κατάραkatára

Meanings

Same root

• κατάkatá · G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
• ἀράará · G685properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation
• καταράομαιkataráomai · G2672to execrate; by analogy, to doom

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Galatians 3:10 But those who depend on the law to make them right with God are under his curse, for the Scriptures say, “Cursed is everyone who does not observe and obey all the commands that are written in God’s Book of the Law.”
• Galatians 3:13 But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When he was hung on the cross, he took upon himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”
• Hebrews 6:8 But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.
• James 3:10 And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
• 2 Peter 2:14 They commit adultery with their eyes, and their desire for sin is never satisfied. They lure unstable people into sin, and they are well trained in greed. They live under God’s curse.