arar (to curse) · Rightly

Meaning

To curse(Qal) · (Niphal) to be cursed, cursed · (Piel) to curse, lay under a curse, put a curse on · (Hophal) to be made a curse, be cursed

How it's translated

cursed 36
which bring a curse 6
curse 4
and cursed 4
he has cursed it 1
i will curse 1
curse you 1
you must curse 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Deuteronomy 16
Numbers 9
Genesis 8
Jeremiah 5
1 Samuel 3
Malachi 3

12 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture

Genesis 3:17And 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 4:11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
Genesis 5:29And 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 9:25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 12:3And 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 27:29Let 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.

All 52 verses, by book

Genesis 8: 3:14 3:17 4:11 5:29 9:25 12:3 27:29 49:7
Exodus 1: 22:28
Numbers 9: 5:18 5:19 5:22 5:24 5:27 22:6 22:12 23:7 24:9
Deuteronomy 16: 27:15 27:16 27:17 27:18 27:19 27:20 27:21 27:22 27:23 27:24 27:25 27:26 28:16 28:17 28:18 28:19
Joshua 2: 6:26 9:23
Judges 2: 5:23 21:18
1 Samuel 3: 14:24 14:28 26:19
2 Kings 1: 9:34
Job 1: 3:8
Psalms 1: 119:21
Jeremiah 5: 11:3 17:5 20:14 20:15 48:10
Malachi 3: 1:14 2:2 3:9

Hebrew dictionary

אָרַר arar · 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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “curse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CURSE, verb transitive

preterit tense and participle passive cursed or curst.

To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.“Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people” Exodus 22:28“Bless and curse not” Romans 12:14“CURSE me this people, for they are too mighty for me” Numbers 22:6
To injure; to subject to evil; to vex, harass or torment with great calamities.
To devote to evil.

All definitions and other forms of “curse”

CURSE, verb intransitive

To utter imprecations; to affirm or deny with imprecations of divine vengeance.

“Then began he to curse and to swear” Matthew 26:74

CURSE, noun

Malediction; the expression of a wish of evil to another.
Imprecation of evil.“They entered into a curse and into an oath” Nehemiah 10:29
Affliction; torment; great vexation.“I will make this city a curse to all nations” Jeremiah 26:6
Condemnation; sentence of divine vengeance on sinners.“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law” Galatians 3:13
Denunciation of evil.“The priest shall write all these curses in a book” Numbers 5:23

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.