Definition
a primitive root; to execrate
Traditional renderings: × bitterly curse.
Traditional renderings: × bitterly curse.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אָרַר:
- ἐπικατάρατοςepikataratos“cursed”93%
- καταράομαιkataraomai“to curse”5%
- ἀποβλέπωapoblepō“to look ahead”3%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
63 total
- 2 Kings 9:34הָאֲרוּרָ֤ה · cursed [woman]Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
- Job 3:8אֹרְרֵי־ · May it be cursedMay it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
- Psalm 119:21אֲרוּרִ֑ים · the cursedYou rebuke the arrogant—the cursed who stray from Your commandments.
- Jeremiah 11:3אָר֣וּר · Cursed isYou must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
- Jeremiah 17:5אָר֤וּר · Cursed isThis is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD.
- Jeremiah 20:14אָר֣וּר · Cursed beCursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.
- Jeremiah 20:15אָר֣וּר · Cursed beCursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy.
- Jeremiah 48:10אָר֗וּר · Cursed [is the one]; וְאָר֕וּר · and cursed isCursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
- Malachi 1:14וְאָר֣וּר · But cursed“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.
- Malachi 2:2וְאָרוֹתִ֖י · and I will curse; אָרוֹתִ֔יהָ · I have already begun to curse themIf you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- Malachi 3:9נֵֽאָרִ֔ים · are cursedYou are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.