Lexical Summary anathēma: a gift set up (in a temple) Original Word: ἀνάθημαTransliteration: anathēma Phonetic Spelling: (an-ath'-ay-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a gift set up (in a temple) Meaning: a gift set up (in a temple) Strong's Concordance votive offering, gift. From anatithemai (like anathema, but in a good sense); a votive offering -- gift. see GREEK anatithemai see GREEK anathema Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 334: ἀνάθημαἀνάθημα, (τος, τό (ἀνατίθημι), a gift consecrated and laid up in a temple, a votive offering (see ἀνάθεμα, 1): Luke 21:5 (R G Tr WH). (3Macc. 3:17; cf. Grimm on 2 Macc. 3:2; κοσμεῖν ἀναθήμασι occurs also in 2 Macc. 11:16; Plato, Alcib. ii. § 12, p. 148 e. ἀναθήμασι τέ κεκοσμήκαμεν τά ἱερά αὐτῶν, Herodotus 1, 183 τό μέν δή ἱερόν οὕτω κεκόσμηται. Ἔστι δέ καί ἰδίᾳ ἀναθήματα πολλά.) |
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