- Original: ἀνάθεμα - Transliteration: Anathema - Phonetic: an-ath'-em-ah - Definition: 1. a thing set up or laid by in order to be kept a. specifically, an offering resulting from a vow, which after being consecrated to a God was hung upon the walls or columns of the temple, or put in some other conspicuous place 2. a thing devoted to God without hope of being redeemed, and if an animal, to be slain; therefore a person or thing doomed to destruction a. a curse b. a man accursed, devoted to the direst of woes - Origin: from G394 - TDNT entry: 06:54,6 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: From G394 ; a (religious) ban or (concretely) excommunicated (thing or person): - accursed anathema curse X great. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • accursed, 4 Romans 9:3; 1 Corinthians 12:3; Galatians 1:8; Galatians 1:9 • Anathema, 1 1 Corinthians 16:22 • curse, 1 Act 23:14