What does καταράομαι (kataráomai) mean in the Bible?
καταράομαι (kataráomai): To curse someone by invoking divine judgment or condemnation; opposite of blessing.
Greek · G2672
καταράομαι
To execrate; by analogy, to doom
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καταράομαι G2672
Pronunciation kataráomai
What does καταράομαι (kataráomai) mean in the Bible?
καταράομαι (kataráomai): To curse someone by invoking divine judgment or condemnation; opposite of blessing.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2672?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include curse (2), are cursed (1), we curse (1), You cursed (1).
Where does καταράομαι (kataráomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 25:41. Its strongest book concentrations include James (1), Luke (1), Mark (1), Matthew (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 curse 2× Luke 6:28, Romans 12:14
are cursed 1× Matthew 25:41
we curse 1× James 3:9
You cursed 1× Mark 11:21
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Matthew 25:41 κατηραμένοι to are cursed Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Masculine Plural Mark 11:21 κατηράσω to You cursed Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singular Luke 6:28 καταρωμένους to curse Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural Romans 12:14 καταρᾶσθε to curse Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural James 3:9 καταρώμεθα to we curse Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 25:41
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 5
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 1 Romans 1 James 1
Source forms
καταρᾶσθε 1x katarasthe Romans 12:14
καταρώμεθα 1x katarōmetha James 3:9
καταρωμένους 1x katarōmenous Luke 6:28
κατηραμένοι 1x katēramenoi Matthew 25:41
κατηράσω 1x katērasō Mark 11:21
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 2nd Person Singular 1x Mark 11:21
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Vocative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 25:41
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Plural 1x Romans 12:14
Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 1st Person Plural 1x James 3:9
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Luke 6:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To curse someone by invoking divine judgment or condemnation; opposite of blessing.
Strong's G2672
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 6:27-36 Source Gloss
to execrate; by analogy, to doom
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To curse someone by invoking divine judgment or condemnation; opposite of blessing.
(κατάρα), [in LXX chiefly for קָלַל pi. ;] to curse: with accusative, Mrk.11:21; opposite to εὐλογέω, Luk.6:26, Rom.12:14, Jas.3:9; pass. pf. ptcp., accursed, under a curse (see M, Pr., 221): Mat.25:41.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:44 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Accusative Plural Masculine
καταρωμένους katarwmenouv
I curse
Read verse Matthew 25:41 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
κατηραμένοι, kathramenoi
I curse
Read verse Mark 11:21 Verb Second Person Singular Aorist Middle Deponent Indicative
κατηράσω kathrasw
I curse
Read verse Luke 6:28 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Accusative Plural Masculine
καταρωμένους katarwmenouv
I curse
Read verse Romans 12:14 Verb Second Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Imperative
καταρᾶσθε. katarasqe
I curse
Read verse James 3:9 Verb First Person Plural Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative
καταρώμεθα katarwmeqa
I curse
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Perfect, Aorist, Present Voices Passive, Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Perfect Passive Matt 25:41 1×
Present Middle Luke 6:28 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 2×
Aorist Middle Mark 11:21 1×
Present Middle Jas 3:9 1×
Imperative command or strong request 1×
Present Middle Rom 12:14 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 3 aorist 1 perfect 1
Voice
middle 4 passive 1
Mood
indicative 2 participle 2 imperative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Active imperative and prohibition regarding cursing others in ethical teaching
Jesus' curse upon the fig tree resulting in its withering and death
Passive perfect participle describing those doomed to eternal separation from God
Moral inconsistency of blessing God while cursing humans made in His image
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
καταράομαι is built from this root:
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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