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Lexicon :: Strong's G685 - ara

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ἀρά
Transliteration
ara (Key)
Pronunciation
ar-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from αἴρω (G142)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
28x in 8 unique form(s)
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TDNT Reference: 1:448,75

Strong’s Definitions

ἀρά ará, ar-ah'; probably from G142; properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation:—curse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G685 in the following manner: cursing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G685 in the following manner: cursing (1x).

  1. a prayer, a supplication

  2. an imprecation, curse, malediction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀρά ará, ar-ah'; probably from G142; properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation:—curse.
STRONGS G685:
ἄρά, -ᾶς, ἡ,
1. a prayer; a supplication; much more often
2. an imprecation, curse, malediction (cf. κατάρα); so in Romans 3:14 (cf. Psalm 9:28 (Ps. 10:7)), and often in the Sept. (In both senses in native Greek writings from Homer down.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
10:7
Romans
3:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G685 matches the Greek ἀρά (ara),
which occurs 28 times in 27 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They said, “We have seen plainly that the LORD has been with you; so we said, ‘An oath must now be taken [fn]by us,’ that is, [fn]by you and us. So let us make a covenant with you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “may the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people by the LORD’S making your thigh [fn]shriveled and your [fn]belly swollen;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 -

‘The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall [fn]wash them off into the water of bitterness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘When he has made her drink the water, then it will come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her [fn]and cause bitterness, and her belly will swell up and her thigh will [fn]shrivel, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12 - so that you may enter into the covenant with the LORD your God, and into His oath which the LORD your God is making with you today,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:14 -

“Now it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - “And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will consider himself fortunate in his heart, saying, ‘I will do well though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order [fn]to destroy the watered land along with the dry.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - “The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and His wrath will [fn]burn against that person, and every curse that is written in this book will lie upon him, and the LORD will wipe out his name from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - “Then the LORD will single him out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant which is written in this Book of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - “And the LORD your God will [fn]inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 -

“If a person sins against his neighbor and is compelled to take an oath of innocence, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 -

“If someone sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are [fn]taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God’s Law, which was given through Moses, God’s servant, and to keep and to [fn]comply with all the commandments of [fn]GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and statutes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 -

His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression;

Under his tongue is harm and injustice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 -

They have all turned aside, together they are corrupt;

There is no one who does good, not even one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 -

[fn]On account of the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips,

May they even be caught in their pride,

And on account of curses and lies which they tell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 -

A prudent person conceals knowledge,

But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 -

Like a sparrow in its [fn]flitting, like a swallow in its flying,

So a curse without cause does not come to rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live on it suffer for their guilt. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth decrease in number, and few people are left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 -

For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 -

For this is what the LORD of armies, the God of Israel says: “As My anger and wrath have gushed out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will gush out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a curse, an object of horror, [fn]an imprecation, and a disgrace; and you will not see this place again.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - “So the LORD was no longer able to endure it, because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; so your land has become a place of ruins, an object of horror, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - ‘Then he took one of the royal [fn]family and made a covenant with him, [fn]putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - ‘As I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘In the [fn]country of the king who [fn]put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, [fn]in Babylon he shall certainly die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 -

There is oath-taking, [fn]denial, murder, stealing, and adultery.

They employ violence, so that bloodshed [fn]follows bloodshed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then he said to me, “This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the entire [fn]land; everyone who steals certainly will be purged away according to [fn]the writing on one side, and everyone who swears falsely will be purged away according to [fn]the writing on the other side.
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