1) to curse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to curse 1a2) cursed be he (participle used as in curses) 1b) (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed 1c)(Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on 1d) (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed
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H779 — אָרַר
a.rar · to curse · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 3:14 · אָר֤וּרSo 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.Genesis 3:17 · אֲרוּרָ֤הAnd 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.Genesis 4:11 · אָר֣וּרNow you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.Genesis 5:29 · אֵֽרְרָ֖הּAnd 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.”Genesis 9:25 · אָר֣וּרhe said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”Genesis 12:3 · אָאֹ֑רI will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”Genesis 27:29 · אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ · אָר֔וּרMay 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.”Genesis 49:7 · אָר֤וּרCursed 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.Exodus 22:28 · תָאֹֽר׃You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.Numbers 5:18 · הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים׃After the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.Numbers 5:19 · הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖יםAnd he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.Numbers 5:22 · הַמְאָרְרִ֤יםMay this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and cause your belly to swell and your thigh to shrivel.’ Then the woman is to say, ‘Amen, Amen.’Numbers 5:24 · הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים · הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖יםHe is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.Numbers 5:27 · הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become accursed among her people.Numbers 22:6 · אָֽרָה־ · תָּאֹ֖ר · יוּאָֽר׃So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”Numbers 22:12 · תָאֹר֙But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”Numbers 23:7 · אָֽרָה־And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’Numbers 24:9 · וְאֹרְרֶ֖יךָ · אָרֽוּר׃He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”Deuteronomy 27:15 · אָר֣וּר‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:16 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:17 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:18 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:19 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:20 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:21 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:22 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:23 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:24 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:25 · אָרוּר֙‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 27:26 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’Deuteronomy 28:16 · אָר֥וּר · וְאָר֥וּרYou will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.Deuteronomy 28:17 · אָר֥וּרYour basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.Deuteronomy 28:18 · אָר֥וּרThe fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.Deuteronomy 28:19 · אָר֥וּר · וְאָר֥וּרYou will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.Joshua 6:26 · אָר֨וּרAt that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”Joshua 9:23 · אֲרוּרִ֣יםNow therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”Judges 5:23 · א֣וֹרוּ · אֹ֥רוּ · אָר֖וֹר‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’Judges 21:18 · אָר֕וּרBut we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”1 Samuel 14:24 · אָר֣וּרNow the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.1 Samuel 14:28 · אָר֥וּרThen one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”1 Samuel 26:19 · אֲרוּרִ֥יםNow please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’2 Kings 9:34 · הָאֲרוּרָ֤הThen Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”Job 3:8 · אֹרְרֵי־May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.Psalm 119:21 · אֲרוּרִ֑יםYou rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.Jeremiah 11:3 · אָר֣וּרYou must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,Jeremiah 17:5 · אָר֤וּרThis is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.Jeremiah 20:14 · אָר֣וּרCursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.Jeremiah 20:15 · אָר֣וּרCursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.Jeremiah 48:10 · אָר֗וּר · וְאָר֕וּרCursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.Malachi 1:14 · וְאָר֣וּר“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.Malachi 2:2 · וְאָרוֹתִ֖י · אָרוֹתִ֔יהָIf you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.Malachi 3:9 · נֵֽאָרִ֔יםYou are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.