Strong's Hebrew · H779
אָרַר
ʼârar · aw-rar'
Definitionto execrate
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usage[idiom] bitterly curse.
Occurrences63 in the KJV · 52 verses
אָרַר in Scripture
Genesis 3:14
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother' s blood from thy hand;
Genesis 5:29
And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Genesis 9:25
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 12:3
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 27:29
Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother' s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Genesis 49:7
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Exodus 22:28
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Numbers 5:18
And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman' s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 5:19
And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse:
Numbers 5:22
And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen.
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