καταράομαι

καταράομαι — kataráomai

καταράομαι, καταρωμαι; (deponent middle from κατάρα); 1 aorist 2 pers singular κατηράσω; (perfect passive participle κατηραμένος (see below)); from Homer down; the Sept. mostly for קִלֵּל and אָרַר; to curse, doom, imprecate evil on: (opposed to εὐλογεῖν) absolutely, Rom 12:14; with the dative of the object (as in the earlier Greek writings), Luk 6:28 Rec. (Bar 6:1-73 (Epistle Jer. ); (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 22, 16)); with the accusative of the object (as often in the later Greek writings, as Plutarch, Cat. min. 32, 1 variant (Buttmann, § 133, 9; Winer's Grammar, 222 (208))), Mat 5:44 Rec.; Luk 6:28 G L text T Tr WH; Jas 3:9; a tree, i. e. to wither it by cursing, Mar 11:21 (see Heb 6:8 in κατάρα). perfect passive participle κατηραμένος in a passive sense, accursed (Wis 12:11; (2Ki 9:34); Plutarch, Luk 18:1-43; and κεκατηραμ. Deu 21:23; (Sir 3:16)): Mat 25:41 (also occasionally κεκαταρανται, Num 22:6; Num 24:9; (but Tdf. etc. κεκατήρανται; see Veitch, under the word.