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service, as the sacrifices, Lev. 27:28 (cf.
, a votive offering, gift), or (b) for its
destruction, as an idol, Deut. 7:26, or a city, Josh. 6:17. Later it acquired the more general
meaning of “the disfavor of Jehovah,” e.g., Zech. 14:11. This is the meaning in the NT. It
is used of (a) the sentence pronounced, Acts 23:14 (lit., “cursed themselves with a curse”;
see
below); (b) of the object on which the “curse” is laid, “accursed”; in
the following, the
RV
keeps to the word “anathema,” Rom. 9:3; 1 Cor. 12:3; 16:22; Gal.
1:8-9, all of which the
KJV
renders by “accursed” except 1 Cor. 16:22, where it has
“Anathema.” In Gal. 1:8-9, the apostle declares in the strongest manner that the gospel he
preached was the one and only way of salvation, and that to preach another was to nullify
the death of Christ.¶
4.
(
1
, 2652), or, as in some mss., the longer form
, is stronger than No. 3 (
, intensive), and denotes, by metonymy, “an
accursed thing” (the object “cursed” being put for the “curse” pronounced), Rev. 22:3.¶
B. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 332), akin to No. 3, signifies “to declare anathema,”
i.e., “devoted to destruction, accursed, to curse,” Mark 14:71, or “to bind by a curse,”
Acts 23:12, 14, 21.¶
2.
(
&
, 2653), a strengthened form of No. 1, denotes
“to utter curses against,” Matt. 26:74; cf. Mark’s word concerning the same occasion
(No. 1).¶
3.
(
$1
, 2672), akin to A, No. 2, primarily signifies “to pray
against, to wish evil against a person or thing”; hence “to curse,” Matt. 25:41; Mark
11:21; Luke 6:28; Rom. 12:14; Jas. 3:9. Some mss. have it in Matt. 5:44.¶
4.
(
!
, 2551), “to speak evil” (
, “evil,”
, “to speak”), is
translated by the verb “to curse” in Matt. 15:4, and Mark 7:10, “to speak evil of father
and mother,” not necessarily “to curse,” is what the Lord intended (
RV
).
KJV
and
RV
have
the verb “to speak evil” in Mark 9:39 and Acts 19:9. See
EVIL
.
C. Adjectives.
1.
(
#
1$
, 1944), “cursed, accursed” ( “upon,” and A, No. 2),
is used in Gal. 3:10, 13.¶
2.
(
# 1
, 1883a), “accursed,” is found, in the best mss., in John 7:49,
RV
,
“accursed,” instead of No. 1.
For
CUSHION
see
PILLOW
CUSTOM (Usage), ACCUSTOM (Verb)
A. Nouns.
1.
(
+
, 1485) denotes (a) “a custom, usage, prescribed by law,” Acts 6:14;
15:1; 25:16; “a rite or ceremony,” Luke 2:42; (b) a “custom, habit, manner,” Luke 22:39;
John 19:40; Heb. 10:25 (
KJV
, “manner”). See
MANNER
,
WONT
.
2.
$
(
)
, 4914),
$
, “with,”
(see No. 1), denotes (a) “an
intercourse, intimacy,” a meaning not found in the NT; (b) “a custom, customary usage,”