Strong's Definition
from 779; an execration
KJV Usage: curse
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מְאֵרָה (me.e.rah) — curse. curse
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · ארר
Curse | ≠ ברך
curse = act by which humans consign other humans or objects to death, damage, or destruction, usually by invoking the name of a deity if the agent is human; ◄ this is done as punishment, out of contempt, anger, or hostility, or because one was paid to do so; ► the effectiveness of a curse partially depends on the authority of the one pronouncing it
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מְאֵרָה n.f. a curse base