Occurrences
ʼârar occurs 63 times in 52 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (8), Exodus (1), Numbers (9), Deuteronomy (16), Joshua (2), Judges (2), 1 Samuel (3), 2 Kings (1), Job (1), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (5), Malachi (3)
- Genesis 3:14 — And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed (אָר֤וּר) 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 — 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 (אֲרוּרָ֤ה) is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 4:11 — And now art thou cursed (אָר֣וּר) from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
- 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 LORD hath cursed (אֵֽרְרָ֖הּ).
- Genesis 9:25 — And he said, Cursed (אָר֣וּר) be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
- Genesis 12:3 — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse (אָאֹ֑ר) him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
- 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 (אֹרְרֶ֣יךָ) be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- 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 one that curseth (אָר֔וּר) thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- Genesis 49:7 — Cursed (אָר֤וּר) 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 — Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse (תָאֹֽר) the ruler of thy people.
- 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 the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse (הַמְאָֽרֲרִֽים):
- 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 uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse (הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים):
- Numbers 5:22 — And this water that causeth the curse (הַמְאָרְרִ֤ים) 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 — And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse (הַמְאָֽרֲרִ֑ים): and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter.
- 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 (הַֽמְאָרֲרִ֖ים) shall enter into her, and become bitter.
- 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 husband, that the water that causeth the curse (הַמְאָֽרֲרִים֙) 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 — Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse (אָֽרָה) 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 22:6 — 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, 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 (תָּאֹ֖ר) is cursed.
- 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, 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 (יוּאָֽר).
- Numbers 22:12 — And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse (תָאֹר֙) the people: for they are blessed.
- 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, curse (אָֽרָה) me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
- 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 (וְאֹרְרֶ֖יךָ) is he that curseth thee.
- 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 curseth (אָרֽוּר) thee.
- Deuteronomy 27:15 — Cursed (אָר֣וּר) 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 — Cursed (אָר֕וּר) be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:17 — Cursed (אָר֕וּר) be he that removeth his neighbour’s landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:18 — Cursed (אָר֕וּר) be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:19 — Cursed (אָר֗וּר) be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:20 — Cursed (אָר֗וּר) 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 — Cursed (אָר֕וּר) be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:22 — Cursed (אָר֗וּר) 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 — Cursed (אָר֕וּר) be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:24 — Cursed (אָר֕וּר) be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:25 — Cursed (אָרוּר֙) be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 27:26 — Cursed (אָר֗וּר) be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 28:16 — Cursed (אָר֥וּר) shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
- Deuteronomy 28:16 — Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed (וְאָר֥וּר) shalt thou be in the field.
- Deuteronomy 28:17 — Cursed (אָר֥וּר) shall be thy basket and thy store.
- Deuteronomy 28:18 — Cursed (אָר֥וּר) 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 — Cursed (אָר֥וּר) shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
- Deuteronomy 28:19 — Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed (וְאָר֥וּר) shalt thou be when thou goest out.
- Joshua 6:26 — And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed (אָר֨וּר) 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 — Now therefore ye are cursed (אֲרוּרִ֣ים), 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 — Curse (א֣וֹרוּ) 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 5:23 — Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly (אָר֖וֹר) the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.
- Judges 5:23 — Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly (אֹ֥רוּ) 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 — Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed (אָר֕וּר) be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
- 1 Samuel 14:24 — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed (אָר֣וּר) 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 — Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed (אָר֥וּר) be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
- 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 an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed (אֲרוּרִ֥ים) 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.