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 · אָר֤וּרYahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.Genesis 3:17 · אֲרוּרָ֤הTo Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.Genesis 4:11 · אָר֣וּרNow you are cursed because of 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, “This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed.”Genesis 9:25 · אָר֣וּרHe said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be servant of servants to his brothers.”Genesis 12:3 · אָאֹ֑רI will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All of the families of the earth will be blessed in you.”Genesis 27:29 · אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ · אָר֔וּרLet peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you. Blessed be everyone who blesses you.”Genesis 49:7 · אָר֤וּרCursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.Exodus 22:28 · תָאֹֽר׃“You shall not blaspheme God, nor curse a ruler of your people.Numbers 5:18 · הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים׃The priest shall set the woman before Yahweh, and let the hair of the woman’s head go loose, and put the meal offering of memorial in her hands, which is the meal offering of jealousy. The priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings a curse.Numbers 5:19 · הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖יםThe priest shall cause her to swear, and shall tell the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you haven’t gone aside to uncleanness, being under your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings a curse.Numbers 5:22 · הַמְאָרְרִ֤יםand this water that brings a curse will go into your bowels, and make your body swell, and your thigh fall away.” The woman shall say, “Amen, Amen.”Numbers 5:24 · הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים · הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖יםHe shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causes the curse; and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.Numbers 5:27 · הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙When he has made her drink the water, then it shall happen, if she is defiled, and has committed a trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse will enter into her and become bitter, and her body will swell, and her thigh will fall away: and the woman will be a curse among her people.Numbers 22:6 · אָֽרָה־ · תָּאֹ֖ר · יוּאָֽר׃Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”Numbers 22:12 · תָאֹר֙God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.”Numbers 23:7 · אָֽרָה־He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.Numbers 24:9 · וְאֹרְרֶ֖יךָ · אָרֽוּר׃He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed.”Deuteronomy 27:15 · אָר֣וּר‘Cursed is the man who makes an engraved or molten image, an abomination to Yahweh, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.’ All the people shall answer and say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:16 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who sets light by his father or his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:17 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who removes his neighbor’s landmark.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:18 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who makes the blind to wander out of the way.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:19 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who the foreigner, fatherless, and widow of justice.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:20 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, because he has uncovered his father’s skirt.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:21 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:22 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:23 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:24 · אָר֕וּר‘Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:25 · אָרוּר֙‘Cursed is he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’Deuteronomy 27:26 · אָר֗וּר‘Cursed is he who doesn’t confirm the words of this law to do them.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’”Deuteronomy 28:16 · אָר֥וּר · וְאָר֥וּרYou shall be cursed in the city, and you shall be cursed in the field.Deuteronomy 28:17 · אָר֥וּרYour basket and your kneading trough shall be cursed.Deuteronomy 28:18 · אָר֥וּרThe fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of your flock shall be cursed.Deuteronomy 28:19 · אָר֥וּר · וְאָר֥וּרYou shall be cursed when you come in, and you shall be cursed when you go out.Joshua 6:26 · אָר֨וּרJoshua commanded them with an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed is the man before Yahweh, who rises up and builds this city Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.”Joshua 9:23 · אֲרוּרִ֣יםNow therefore you are cursed, and some of you will never fail to be bondservants, both wood cutters and drawers of water for the house of my God.”Judges 5:23 · א֣וֹרוּ · אֹ֥רוּ · אָר֖וֹר‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of Yahweh. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help Yahweh, to help Yahweh against the mighty.’Judges 21:18 · אָר֕וּרHowever we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”1 Samuel 14:24 · אָר֣וּרThe men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.1 Samuel 14:28 · אָר֥וּרThen one of the people answered, and said, “Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food this day.’” The people were faint.1 Samuel 26:19 · אֲרוּרִ֥יםNow therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’2 Kings 9:34 · הָאֲרוּרָ֤הWhen he had come in, he ate and drink; and he said, “See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king’s daughter.”Job 3:8 · אֹרְרֵי־Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.Psalm 119:21 · אֲרוּרִ֑יםYou have rebuked the proud who are cursed, who wander from your commandments.Jeremiah 11:3 · אָר֣וּרand say to them, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: Cursed is the man who doesn’t hear the words of this covenant,Jeremiah 17:5 · אָר֤וּרThus says Yahweh: Cursed is the man who trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from Yahweh.Jeremiah 20:14 · אָר֣וּרCursed is the day in which I was born: don’t let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.Jeremiah 20:15 · אָר֣וּרCursed is the man who brought news to my father, saying, A boy is born to you; making him very glad.Jeremiah 48:10 · אָר֗וּר · וְאָר֕וּרCursed is he who does the work of Yahweh negligently; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from blood.Malachi 1:14 · וְאָר֣וּר“But the deceiver is cursed, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King,” says Yahweh of Armies, “and my name is awesome among the nations.”Malachi 2:2 · וְאָרוֹתִ֖י · אָרוֹתִ֔יהָIf you will not listen, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,” says Yahweh of Armies, “then will I send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Indeed, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart.Malachi 3:9 · נֵֽאָרִ֔יםYou are cursed with the curse; for you rob me, even this whole nation.