Library Home>Boyd's Bible Dictionary>Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A>Anathema (#107649)

Anathema

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

Listen to This Article

(devoted). The devoted thing, if inanimate, fell to the priests (Num. 18:18¹⁸And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. (Numbers 18:18)); if animate, it was to be slain (Lev. 27:28-29²⁸Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. ²⁹None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. (Leviticus 27:28‑29)). In N. T. a curse (Rom. 9:3³For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: (Romans 9:3); 1 Cor. 12:3; 16:22³Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. (1 Corinthians 12:3)
²²If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. (1 Corinthians 16:22)). In the latter instance Maranatha is added, the meaning being “Let him be accursed.”

Click here to show subject links in the text for more information.

Previous Article

Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A

• Anakim or -kims

• Anathema

• Anethothite