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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - And Yahweh God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,

Cursed H779 are you more than any of the cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you will go,

And dust you will eat

All the days of your life;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 -

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

Cursed H779 is the ground because of you;

In [fn]pain you will eat of it

All the days of your life.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - “And now, cursed H779 are you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - Now he called his name Noah, saying, “This one will [fn]give us rest from our work and from the pain of our hands arising from the ground which Yahweh has cursed H779.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - So he said,

“Cursed H779 be Canaan;

[fn]A servant of servants

He shall be to his brothers.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 -

And I will bless those who bless you,

And the one who [fn]curses you I will [fn]curse H779.

And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -

May peoples serve you,

And nations bow down to you;

Be master of your brothers,

And may your mother’s sons bow down to you.

Cursed H779 be those who curse H779 you,

And blessed be those who bless you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 -

“Cursed H779 be their anger, for it is strong;

And their wrath, for it is cruel.

I will divide them amongst Jacob,

And scatter them in Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 -

“You shall not [fn]curse God, nor curse H779 a ruler of your people.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - ‘The priest shall then have the woman stand before Yahweh and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and he shall place the grain offering of remembrance [fn]in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy; and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings H779 curses H779.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘Then the priest shall have her swear an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray into [fn]defilement, being under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings H779 curses H779;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that brings H779 curses H779 shall go into your [fn]stomach and make your abdomen swell and your thigh fall away.” And the woman shall say, “Amen. Amen.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - ‘Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings H779 curses H779, so that the water which brings H779 a curse H779 will go into her to cause bitterness.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - ‘So he will have her drink the water, and it will be that, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings H779 curses H779 will go into her to cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “So now, please come, curse H779 this people for me since they are too [fn]mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to strike them down and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse H779 is cursed H779.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - And God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them; you shall not curse H779 the people, for they are blessed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - Then he took up his [fn]discourse and said,

“From Aram Balak has brought me,

Moab’s king from the mountains of the East,

‘Come curse H779 Jacob for me,

And come, denounce Israel!’

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 -

“He [fn]crouches, he lies down as a lion,

And as a [fn]lion, who [fn]dares rouse him?

Blessed is everyone who blesses you,

And cursed H779 is everyone who curses H779 you.”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 -

‘Cursed H779 is the man who makes a graven image or a molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ And all the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary mark.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who leads a blind person astray on the road.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who perverts the justice due a sojourner, [fn]orphan, and widow.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who lies with his father’s wife because he has uncovered his father’s skirt.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who lies with any animal.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who takes a bribe to strike down [fn]innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 -

‘Cursed H779 is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:16 -

“Cursed H779 shall you be in the city, and cursed H779 shall you be in the [fn]field.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17 -

“Cursed H779 shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 -

“Cursed H779 shall be the [fn]offspring of your [fn]body and the [fn]produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:19 -

“Cursed H779 shall you be when you come in, and cursed H779 shall you be when you go out.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 -

Then Joshua made them swear an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed H779 before Yahweh is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - “So now, you are cursed H779, and [fn]you shall never be cut loose from being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 -

‘Curse H779 Meroz,’ said the angel of Yahweh,

‘Utterly H779 curse H779 its inhabitants,

Because they did not come to the help of Yahweh,

To the help of Yahweh against the warriors.’

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - “But we cannot give them wives of our daughters.” For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, “Cursed H779 is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 -

Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day. And Saul had put the people under oath, saying, “Cursed H779 be the man who eats food [fn]before evening and until I have avenged myself on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the people answered and said, “Your father strictly put the people under a sworn oath, saying, ‘Cursed H779 be the man who eats food today.’” And the people were weary.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - “So now, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If Yahweh has incited you up against me, let Him [fn]accept an offering; but if it is [fn]men, cursed H779 are they before Yahweh, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - Then he came in and ate and drank. And he said, “Take care now of this cursed H779 woman H779 and bury her, for she is a king’s daughter.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 -

“Let those curse it who curse H779 the day,

Who are [fn]ready to rouse Leviathan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 -

You rebuke the arrogant, [fn]the cursed H779,

Who stray from Your commandments.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - and say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Cursed H779 is the man who does not hear the words of this covenant
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 -

Thus says Yahweh,

“Cursed H779 is the man who trusts in mankind

And makes flesh his [fn]strength,

And whose heart turns away from Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14 -

Cursed H779 be the day when I was born;

Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 -

Cursed H779 be the man who brought the good news

To my father, saying,

“A [fn]baby boy has been born to you!”

And made him very glad.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 -

“Cursed H779 be the one who does the work of Yahweh with a slack hand,

And cursed H779 be the one who restrains his sword from blood.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - “But cursed H779 be the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a [fn]blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and My name is [fn]feared among the [fn]nations.”

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