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Strong's H779 אָרַר (arar)

Arar means “execrate” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G779 — askos (“bottle”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H779
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 52
Books 12

Strong's H779 Quick Answer

Strong's H779 אָרַר (arar) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. arar (aw-rar') v. 1. to execrate [a primitive root] It has 52 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include curse, cursed, will, and bitterly. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
arar (aw-rar') v. 1. to execrate [a primitive root]
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
curse, cursed, will, and bitterly

Meaning and Definition

arar (aw-rar') v. 1. to execrate [a primitive root] KJV: X bitterly curse.

Original Word
אָרַר
Transliteration
arar
Derivation
Root: ארר
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H779. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to curse

Usage: 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

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How Strong's H779 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render arar, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

curse Exodus 22:28 12× cursed Genesis 3:14 bitterly Judges 5:23 will Genesis 12:3

How Strong's H779 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 52 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H779 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H779 in the Old Testament

52 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 3:14 KJV

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 KJV

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 KJV

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H779.

Genesis 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 12:3 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Numbers 5:18 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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.
Numbers 5:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
Numbers 5:27 Old Testament, KJV
And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people.
Numbers 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Numbers 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
Numbers 23:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Numbers 24:9 Old Testament, KJV
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Deuteronomy 27:15 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:16 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:17 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:18 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:19 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:20 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:21 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:22 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:23 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:24 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:25 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 27:26 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Deuteronomy 28:16 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Deuteronomy 28:18 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:19 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Joshua 6:26 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
Joshua 9:23 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Judges 5:23 Old Testament, KJV
Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
Judges 21:18 Old Testament, KJV
Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
1 Samuel 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
1 Samuel 14:28 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
1 Samuel 26:19 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
2 Kings 9:34 Old Testament, KJV
And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter.
Job 3:8 Old Testament, KJV
Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Psalms 119:21 Old Testament, KJV
Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
Jeremiah 11:3 Old Testament, KJV
And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,
Jeremiah 17:5 Old Testament, KJV
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Jeremiah 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Jeremiah 20:15 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Jeremiah 48:10 Old Testament, KJV
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Malachi 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Malachi 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Malachi 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H779, grouped by book.

Genesis 8 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 9 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 16 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H779 FAQ

What does arar (אָרַר) mean?

Arar (Strong's H779) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "execrate". arar (aw-rar') v. 1. to execrate [a primitive root]

How many times is arar (אָרַר) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's H779 across 12 books.

Where can I study arar (אָרַר) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H779 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate arar (אָרַר)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as curse, cursed, will, and bitterly. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.