κατανά-θεμα G2652
curse, thing under divine ban, anathema
This noun denotes something devoted to destruction, placed under solemn curse. Revelation 22:3 declares that in the new creation 'there will be no more curse'—no accursed thing will exist there. The word intensifies simple 'anathema' with a prefix. Classical and Septuagint usage shows this for things devoted to destruction, whether pagan offerings or objects under divine ban. All translation witnesses converge on 'curse/maldición/Fluch.' The eschatological promise reverses the curse introduced at the fall, restoring unmediated divine presence without separation or judgment.
Senses
1. sense 1 — John's vision of the renewed cosmos promises the total absence of κατανάθεμα—no cursed thing, no object of divine judgment, no separation from God's presence. This reverses Genesis 3's curse on the ground and all its consequences. The emphatic negative signals complete restoration, where nothing bears the mark of divine displeasure or destruction. 1×
AR["لَعْنَةٍ"]·ben["অভিশাপ"]·DE["Fluch"]·EN["curse"]·FR["malédiction"]·heb["קְלָלָה"]·HI["शापित"]·ID["kutukan"]·IT["katathema"]·jav["ipat-ipat"]·KO["저주가"]·PT["maldição"]·RU["проклятия"]·ES["maldición"]·SW["laana"]·TR["lanet"]·urd["لعنت"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
κατανά-θεμα, ατος, τό, curse, NT; and κατανα-θεμᾰτίζω, curse, NT.Mat.26.74, both variants for καταθ-.