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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 Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust all the days of thy life.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - And he called his name Noah, saying, This one shall comfort us concerning our work and concerning the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Jehovah has cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples serve thee, And races bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be they that curse thee, And blessed be they that bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed be their anger, for it was violent; And their rage, 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 the judges, nor curse a prince amongst thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - And the priest shall set the woman before Jehovah, and uncover the woman's head, and put the memorial oblation in her hands, which is the jealousy offering; and in the hand of the priest shall be the bitter water that bringeth the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And the priest shall adjure her, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone astray in uncleanness, in being with another instead of thy husband, be free from this bitter water that bringeth the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that bringeth the curse shall enter into thy bowels, to make the belly to swell, and the thigh to shrink. 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 cause the woman to drink the bitter water that bringeth the curse, that the water that bringeth the curse may enter into her for bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, if she have been defiled, and have committed unfaithfulness against her husband, that the water that bringeth the curse shall enter into her, for bitterness, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall shrink; and the woman shall become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and 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 to 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, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He stooped, he lay down like a lion, and like a lioness: who will stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he 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 to Jehovah, a work of the craftsman's hand, and putteth it up secretly! 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 slighteth 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 neighbour's landmark! And all the people shall say, Amen.

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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 perverteth the judgment of the stranger, 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; for he uncovereth 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 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 BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly! And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally shedding innocent blood! 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 BoxDeu 28:16 - Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

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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 womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the offspring of thy kine, and the increase of thy sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:19 - Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - And Joshua swore at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah who shall rise up and build this city Jericho! In his first-born shall he lay its foundation, and in his youngest son shall he set up its gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - And now ye are cursed, and ye shall never cease to be bondmen, and 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 Meroz, saith the Angel of Jehovah; Curse, curse the inhabitants thereof; For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to the Benjaminites!

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - But the men of Israel were distressed that day. Now Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food until evening, and until I am 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 strictly adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day; and the people are faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - And now, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If Jehovah have moved thee against me, let him accept an oblation; but if the sons of men, cursed be they before Jehovah; for they have driven me out this day from adhering to 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 he came in, and ate and drank; and he said, Go, look, I pray you, after 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 Leviathan;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that obeyeth 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 confideth 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 bore me be blessed!

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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 - Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations.

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