CategoryAramaic Loan Word / Eschatological Term
Modern Equivalent"Our Lord, come!" — a solemn invocation of Christ's return.
KJV Word TypeInterjection / Liturgical formula
DefinitionAn Aramaic phrase meaning either "Our Lord has come" (perfect tense, affirming the Incarnation) or "Our Lord, come!" (imperative, expressing the longing for Christ's return). It appears in 1 Corinthians 16:22 and in the Didache as an early Christian liturgical cry.
Key Verses"If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha." (1 Corinthians 16:22); "Even so, come, Lord Jesus." (Revelation 22:20)