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Maranatha
(1 Cor 16:22) consists of two Aramean words, Maran’athah, meaning, “our Lord comes,” or is “coming.” If the latter interpretation is adopted, the meaning of the phrase is, “Our Lord is coming, and he will judge those who have set him at nought.” (Comp. Phil 4:5; Jas 5:8, Jas 5:9.)
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- 1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
