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Lexicon :: Strong's H779 - 'ārar

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אָרַר
Transliteration
'ārar
Pronunciation
aw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 168

Strong’s Definitions

אָרַר ʼârar, aw-rar'; a primitive root; to execrate:—× bitterly curse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H779 in the following manner: curse (62x), bitterly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H779 in the following manner: curse (62x), bitterly (1x).

  1. to curse

    1. (Qal)

      1. to curse

      2. cursed be he (participle used as in curses)

    2. (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed

    3. (Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on

    4. (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָרַר ʼârar, aw-rar'; a primitive root; to execrate:—× bitterly curse.
STRONGS H779: Abbreviations
[אָרַר] verb curse (Assyrian arâru ZimBP 68; on relation of meanings bind & curse in Assyrian see DlPr 101) —
Qal Perfect וְאָרוֺתִ֫י, אָרוֺתִיהָ Malachi 2:2; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תָּאֹר Exodus 22:27; Numbers 22:6, 12; אָאֹר Genesis 12:3; Imperative אָ֫רָהֿ Numbers 22:6; Numbers 23:7; אוֺרוּ, אֹרוּ & Infinitive absolute אָרוֺר all Judges 5:23; Participle אֹרֲרֵי Job 3:8; אֹרֲרֶיךָ Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9; אָרוּר Genesis 3:14 + 36 times etc.; — curse || בֵּרֵךְ bless, chiefly in poetic & legal sources of J E D & later imitations: Genesis 12:3; Genesis 27:29 (J) Numbers 22:6, 12; Numbers 23:7; Numbers 24:9 (E) Exodus 22:27 (E) Malachi 2:2; אֹרוּ אָרוֺר ישְׁבֶיהָ = curse for ever her inhabitants Judges 5:23; אֹרֲרֵי יוֺם cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Job 3:8. Passive participle אָרוּר, chiefly as exclamation, || בָּרוּךְ Genesis 3:14, 17; Genesis 4:11; Genesis 9:25; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 49:7; Numbers 22:12; Numbers 24:9 (E, poetry) Deuteronomy 27:15-26 Judges 21:18; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 26:29; Jeremiah 11:3; Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 20:14, 15; Jeremiah 48:10 (twice in verse); Malachi 1:14; אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ cursed be those who wander from thy commands Psalm 119:21 (Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Jerome De Ri), הָאֲרוּרָה הַזּאֹת this cursed woman 2 Kings 9:34.
Niph. Participle נֵאָרִים cursed Malachi 3:9.
Pi. 3rd person masculine singular suffix אֵרֲרָהּ curse, lay under a curse Genesis 5:29 (J); Participle הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים the curse-bringing waters Numbers 5:18-27 (P + 6 times waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them).
Hoph. Imperfect יוּאָ֑ר be cursed Numbers 22:6 (E).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:14; 3:14; 3:17; 4:11; 5:29; 9:25; 12:3; 12:3; 27:29; 27:29; 27:29; 49:7

Exodus

22:27; 22:27

Numbers

5:18; 5:19; 5:20; 5:21; 5:22; 5:23; 5:24; 5:25; 5:26; 5:27; 22:6; 22:6; 22:6; 22:6; 22:12; 22:12; 22:12; 23:7; 23:7; 24:9; 24:9; 24:9

Deuteronomy

27:15; 27:16; 27:17; 27:18; 27:19; 27:20; 27:21; 27:22; 27:23; 27:24; 27:25; 27:26

Judges

5:23; 5:23; 21:18

1 Samuel

14:24; 14:28

2 Kings

9:34

Job

3:8; 3:8

Psalms

119:21

Jeremiah

11:3; 17:5; 20:14; 20:15; 48:10

Malachi

1:14; 2:2; 2:2; 3:9

H779

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Strong's Number H779 matches the Hebrew אָרַר ('ārar),
which occurs 63 times in 52 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 3:14–Mal 1:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - And he said,
Cursed be Canaan;
A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -
Let peoples serve thee,
And nations bow down to thee:
Be lord over thy brethren,
And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee:
Cursed be every one that curseth thee,
And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 -
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;
And their wrath, for it was cruel:
I will divide them in Jacob,
And scatter them in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - Thou shalt not revile God, nor curse a ruler of thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal-offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal-offering of jealousy: and the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And the priest shall cause her to swear, and shall say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou have not gone aside to uncleanness, being under thy husband, be thou free from this water of bitterness that causeth the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy body to swell, and thy thigh to fall away. And the woman shall say, Amen, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - and he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And when he hath made her drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter, and her body shall swell, and her thigh shall fall away: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - And he took up his parable, and said,
From Aram hath Balak brought me,
The king of Moab from the mountains of the East:
Come, curse me Jacob,
And come, defy Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 -
He couched, he lay down as a lion,
And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?
Blessed be every one that blesseth thee,
And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16 - Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - Cursed be he that wresteth the justice due to the sojourner, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife, because he hath uncovered his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 - Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:16 - Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17 - Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:19 - Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 -
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of Jehovah.
Curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof,
Because they came not to the help of Jehovah,
To the help of Jehovah against the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And the people were faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - And when he was come in, he did eat and drink; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 -
Let them curse it that curse the day,
Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 -
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
That do wander from thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14 - Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

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