אָרַר
ʼârar · aw-rar'
to execrate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to execrate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] bitterly curse.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the head, the highest › the head, the highest
Strength, the leader of the head, the highest of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָרַר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
63 occurrences · 63 OT · 0 NT · 38 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- cursed28 · 46%
- that causeth the curse6 · 10%
- curse3 · 5%
- and cursed3 · 5%
- this, thou art cursed1 · 2%
- of it: cursed1 · 2%
- and now art thou cursed1 · 2%
- hath cursed1 · 2%
- thee, and curse1 · 2%
- to thee: cursed1 · 2%
- be every one that curseth1 · 2%
- nor curse1 · 2%
- now therefore, i pray thee, curse1 · 2%
- and he whom thou cursest1 · 2%
- is cursed1 · 2%
- with them; thou shalt not curse1 · 2%
- thee, and cursed1 · 2%
- is he that curseth1 · 2%
- now therefore ye are cursed1 · 2%
- ye bitterly1 · 2%
- see now this cursed1 · 2%
- it that curse1 · 2%
- that are cursed1 · 2%
- but cursed1 · 2%
- upon you, and i will curse1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.