ἀνάθεμα

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. 3 Mos 27,28-29), hence;

(a) of the sentence pronounced (5 Mos 13,15), a curse: ApG 23,14

(b) of the object on which the curse is laid, accursed (5 Mos 7,26): Rom 9,3, 1 Kor 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).†