Strong G685ἀρά
curse
- Transliteration
- ara
- Pronunciation
- ar-ah'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Probably from G142; properly prayer (as lifted to Heaven) that is (by implication) imprecation: - curse.
Detailed definition
ἀρά, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for אָלָה ];
1. a prayer (MM, see word).
2. (as in Homer) a curse, malediction: Rom.3:14 (LXX),†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אָלָה ];
1. a prayer (MM, see word).
2. (as in Homer) a curse, malediction: Rom.3:14 (LXX),†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G685 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- curse1
First verses
- Romans 3:14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀρά,
Ionic dialect ἀρή, ἡ, prayer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.378, 598, 23.199, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 726, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).43)]; ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered prayers that a child should be born, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.63.)]
2 vow, [Refs (Inscription Cyprian dialect 83, 147H.)]
3 curse, imprecation, ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς.. ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλ᾽ ἀχέουσ᾽ ἠρᾶτο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.566)]; frequently in Trag., mostly in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 910, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 295)]; ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι,προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 67, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 952, 154(Lyric poetry), 1375; ἐπεύχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119e; θέσθαι ἐπί τινας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 13)]: also in singular, πατρὸς δ᾽ ἀ. κρανθήσεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 910, compare “Ag.” 457 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἡ τοῦ νόμου ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 871b; ἀρᾷ.. ἔνοχος ἔστω [prev. work] 742b)], etc.: in plural, imprecations, frequently in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Inscription Magn.” 105.53 (2nd c.BC), “IG” 3.1417ff)]
II Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” III; δεινόπους Ἀρά [prev. author] “OT” 418; but in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 417 the Erinyes say that Ἀραί)] is their own name γῆς ὑπα; Ἀρά τ᾽ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 70; Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 575. (Hence the Verb ἀράομαι.))] [Epic dialect always ᾱρ, Attic dialect always ᾰρ.] (From ἀρϝᾱ, compare κάταρ ϝος.)
Ionic dialect ἀρή, ἡ, prayer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.378, 598, 23.199, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 726, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 6(5).43)]; ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered prayers that a child should be born, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.63.)]
2 vow, [Refs (Inscription Cyprian dialect 83, 147H.)]
3 curse, imprecation, ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς.. ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλ᾽ ἀχέουσ᾽ ἠρᾶτο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.566)]; frequently in Trag., mostly in plural, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 910, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 295)]; ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι,προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 67, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 952, 154(Lyric poetry), 1375; ἐπεύχεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 119e; θέσθαι ἐπί τινας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 13)]: also in singular, πατρὸς δ᾽ ἀ. κρανθήσεται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 910, compare “Ag.” 457 (Lyric poetry), etc.; ἡ τοῦ νόμου ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 871b; ἀρᾷ.. ἔνοχος ἔστω [prev. work] 742b)], etc.: in plural, imprecations, frequently in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“Inscription Magn.” 105.53 (2nd c.BC), “IG” 3.1417ff)]
II Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, ὦ πότνι᾽ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “El.” III; δεινόπους Ἀρά [prev. author] “OT” 418; but in 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 417 the Erinyes say that Ἀραί)] is their own name γῆς ὑπα; Ἀρά τ᾽ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Th.” 70; Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 575. (Hence the Verb ἀράομαι.))] [Epic dialect always ᾱρ, Attic dialect always ᾰρ.] (From ἀρϝᾱ, compare κάταρ ϝος.)