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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 BoxGen 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth 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 concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat—of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labours, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - And he called his name Noe, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - And he said, Cursed be the servant Chanaan, a slave shall he be to his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - And I will bless those that bless thee, and curse those that curse thee, and in thee shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - And let nations serve thee, and princes bow down to thee, and be thou lord of thy brother, and the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; accursed is he that curses thee, and blessed is he that blesses thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed be their wrath, for it was wilful, and their anger, for it was [fn]cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - (LXX 22:27) [fn] Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor speak ill of the ruler of thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - And the priest shall cause the woman to stand before the Lord, and shall uncover the head of the woman, and shall put into her hands the sacrifice of memorial, the sacrifice of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest shall be the water of this conviction that brings the curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And the priest shall adjure her, and shall say to the woman, If no one has lain with thee, and if thou hast not transgressed so as to be polluted, being under the power of thy husband, be free from this water of the conviction that causes the curse.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water bringing the curse shall enter into thy womb to cause thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot. And the woman shall say, So be it, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of the conviction that brings the curse; and the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it shall come to pass, if she be defiled, and have altogether escaped the notice of her husband, then the water of the conviction that brings the curse shall enter into her; and she shall swell in her belly, and her thigh shall rot, and the woman shall be for a curse in the midst of her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - And now come, curse me this people, for it is stronger than we; if we may be able to smite some of them, and I will cast them out of the land: for I know that whomsoever thou dost bless, they are blessed, and whomsoever thou dost curse, they are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, neither shalt thou curse the people; for they are blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - And he took up his parable, and said, Balac king of Moab sent for me out of Mesopotamia, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and Come, call for a curse for me upon Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - Cursed is the man whosoever shall make a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of craftsmen, and shall put it in a secret place: and all the people shall answer and say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16 - Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - Cursed is he that removes his neighbour's landmarks: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - Cursed is he that makes the blind to wander in the way: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - Cursed is every one that shall pervert the judgment of the stranger, and orphan, and widow: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - Cursed is he that lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 - Cursed is he that lies with any beast: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed is he that lies with his sister by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - Cursed is he that lies with his daughter-in-law: and all the people shall say, So be it. Cursed is he that lies with his wife's sister: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed is he that smites his neighbour secretly: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to [fn]slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - [fn] Cursed is every man that continues not in all the words of this law to do them: and all the people shall say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 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 BoxDeu 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17 - Cursed shall be thy barns and thy stores.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Cursed shall be the offspring of thy body, and the fruits of thy land, the herds of thine oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 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 adjured them on that day before the Lord, saying, Cursed be the man who shall build that city: he shall lay the foundation of it in his first-born, and he shall set up the gates of it in his youngest son. And so did Hozan of Bæthel; he laid the foundation in Abiron his first-born, and set up the gates of it in his youngest [fn]surviving son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - And now ye are cursed: there shall not fail of you a slave, or a hewer of wood, or a drawer of water to me and my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - to curse Meroz: Curse ye it, said the angel of the Lord; cursed is every one that dwells in it, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to his help among the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - For we shall not be able to give them wives of our daughters, because we swore among the children of Israel, saying, Cursed is he that gives a wife to Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And Saul committed a great trespass of ignorance in that day, and he lays a curse on the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread before the evening; so I will avenge myself on my enemy: and none of the people tasted bread, [fn]though all the land was dining.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - And one of the people answered and said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread to-day. And the people were very faint,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - And now let my lord the king hear the word of his servant. If God stirs thee up against me, let thine offering be acceptable: but if the sons of men, they are cursed before the Lord, for they have cast me out this day so that I should not be established in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - And Ju went in and ate and drank, and said, Look now, after this cursed woman, and bury her, for she is a king's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - But let him that curses that day curse it, even he that is ready to attack the great whale.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - (LXX 118:21) Thou hast rebuked the proud: cursed are they that turn aside from thy commandments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Cursed is the man, who shall not hearken to the words of this covenant,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and will lean his arm of flesh upon him, while his heart departs from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - (LXX 31:10) Cursed is the man that does the works of the Lord carelessly, keeping back his sword from blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - And cursed is the man who had the power, and possessed a male in his flock, and whose vow is upon him, and who sacrifices a corrupt thing to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord Almighty, and my name is glorious among the nations.

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