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Strong's #0779 - אָרַר

Transliteration

ʼârar

Phonetics

aw-rar'

Root Word (Etymology)

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

Verb

TWOT

168

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) to curse

1a) (Qal)

1a1) to curse

1a2) cursed be he (participle used pr 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

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1131 ‑ γυμνός (goom‑nos'); 2560 ‑ κακῶς (kak‑oce'); 4434 ‑ πτωχός (pto‑khos'); 5011 ‑ ταπεινός (tap‑i‑nos'); 2672 ‑ καταράομαι (kat‑ar‑ah'‑om‑ahee);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (63)

Genesis 9

Exodus 1

Numbers 13

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 2

Judges 4

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Jeremiah 6

Malachi 4

NAS (70)

Genesis 9

Exodus 1

Numbers 19

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 2

Judges 4

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 2

Job 1

Psalms 1

Jeremiah 6

Malachi 4

HCS (63)

Genesis 9

Exodus 1

Numbers 13

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 2

Judges 4

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Jeremiah 6

Malachi 4

BSB (69)

Genesis 15

Exodus 1

Numbers 13

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 2

Judges 4

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Jeremiah 6

Malachi 4

ESV (62)

Genesis 9

Numbers 13

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 2

Judges 4

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Jeremiah 6

Malachi 4

WEB (63)

Genesis 10

Exodus 1

Numbers 12

Deuteronomy 18

Joshua 2

Judges 4

1 Samuel 3

2 Kings 1

Job 1

Psalms 1

Jeremiah 6

Malachi 4

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1457) r r (רר RR) AC: Flow CO: Spit AB: Curse

C) r r a (ארר ARR) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Curse: One shows a cursing by spitting.

V) r r a (ארר ARR) - Curse: KJV (63): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hophal, Piel) curse - Strongs: H779 (אָרַר)

k^f1) e r r a m (מאררה MARRH) - Curse: [df: hram] KJV (5): curse, cursing - Strongs: H3994 (מְאֵרָה)

J) r f r (רור RWR) AC: Flow CO: ? AB: ?: The flowing of a liquid.

V) r f r (רור RWR) - Flow: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) run - Strongs: H7325 (רוּר)

M) r i r (ריר RYR) AC: ? CO: Spit AB: ?

N^m ) r i r (ריר RYR) - Slime: The slime of spit or an egg white. KJV (2): spittle, white - Strongs: H7388 (רִיר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[אָרַר] verb curse (Assyrian arâru Zim^{BP 68}; on relation of meanings bind & curse in Assyrian see Dl^{Proverbs 101}) —

Qal Perfect וְאָרוֺתִ֫י, אָרוֺתִיהָ Malachi 2:2; Imperfect 2 masculine singular תָּאֹר Exodus 22:27; Numbers 22:6,12; אָאֹר Genesis 12:3; Imperative אָ֫רָהֿ Numbers 22:6; Numbers 23:7; אוֺרוּ, אֹרוּ & 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: Genesis 12:3; Genesis 27:29 (J) Numbers 22:6,12; Numbers 23:7; Numbers 24:9 (E) Exodus 22:27 (E) Malachi 2:2; אֹרוּ אָרוֺר ישְׁבֶיהָ = curse for ever her inhabitants Judges 5:23; אֹרֲרֵי יוֺם cursers of the day (magicians whose imprecations made days unlucky) Job 3:8. Passive participle אָרוּר, chiefly as exclamation, "" בָּרוּךְ Genesis 3:14,17; Genesis 4:11; Genesis 9:25; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 49:7; Numbers 22:12; Numbers 24:9 (E, poetry) Deuteronomy 27:15-26 Judges 21:18; 1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Samuel 14:28; 1 Samuel 26:29; Jeremiah 11:3; Jeremiah 17:5; Jeremiah 20:14,15; Jeremiah 48:10 (twice in verse); Malachi 1:14; אֲרוּרִים הַשֹּׁגִים מִמִּצְוֺתֶיךָ cursed be those who wander from thy commands Psalm 119:21 (ᵐ5ᵑ6 Jerome De Ri), הָאֲרוּרָה הַזּאֹת this cursed woman 2 Kings 9:34.

