Quick Definition
to curse
Strong's Definition
to execrate
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] bitterly curse.
TWOT Reference: 168
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
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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מְאֵרָה
Curse | verb qal, verb nif, verb pi, verb hof | ≈ זעם · קלל | ≠ ברך
to curse, to place a curse = to consign someone or something 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 hired to do so
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[אָרַר] vb. curse Qal curse
Niph. cursed
Pi. curse, lay under a curse
Hoph. be cursed
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