maranatha Summary and Overview

(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." (Compare Phil. 4:5; James 5:8, 9.)

an Aramaic or Syriac expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians, ch. #1Co 16:22| signifying "our Lord cometh."

MARANATH'A , an Aramaic expression signifying "our Lord has come." 1 Cor 16:22.