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ANATHEMA in the Bibles [Greek-English Lexicon of the  New Testament based on Semantic Domains, Louw & Nida (United Bible Societies, New York 1989) and A Concordance to the Septuagint, Hatch & Redpath (Baker Books 1897 & 1983)] The noun exceptionally has two forms, with epsilon and eta. The Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible and Apocrypha (Septuagint) uses the two forms indiscriminately (Hatch p.77a and index p.263), always rendering Hebrew heit-reish-meim חרם meaning devoted to divinity, hence often destruction, of objects and people. The Christian Bible distinguishes the two forms: anathema Άνάθεμα is a curse(d object), while anathEma ΆνάΘημα is an offering [Louw vol. 2 p. 14 with references to vol. 1 pp.442 & 534]. The verb anathematizo άναθεματίζω (ibidem) is in Mark 14:71 where Peter invokes a curse upon himself to support his denial of knowing Jesus, a structure which is used in rabbinic literature to support a claim, and is mocked by Jesus in Mark 7:11. The verb also occurs in Acts 23:14 in the account of Jews plotting the death of Paul. The word anathEma άνάθημα=offering in Luke 21:5 follows the widow's offering as part of the prediction of the destruction of the Temple by Jesus. The word anathema άνάθεμα=curse is in Romans 9:3. Louw, who lists anathema with katathema (I, 443 par.33.474) offers alternate translations "I would wish that I myself were something accursed" or "I would wish that God himself had cursed me."