Dict: smith - ANATHEMA

smith:

ANATHEMA - A>@ - which literally means a thing suspended, is the equivalent of the Hebrew word signifying a thing or person voted. Any object so devoted to Jehovah was irredeemable. If an inanimate object, it was to be given to the priests, kjv@Numbers:18:14) if a living creature or even a man, it was to be slain. kjv@Leviticus:27:28-29) The word anathema frequently occurs in St. Paul’s writings, and is generally translated accused. An examination of the passages in which it occurs shows that it had acquired a more general sense as expressive either of strong feeling, kjv@Romans:9:3) or of dislike and condemnation. ( kjv@1Corinthians:12:3 kjv@1Corinthians:16:22; kjv@Galatians:1:9)