ἐπικατάρατος
accursed
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Adjective
- A word that describes or qualifies a noun.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms
- Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 2 times (67%)
- Adjective, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 1 time (33%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 3 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where G1944 appears — 3 distinct verses across 2 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
John 1 verse
Galatians 2 verses
- Galatians 3:10 ἐπικατάρατος adj nom sg masc For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who doesn't continue in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them."
- Galatians 3:13 ἐπικατάρατος adj nom sg masc Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,"
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
επικαταρατος — transliterated epikatáratos — is a Greek adjective carrying the sense “accursed.” The Greek New Testament uses it only 3 verses. Its uses cluster heavily in Galatians (67% of all occurrences). It first appears in John 7:49. From the same root come επι, επαγγελλω and επαγω. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1944 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 3
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 3 distinct verses.
- 2 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 2 of 27 New Testament books.
- #2,203
- by frequency
- Top 2500 most frequent Greek words (rank 2,203 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 3 occurrences in the concordance →
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 3 distinct verses.
- Pauline corpus 2 verses · 67%
- Gospels 1 verse · 33%
- Johannine 1 verse · 33%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Cursed 3×
- American Standard Version: Cursed 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Cursed is 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Cursed 2×, Is 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1944 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1944 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1944 across 3 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1944 across 4 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- accursed, execrable, exposed to divine vengeance, lying under God's curse
Word origin
Derived from επι (epí) (G1909) — upon.
Forms in the corpus
The 2 distinct written forms G1944 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐπικατάρατος epikatáratos | Adjective, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Galatians 3:10 | 2 |
| ἐπάρατοί epáratoí | Adjective, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | John 7:49 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1944, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- επαγγελλω epangéllō G1861 to announce
- επαγω epágō G1863 to bring upon
- επαγωνιζομαι epagōnízomai G1864 to contend
- επαθροιζω epathroízō G1865 to gather together
- επαινεω epainéō G1867 to approve
- επαινος épainos G1868 approval
- επαιρω epaírō G1869 to lift up
- επαισχυνομαι epaischýnomai G1870 to be ashamed
- επαιτεω epaitéō G1871 to ask repeatedly
- επακουω epakoúō G1873 to give ear to
- επακροαομαι epakroáomai G1874 to listen to
- επαν epán G1875 after
- επαναγκες epánankes G1876 necessarily
- επαναγω epanágō G1877 to lead back
- επαναμιμνησκω epanamimnḗskō G1878 to remind
- επαναπαυομαι epanapaúomai G1879 to rest upon
- επανερχομαι epanérchomai G1880 to return
- επανισταμαι epanístamai G1881 to raise up against
- επανορθωσις epanórthōsis G1882 correction
- επανω epánō G1883 above
- επαρκεω eparkéō G1884 to avail
- επαρχια eparchía G1885 office of governor
- επαυλις épaulis G1886 farm
- επαυριον epaúrion G1887 the next day
+110 more words share this root (not shown).
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 137 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word επικαταρατος appears 41 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 38 verses in 10 books.
- 41
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 38
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 10 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 10 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 3:14 ἐπικατάρατος
- Deuteronomy 27:15 ἐπικατάρατος
- Joshua 6:26 ἐπικατάρατος
- Judges 5:23 ἐπικατάρατος
- 1 Samuel 14:24 ἐπικατάρατος
- Psalms 118:21 ἐπικατάρατος
- Proverbs 24:24 ἐπικατάρατος
- Isaiah 65:20 ἐπικατάρατος
- Jeremiah 11:3 ἐπικατάρατος
- Malachi 1:14 ἐπικατάρατος
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1944) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 3:14 ἐπικατάρατος Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:17 ἐπικατάρατος To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 4:11 ἐπικατάρατος Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
- Genesis 9:25 ἐπικατάρατος He said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."
- Genesis 27:29 ἐπικατάρατος Let peoples serve you, Nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
- Genesis 49:7 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, Scatter them in Israel.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:16 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who sets light by his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:17 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:18 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who makes the blind to wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:19 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:20 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:21 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who lies with any manner of animal. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:22 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:23 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:24 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor in secret. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:25 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:26 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:16 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.
- Deuteronomy 28:17 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
- Deuteronomy 28:18 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.
- Deuteronomy 28:19 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
- Joshua 6:26 ἐπικατάρατος Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yahweh, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the foundation of it, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
- Joshua 9:23 ἐπικατάρατος Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.
- Judges 5:23 ἐπικατάρατος Curse you Meroz, said the angel of Yahweh. Curse you bitterly the inhabitants of it, Because they didn't come to the help of Yahweh, To the help of Yahweh against the mighty.
- Judges 21:18 ἐπικατάρατος However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 14:24 ἐπικατάρατος The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
- 1 Samuel 14:28 ἐπικατάρατος Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father directly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats food this day. The people were faint.
- 1 Samuel 26:19 ἐπικατάρατος Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.
- Psalms 118:21 ἐπικατάρατος I will give thanks to you, for you have answered me, And have become my salvation.
- Proverbs 24:24 ἐπικατάρατος He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" Peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--
- Isaiah 65:20 ἐπικατάρατος There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child shall die one hundred years old, and the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
- Jeremiah 11:3 ἐπικατάρατος and say you to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man who doesn't hear the words of this covenant,
- Jeremiah 17:5 ἐπικατάρατος Thus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 20:14 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be the day in which I was born: don't let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.
- Jeremiah 20:15 ἐπικατάρατος Cursed be the man who brought news to my father, saying, A man-child is born to you; making him very glad.
- Jeremiah 31:10 ἐπικατάρατος Hear the word of Yahweh, you nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock.
- Malachi 1:14 ἐπικατάρατος "But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King," says Yahweh of hosts, "and my name is awesome among the nations."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1944) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
