King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H779
Transliteration: arar
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to curse
Meaning: to execrate
Word Summary
arar: to curse
Original Word: אָרַרTransliteration: arar
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-rar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to curse
Meaning: to execrate
Strong's Concordance
bitterly curse A primitive root; to execrate -- X bitterly curse.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H779. arar
[אָרַר] verb curse (Assyrian arâru ZimBP 68; on relation of meanings bind & curse in Assyrian see DlPr 101) —
Qal Perfect אָרוֺתִיהָ וְאָרוֺתִ֫י, Malachi 2:2; Imperfect2masculine singular תָּאֹר Exodus 22:27; Numbers 22:6, 12; אָאֹר Genesis 12:3; Imperative אָ֫רָהֿ Numbers 22:6; 23:7; אֹרוּ אוֺרוּ, & Infinitive absolute אָרוֺר all Judges 5:23; Participle אֹרֲרֵי Job 3:8; אֹרֲרֶיךָ Genesis 27:29; Numbers 24:9; אָרוּר Genesis 3:14 36t. etc.; — curse "" בֵּרֵךְ bless, chiefly in poetic & legal sources of J E D & later imitations: 12:3; 27:29 (J) Numbers 22:6, 12; 23:7; 24:9 (E) Exodus 22:27 (E) Malachi 2:2; ישְׁבֶיהָ אָרוֺר אֹרוּ = curse for ever her inhabitants Judges 5:23; יוֺם אֹרֲרֵי cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Job 3:8. Passive participle אָרוּר, chiefly as exclamation, "" בָּרוּךְ Genesis 3:14, 17; 4:11; 9:25; 27:29; 49:7; Numbers 22:12; 24:9 (E, poetry) Deuteronomy 27:15-26 Judges 21:18; 1 Samuel 14:24; 14:28; 1 Samuel 26:29; Jeremiah 11:3; 17:5; 20:14-15, 48:10 (twice in verse); Malachi 1:14; מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ הַשֹּׁגִים אֲרוּרִים cursed be those who wander from thy commands Psalm 119:21 (ᵑ6 ᵐ5 Jerome De Ri), הַזּאֹת הָאֲרוּרָה this cursed woman 2 Kings 9:34.
Niph`al Participle נֵאָרִים cursed Malachi 3:9.
Pi`el3masculine singular suffix אֵרֲרָהּ curse, lay under a curse Genesis 5:29 (J); Participle הַמְאָרֲרִים הַמַּיִם the curse-bringing waters Numbers 5:18-27 (P 6 t. waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them).
Hoph`al Imperfect יוּאָ֑ר be cursed Numbers 22:6 (E).