Strong's Hebrew · H779
H779 ʼârar
אָרַר
aw-rar'
to curse
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ʼârar appears 63 times in Scripture, including Genesis 3:14 and Exodus 22:28. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to execrate
In the King James Version
× bitterly curse.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 63 times in Scripture
“I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.””
“And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.”
“You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.”
“he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.””
“May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.””
“Cursed be their anger, for it is strong, and their wrath, for it is cruel! I will disperse them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.”
“So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.”
“Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.”
“And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
