What does ἐπικατάρατος (epikatáratos) mean in the Bible?
ἐπικατάρατος (epikatáratos) is a Greek word meaning "cursed".
Greek · G1944
ἐπικατάρατος
Cursed
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ἐπικατάρατος G1944
Pronunciation epikatáratos
What does ἐπικατάρατος (epikatáratos) mean in the Bible?
ἐπικατάρατος (epikatáratos) is a Greek word meaning "cursed".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1944?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Cursed is (2), under a curse (1).
Where does ἐπικατάρατος (epikatáratos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 7:49. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (2), John (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It Cursed is 2× Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13
under a curse 1× John 7:49
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 7:49
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 2
John 1 Galatians 2
Source forms
Ἐπικατάρατος 2x Epikataratos Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13
ἐπάρατοί 1x eparatoi John 7:49
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x John 7:49
Evidence Summary
Greek word. cursed
Strong's G1944
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
cursed
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
John 7:49 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἐπικατάρατοί epikataratoi
accursed
Read verse Galatians 3:10 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἐπικατάρατος epikataratov
accursed
Read verse Galatians 3:13 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
Ἐπικατάρατος epikataratov
accursed
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Nominative (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Gal 3:10 · Gal 3:13 2×
Word Origins
ἐπικατάρατος is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain