אָרַר (a.rar) means “to curse” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-rar' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אָרַר · a.rar · to curse
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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a primitive root; to execrate
KJV glosses: [idiom] bitterly curse.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| cursed is | 17 |
| that brings a curse | 5 |
| cursed be | 4 |
| will be cursed | 4 |
| cursed | 3 |
| and cursed | 2 |
| are cursed | 2 |
| be cursed | 2 |
| and curse | 1 |
| and cursed are | 1 |
| and cursed is | 1 |
| and i will curse | 1 |
| and put a curse | 1 |
| are cursed and banished | 1 |
| are under a curse | 1 |
| bitterly curse | 1 |
| but cursed | 1 |
| curse | 1 |
| cursed is the one | 1 |
| cursed woman | 1 |
| has cursed | 1 |
| i have already begun to curse them | 1 |
| may it be cursed | 1 |
| may those who curse you | 1 |
| or curse | 1 |
| put a curse | 1 |
| suffering | 1 |
| the cursed | 1 |
| those who curse you | 1 |
| to curse | 1 |
| you curse | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| cursed | 32 |
| that causeth the curse | 6 |
| and cursed | 3 |
| curse | 3 |
| and he whom thou cursest | 1 |
| but cursed | 1 |
| every one that curseth | 1 |
| hath cursed | 1 |
| he that curseth | 1 |
| is cursed | 1 |
| it that curse | 1 |
| nor curse | 1 |
| now therefore i pray thee curse | 1 |
| of it cursed | 1 |
| see now this cursed | 1 |
| thee and curse | 1 |
| thee and cursed | 1 |
| thou cursed | 1 |
| to thee cursed | 1 |
| upon you and i will curse | 1 |
| with them thou shalt not curse | 1 |
| ye bitterly | 1 |
| yea i have cursed | 1 |
Page 1 of 2. 52 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordNow you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordhe said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
Read word by wordI will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
Read word by wordMay 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.”
Read word by wordCursed 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.
Read word by wordYou must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.27
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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordMay 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.’
Read word by wordHe is to have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and it will enter her and may cause her bitter suffering.
Read word by wordWhen 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.”
Read word by wordBut God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
Read word by wordAnd 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!’
Read word by wordHe 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.”
Read word by word‘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!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who moves his neighbor’s boundary stone.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who lets a blind man wander in the road.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘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!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘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!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by word‘Cursed is he who does not put the words of this law into practice.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read word by wordYou will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
Read word by wordYour basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordYou will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
Read word by wordAt 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.”
Read word by wordNow therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
Read word by word‘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.’
Read word by wordBut we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
Read word by wordNow 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.”
Read word by wordNow 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.’
Read word by wordThen 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.”
Read word by wordMay it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
Read word by wordYou rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
Read word by wordYou 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,
Read word by wordThis 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.
Read word by wordCursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
Read word by wordCursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
Read word by wordCursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
Read word by word“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.
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