Quick Definition
curse
Strong's Definition
vilification
Derivation: from H7043 (קָלַל);
KJV Usage: (ac-) curse(-d, -ing).
TWOT Reference: 2028d
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
קְלָלָה (qe.la.lah) — curse. curse, vilification, execration
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · קלל
Curse | ≠ בְּרָכָה
curse = actions by which humans or deities consign other humans or deities or inanimate 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, fear, 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
GEN 27:12 · GEN 27:13 · DEU 11:26 · DEU 11:28 · DEU 11:29 · DEU 21:23 · DEU 23:6 · DEU 27:13 · DEU 28:15 · DEU 28:45 · DEU 29:26 · DEU 30:1 · DEU 30:19 · JOS 8:34 · JDG 9:57 · 2SA 16:12 · 1KI 2:8 · NEH 13:2 · PSA 109:17 · PSA 109:18 · PRO 26:2 · PRO 27:14 · JER 24:9 · JER 25:18 · JER 26:6 · JER 29:22 · JER 42:18 · JER 44:8 · JER 44:12 · JER 44:22 · JER 49:13
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קְלָלָה 33 n.f. curse base