Damn – (v) To condemn, declare guilty, convict; Pronounce judgment upon.
The word damn never appears in Scripture.
Damned – (adj.) Past participle of damn.
The word damned appears 3 times in Scripture: Once to Israel in their Koine Greek Old Testament book of Mark 16; and twice to the Body of Christ in the Gospel of Grace (Romans-Philemon).
Damnation – (n) The act of damning or the state of being damned.
The word damnation appears 12 times in Scripture: 6 times to Israel in their Koine Greek Old Testament; 4 times to the Body of Christ in the Gospel of Grace (Romans-Philemon); and once to Israel’s Little Flock in their tribulation book of II Peter 2.
In every instance, the judgement for all people declared guilty of rejecting God is an eternity in hell.
Damnable – (adj.) Worthy of condemnation.
The word damnable only appears once in Scripture; To Israel’s Little Flock in their tribulation book of II Peter 2.
The term god-damn, or goddamn was derived from the French godan in the late 1400s as a term of reproach applied to the English. The French word godan means “fraud, deception, or humbug”. In the 1700s the German version, goditoet, (with the same meaning as the French) became a popular characteristic exclamation of the English’s character. Also in the late 1700s, Goddammes was the nickname given by Puritans to Cavaliers (horsemen, mounted soldiers, and haughty or domineering people). In the early 1800s Christianity vilified this term and declared it ‘blasphemous’, claiming that those who use it are ‘taking the name of the Lord in vain’; it is the compounding of ignorance; ignorant people teaching other ignorant people.
- First, the Christian leaders mispronounced the French word godan, thereby ignorantly connecting the title ‘god’ and the word ‘damn’.
- Second, obviously, God is not a proper name, it is a title. So, their claim is nothing more than modern superstition used to control ignorant people. If you are going to take the name of the Lord in vain, you have to actually use His name, not His title.
- Thirdly, god-damn or goddamn, is not a hex or spell; it is simply an expletive. You may be wishing or hoping that your god will damn someone or something, but your wishes and hopes have absolutely no effect on what Jehovah has determined, which is clearly revealed in Rightly Divided Scripture.