ἈΝΑΘΗΜΑ, ἀναθημα
ANATHĒMA, anathēma
Sounds Like: ah-NAH-thay-mah
Translations: offering, a votive offering, a gift, a dedicated thing
From the root: ἈΝΑΘΗΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to something dedicated or set apart, often as a gift or offering to a deity, typically placed in a temple. It can be a votive offering, meaning a gift made in fulfillment of a vow. It is used to describe items consecrated for sacred purposes.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0334 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 4:73
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 22:199
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΑΘΗΜΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΑΘΗΜΑΣΙΝ — (to) votive offerings, (to) dedications, (to) consecrated gifts
- ΤΩΝἈΝΑΘΗΜΑΤΩΝ — (of) offerings, (of) dedicated things, (of) votive gifts
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