# אָרַר (arar) Israeli respelling: a-rar. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H779. 52 Old Testament occurrences. to execrate King James renderings: [idiom] bitterly curse. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/arar-h779 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/14) — 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;… - [Genesis 3:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/3/17) — 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, sayin… - [Genesis 4:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/4/11) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/5/29) — 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… - [Genesis 9:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/9/25) — And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. - [Genesis 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/12/3) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/29) — 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… - [Genesis 49:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/49/7) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/22/28) — Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. - [Numbers 5:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/18) — 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 t… - [Numbers 5:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/19) — 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 uncle… - [Numbers 5:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/22) — 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,… - [Numbers 5:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/24) — 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, a… - [Numbers 5:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/5/27) — 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 husba… - [Numbers 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/6) — 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… - [Numbers 22:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/12) — And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. - [Numbers 23:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/7) — 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, cur… - [Numbers 24:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/24/9) — 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 curs… - [Deuteronomy 27:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/15) — 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… - [Deuteronomy 27:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/16) — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/17) — Cursed be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/18) — Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/19) — Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/20) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/21) — Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/22) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/23) — Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/24) — Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/25) — Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. - [Deuteronomy 27:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/27/26) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/16) — Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. - [Deuteronomy 28:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/17) — Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. - [Deuteronomy 28:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/18) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/19) — Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. - [Joshua 6:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/6/26) — 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 la… - [Joshua 9:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/9/23) — 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… - [Judges 5:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/5/23) — 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 th… - [Judges 21:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/21/18) — 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 Benj… - [1 Samuel 14:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/24) — 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 eveni… - [1 Samuel 14:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/28) — 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 f… - [1 Samuel 26:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/26/19) — 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… - [2 Kings 9:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/9/34) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/3/8) — Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. - [Psalms 119:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/21) — Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. - [Jeremiah 11:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/11/3) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/17/5) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/20/14) — Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. - [Jeremiah 20:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/20/15) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/48/10) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/1/14) — 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 Kin… - [Malachi 2:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/2/2) — 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… - [Malachi 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/malachi/3/9) — Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.