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Lexicon :: Strong's H779 - 'ārar

Aa
אָרַר
Transliteration
'ārar
Pronunciation
aw-rar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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 snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:11 - And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 5:29 - And he gave him the name of Noah, saying, Truly, he will give us rest from our trouble and the hard work of our hands, because of the earth which was cursed by God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:25 - Cursed be Canaan; let him be a servant of servants to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:7 - A curse on their passion for it was bitter; and on their wrath for it was cruel. I will let their heritage in Jacob be broken up, driving them from their places in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:28 - You may not say evil of the judges, or put a curse on the ruler of your people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:18 - And he will make the woman come before the Lord with her hair loose, and will put the meal offering, the offering of a bitter spirit, in her hands; and the priest will take in his hand the bitter water causing the curse;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - And he will make her take an oath, and say to her, If no man has been your lover and you have not been with another in place of your husband, you are free from this bitter water causing the curse;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:22 - And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:24 - And he will give to the woman the bitter water for drink; and the bitter water causing the curse will go into her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - And it will be that if the woman has become unclean, sinning against her husband, when she has taken the bitter water it will go into her body, causing disease of the stomach and wasting of the legs, and she will be a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:12 - And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:7 - And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:15 - Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:16 - Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:17 - Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:18 - Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:19 - Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:20 - Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:21 - Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:23 - Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:24 - Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:25 - Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:26 - Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:16

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:17 - A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:18 - A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 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 - Then Joshua gave the people orders with an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed before the Lord who puts his hand to the building up of this town: with the loss of his first son will he put the first stone of it in place, and with the loss of his youngest son he will put up its doors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:23 - Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:23 - A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:18 - Seeing that we may not give them our daughters as wives? For the children of Israel had taken an oath, saying, Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:24 - And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:19 - Let my lord the king give ear now to the words of his servant. If it is the Lord who is moving you against me, let him take an offering: but if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for driving me out today and keeping me from my place in the heritage of the Lord, saying, Go, be the servant of other gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:34 - And he came in, and took food and drink; then he said, Now see to this cursed woman, and put her body into the earth, for she is a king's daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:8 - Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:21 - Your hand has been against the men of pride, a curse is on those who go wandering out of your way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:3 - The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Let that man be cursed who does not give ear to the words of this agreement,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:5 - This is what the Lord has said: Cursed is the man who puts his faith in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart is turned away from the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14 - A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:15 - A curse on the man who gave the news to my father, saying, You have a male child; making him very glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:10 - Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:14 - A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.

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