Niph`al Participle נֵאָרִים cursed Malachi 3:9.

Pi`el 3 masculine singular suffix אֵרֲרָהּ curse, lay under a curse Genesis 5:29 (J); Participle הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרֲרִים the curse-bringing waters Numbers 5:18-27 (P 6t. waters destroying the perjured adulteress drinking them).

Hoph`al Imperfect יוּאָ֑ר be cursed Numbers 22:6 (E).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אָרַר fut. יָאֹר, imp. אוֹרוֹ Judges 5:23 with ה parag. אָרָה Numbers 22:6, to curse. (To this answers the Arab. هَرَّ to abhor, to detest, and still more Gr. ἀρά, ἀράομαι.) Const. followed by an acc. Numbers 22:6, 23:7 Malachi 2:2 Jud. loc. cit.; Job 3:8, אֹרְרֵי יוֹם “those who curse the day,” a kind of enchanters who were supposed to render days unfortunate by their imprecations; Genesis 3:14, “thou art cursed above all cattle,” i.e. all animals shall shun thee as an accursed beast. [This explanation is wholly unsuitable.] Deuteronomy 27:15, seq; 28:16, seq.

Niphal, pass. part. נֵאָרִים Malachi 3:9.

Piel, אֵרַר part. מְאָרֵר

(1) i.q. Kal, Genesis 5:29.

(2) to cause, or produce a curse. Numbers 5:22, הַמַּיִם הַמְאָֽרְרִים the waters which when drank, would destroy the adulterous and perjured woman.

Hophal, fut. יוּאַר; pass. Numbers 22:6. Derivative מְאֵרָה.

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List of Word Forms

א֣וֹרוּ אֲרוּרִ֑ים אֲרוּרִ֣ים אֲרוּרִ֥ים אֲרוּרָ֤ה אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ אָֽרָה־ אָאֹ֑ר אָר֔וּר אָר֕וּר אָר֖וֹר אָר֗וּר אָר֣וּר אָר֤וּר אָר֥וּר אָר֨וּר אָרֽוּר׃ אָרוֹתִ֔יהָ אָרוּר֙ אֹ֥רוּ אֹרְרֵי־ אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ אאר אורו ארה־ ארו ארור ארור׃ ארורה ארורים ארותיה אררה אררי־ ארריך הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים׃ הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙ הַמְאָרְרִ֤ים הָאֲרוּרָ֤ה הארורה המאררים וְאָר֕וּר וְאָר֣וּר וְאָר֥וּר וְאָרוֹתִ֖י וְאֹרְרֶ֖יךָ וארור וארותי וארריך יוּאָֽר׃ יואר׃ נֵֽאָרִ֔ים נארים תָּאֹ֖ר תָאֹֽר׃ תָאֹר֙ תאר תאר׃ ’ā’ōr ’ā·’ōr ’ā·rāh- ’ā·rō·w·ṯî·hā ’ā·rō·wr ’ă·rū·rāh ’ă·rū·rîm ’ā·rūr ’ārāh- ’ārōwr ’ārōwṯîhā ’ārūr ’ărūrāh ’ărūrîm ’ê·rə·rāh ’êrərāh ’ō·rə·rê- ’ō·rə·re·ḵā ’ō·rū ’ō·w·rū ’ōrərê- ’ōrəreḵā ’ōrū ’ōwrū aOr arah aRor aroTiha aRur aruRah aruRim ereRah hā’ărūrāh hā·’ă·rū·rāh haaruRah ham’ārărîm ham’ārərîm ham·’ā·ră·rîm ham·’ā·rə·rîm hamAraRim hamareRim nê’ārîm nê·’ā·rîm neaRim orerei oreReicha oru tā’ōr ṯā’ōr tā·’ōr ṯā·’ōr taOr vearoTi veaRur veoreReicha wə’ārōwṯî wə’ārūr wə’ōrəreḵā wə·’ā·rō·w·ṯî wə·’ā·rūr wə·’ō·rə·re·ḵā yū’ār yū·’ār yuAr