθημα in 2Ma.2:13, Luk.21:5—where LT read -θεμα, see M, Pr., 46). __2. [As equiv. in LXX for חֵרֶם,] devoted, a thing devoted to God (see Driver, De., 98 f., and cf. Lev.27:28-29), hence; __(a) of the sentence pronounced (Deu.13:15), a curse: Act.23:14;

__(b) of the object on which the curse is laid, accursed (Deu.7:26): Rom.9:3, 1Co.12:3 16:22, Gal.1:8-9 (see ICC on Ro.; Lft., Ga., ll. with; Cremer, 547; Tr., Syn., § v; MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)

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How Strong's G331 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render anathema, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G331 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 16 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.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G331 (ἀνάθεμα) appears 26 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G331 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 G331 in the New Testament

6 indexed usages in New Testament.

Acts 23:14 KJV

And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.

Romans 9:3 KJV

For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:

1 Corinthians 12:3 KJV

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Strong's G331 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 27:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And every dedicated thing which a man shall dedicate to the Lord of all that he has, whether man or beast, or of the field of his possession, he shall not sell it, nor redeem it: every devoted thing shall be most holy to the Lord.

Numbers 21:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the Canaanite into his power; and Israel devoted him and his cities, and they called the name of that place Anathema.

Deuteronomy 7:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, so shouldest thou be an accursed thing like it; thou shalt utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.

Strong's G331 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 16:19 Septuagint / Brenton

Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto God.

2 Maccabees 2:13 Septuagint / Brenton

The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Nehemiah; and how he founding a library gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.

2 Maccabees 9:16 Septuagint / Brenton

and the holy temple, which before he had spoiled, he would garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices:

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G331.

Leviticus 27:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And every dedicated thing which a man shall dedicate to the Lord of all that he has, whether man or beast, or of the field of his possession, he shall not sell it, nor redeem it: every devoted thing shall be most holy to the Lord.
Numbers 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered the Canaanite into his power; and Israel devoted him and his cities, and they called the name of that place Anathema.
Deuteronomy 7:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not bring an abomination into thy house, so shouldest thou be an accursed thing like it; thou shalt utterly hate it, and altogether abominate it, because it is an accursed thing.
Deuteronomy 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
thou shalt utterly destroy all the dwellers in that land with the edge of the sword; ye shall solemnly curse it, and all things in it.
Deuteronomy 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall nothing of the cursed thing cleave to thy hand, that the Lord may turn from his fierce anger, and show thee mercy, and pity thee, and multiply thee, as he swore to thy fathers;
Deuteronomy 20:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but ye shall surely curse them, the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite; as the Lord thy God commanded thee:
Joshua 6:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the city shall be devoted, it and all things that are in it, to the Lord of Hosts: only do ye save Rahab the harlot, and all things in her house.
Joshua 6:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But keep yourselves strictly from the accursed thing, lest ye set your mind upon and take of the accursed thing, and ye make the camp of the children of Israel an accursed thing, and destroy us.
Joshua 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined part of the accursed thing; and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with the children of Israel.
Joshua 7:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The people has sinned, and transgressed the covenant which I made with them; they have stolen from the cursed thing, and put it into their store.
Joshua 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel will not be able to stand before their enemies; they will turn their back before their enemies, for they have become an accursed thing: I will not any longer be with you, unless ye remove the cursed thing from yourselves.
Joshua 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rise, sanctify the people and tell them to sanctify themselves for the morrow: thus says the Lord God of Israel, The accursed thing is among you; ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies, until ye shall have removed the cursed thing from among you.
Joshua 22:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lo! did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass taking of the accursed thing, and there was wrath on the whole congregation of Israel? and he himself died alone in his own sin.
Judges 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and smote the Canaanite that inhabited Zephath, and they utterly destroyed them; and they called the name of the city Anathema.
1 Chronicles 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Carmi; Achan the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing.
Zechariah 14:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
they shall dwell in the city; and there shall be no more any curse, and Jerusalem shall dwell securely.
Acts 23:14 New Testament, KJV
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
Romans 9:3 New Testament, KJV
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
1 Corinthians 12:3 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
1 Corinthians 16:22 New Testament, KJV
If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Galatians 1:8 New Testament, KJV
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Galatians 1:9 New Testament, KJV
As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Judith 16:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Judith also dedicated all the stuff of Holofernes, which the people had given her, and gave the canopy which she had taken out of his bedchamber, for a gift unto God.
2 Maccabees 2:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Nehemiah; and how he founding a library gathered together the acts of the kings, and the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.
2 Maccabees 9:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and the holy temple, which before he had spoiled, he would garnish with goodly gifts, and restore all the holy vessels with many more, and out of his own revenue defray the charges belonging to the sacrifices:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G331, grouped by book.

Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Galatians 2 usages, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G331 FAQ

What does anathema (ἀνάθεμα) mean?

Anathema (Strong's G331) is a Greek word most simply glossed "accused". anathema (an-ath'-em-ah) n. 1. a (religious) ban 2. (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person)

How many times is anathema (ἀνάθεμα) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G331 across 13 books.

Where can I study anathema (ἀνάθεμα) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G331 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate anathema (ἀνάθεμα)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as curse and anathema. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G331 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 16 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G331, with linked reader references where each row is available.