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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 - The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - He named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the LORD has cursed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, 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 - "You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - Then the priest will have the woman stand before the LORD, uncover the woman's head, and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to the her, "If no other man has had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband's authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot." Then the woman must say, "Amen, amen."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce 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, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness - her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed."

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - But God said to Balaam, "You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, "Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, 'Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - 'Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image - something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman - and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16 - 'Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - 'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - 'Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - 'Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - 'Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's former wife, for he dishonors his father.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 - 'Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - 'Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - 'Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - 'Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - 'Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - 'Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:16 - You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17 - Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:19 - You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: "The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the LORD. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - 'Call judgment down on Meroz,' says the LORD's angelic messenger; 'Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the LORD's battle, to help in the LORD's battle against the warriors.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - But we can't allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying, 'Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!" So no one in the army ate anything.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then someone from the army informed him, "Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today!' That is why the army is tired."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the LORD! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the LORD's inheritance, saying, 'Go on, serve other gods!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, "Dispose of this accursed woman's corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king's daughter."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let those who curse the day curse it - those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - Tell them that the LORD, the God of Israel, says, 'Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - The LORD says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14 - Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the LORD's work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - "There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the LORD who rules over all, "and my name is awesome among the nations."

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