Katara denotes a cursed status or pronouncement, including being under it, freed from it, or uttering it.

The attested use most often denotes a cursed status described as being under it, redeemed from it, becoming it, or nearing it; it also occurs for a curse spoken from the mouth.

1. A cursed status or condition · dominant

   The genitive forms occur in descriptions of people as “Accursed children” in 2 Peter 2:14, of redemption “from the curse of the law” and becoming “a curse” in Galatians 3:13, and of ground “near to being cursed” in Hebrews 6:8. Galatians 3:10 uses the accusative singular in the statement that those relying on works of the law are “under a curse.”

   2 Peter 2:14Galatians 3:10Galatians 3:13Hebrews 6:8
2. A curse uttered in speech · rare

   The nominative singular stands alongside praise as something coming “from the same mouth” in James 3:10; the APB renders the paired expression “praise and curse.”

   James 3:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term with “Accursed,” “under a curse,” “the curse of the law,” “a curse,” “being cursed,” and “curse.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than establish separate lexical meanings.