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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 have fulfilled your obligation. But if you go to my relatives and they refuse to let her go with you, you will be free from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They replied, “We can plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let’s make a covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - “At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the LORD’s curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel[fn] and your abdomen to swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - And the priest will write these curses on a piece of leather and wash them off into the bitter water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - If she has defiled herself by being unfaithful to her husband, the water that brings on the curse will cause bitter suffering. Her abdomen will swell and her womb will shrink,[fn] and her name will become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12 - You are standing here today to enter into the covenant of the LORD your God. The LORD is making this covenant, including the curses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:14 - “But you are not the only ones with whom I am making this covenant with its curses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - “Those who hear the warnings of this curse should not congratulate themselves, thinking, ‘I am safe, even though I am following the desires of my own stubborn heart.’ This would lead to utter ruin!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will never pardon such people. Instead his anger and jealousy will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will come down on them, and the LORD will erase their names from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - The LORD will separate them from all the tribes of Israel, to pour out on them all the curses of the covenant recorded in this Book of Instruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - The LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate and persecute you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar in this Temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 - “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar at this Temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - joined their leaders and bound themselves with an oath. They swore a curse on themselves if they failed to obey the Law of God as issued by his servant Moses. They solemnly promised to carefully follow all the commands, regulations, and decrees of the LORD our Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - Their mouths are full of cursing, lies, and threats.[fn]
Trouble and evil are on the tips of their tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - But no, all have turned away;
all have become corrupt.[fn]
No one does good,
not a single one!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - Because of the sinful things they say,
because of the evil that is on their lips,
let them be captured by their pride,
their curses, and their lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - The wise don’t make a show of their knowledge,
but fools broadcast their foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore, a curse consumes the earth.
Its people must pay the price for their sin.
They are destroyed by fire,
and only a few are left alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:8 - Their tables are covered with vomit;
filth is everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as my anger and fury have been poured out on the people of Jerusalem, so they will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. You will be an object of damnation, horror, cursing, and mockery. And you will never see your homeland again.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:22 - It was because the LORD could no longer bear all the disgusting things you were doing that he made your land an object of cursing—a desolate ruin without inhabitants—as it is today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - He made a treaty with a member of the royal family and forced him to take an oath of loyalty. He also exiled Israel’s most influential leaders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - No! For as surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, the king of Israel will die in Babylon, the land of the king who put him in power and whose treaty he disregarded and broke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:2 - You make vows and break them;
you kill and steal and commit adultery.
There is violence everywhere—
one murder after another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - Then he said to me, “This scroll contains the curse that is going out over the entire land. One side of the scroll says that those who steal will be banished from the land; the other side says that those who swear falsely will be banished from the land.
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