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ANATHEMA

The recipient or object of a curse. Gk. anáthema and its cognate verb anathematízō (“to put under a curse”) are used in the LXX to translate words from the Hebrew root ḥrm, which identified objects completely devoted to God and, notably, the Canaanite cities that were under Israelite ban. Several times in the NT the words refer to oaths (Mark 14:71; Acts 23:12, 14, 21).

In Paul’s writings anáthema means “curse.” God is normally the implied subject of the cursing, making the term synonymous with damnation (Rom. 9:3; 1 Cor. 16:22; Gal. 1:8, 9). Paul uses other curse language for those who seek to be justified by the Law (Gal. 3:10, 13), and he remarks that no one speaking by the Spirit (i.e., charismatic utterance) can say “Jesus is anathema,” the opposite of which is the confession “Jesus is Lord” (1 Cor. 12:3).

Gary S. Shogren






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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