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Hebrew

אָרַר a·rar

“to curse” · 63 times in the Old Testament

Through the Bible

Genesis: 9 timesExodus: onceLeviticus: 0 timesNumbers: 13 timesDeuteronomy: 18 timesJoshua: 2 timesJudges: 4 timesRuth: 0 times1 Samuel: 3 times2 Samuel: 0 times1 Kings: 0 times2 Kings: once1 Chronicles: 0 times2 Chronicles: 0 timesEzra: 0 timesNehemiah: 0 timesEsther: 0 timesJob: oncePsalms: onceProverbs: 0 timesEcclesiastes: 0 timesSong of Songs: 0 timesIsaiah: 0 timesJeremiah: 6 timesLamentations: 0 timesEzekiel: 0 timesDaniel: 0 timesHosea: 0 timesJoel: 0 timesAmos: 0 timesObadiah: 0 timesJonah: 0 timesMicah: 0 timesNahum: 0 timesHabakkuk: 0 timesZephaniah: 0 timesHaggai: 0 timesZechariah: 0 timesMalachi: 4 timesMatthew: 0 timesMark: 0 timesLuke: 0 timesJohn: 0 timesActs: 0 timesRomans: 0 times1 Corinthians: 0 times2 Corinthians: 0 timesGalatians: 0 timesEphesians: 0 timesPhilippians: 0 timesColossians: 0 times1 Thessalonians: 0 times2 Thessalonians: 0 times1 Timothy: 0 times2 Timothy: 0 timesTitus: 0 timesPhilemon: 0 timesHebrews: 0 timesJames: 0 times1 Peter: 0 times2 Peter: 0 times1 John: 0 times2 John: 0 times3 John: 0 timesJude: 0 timesRevelation: 0 timesLawHistoryWisdomProphetsGospelsLetters
  • “cursed is” 18
  • “cursed” 17
  • “curse” 6
  • “brings a curse” 5
  • “cursed be” 4
  • other ways 13
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Genesis9
Exodus1
Numbers13
Deuteronomy18
Joshua2
Judges4
1 Samuel3
2 Kings1
Job1
Psalms1
Jeremiah6
Malachi4

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. cursed is18
  2. cursed17
  3. curse6
  4. brings a curse5
  5. cursed be4
  6. bitterly curse2
  7. put a curse2
  8. who curse you2
  9. already begun to curse them1
  10. cursed and banished1
  11. cursed are1
  12. cursed is the one1
  13. 3 other ways3

With a pronoun joined

Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“cursed is” 18
  • Deuteronomy 12

    • 27:15 Cursed is the man who makes…
    • 27:16 Cursed is he who dishonors his…
    • 27:17 Cursed is he who moves his…
    • 27:18 Cursed is he who lets a…
    • 27:19 Cursed is he who withholds justice…
    • 27:20 Cursed is he who sleeps with…
    • 27:21 Cursed is he who lies with…
    • 27:22 Cursed is he who sleeps with…
    • 27:23 Cursed is he who sleeps with…
    • 27:24 Cursed is he who strikes down…
    • 27:25 Cursed is he who accepts a…
    • 27:26 Cursed is he who does not…
  • Judges 1

    • 21:18 …the Israelites had sworn Cursed is he who gives a…
  • 1 Samuel 2

    • 14:24 …under an oath saying Cursed is the man who eats…
    • 14:28 …a solemn oath saying Cursed is the man who eats…
  • Jeremiah 3

    • 11:3 …God of Israel says Cursed is the man who does…
    • 17:5 …what the LORD says Cursed is the man who trusts…
    • 48:10 …work of the LORD and cursed is he who withholds his…
“cursed” 17
  • Genesis 4

    • 3:14 …you have done this cursed are you above all…
    • 3:17 …you not to eat cursed is the ground because…
    • 5:29 …ground that the LORD has cursed
    • 27:29 …those who curse you be cursed and those who bless…
  • Numbers 1

    • 22:6 …and those you curse are cursed
  • Deuteronomy 6

    • 28:16 …You will be cursed in the city and…
    • 28:16 …cursed in the city and cursed in the country…
    • 28:17 …basket and kneading bowl will be cursed
    • 28:18 …fruit of your womb will be cursed as well as the…
    • 28:19 …You will be cursed when you come in…
    • 28:19 …when you come in and cursed when you go out…
  • Joshua 1

    • 6:26 …invoked this solemn oath Cursed before the LORD is…
  • 1 Samuel 1

    • 26:19 …done it may they be cursed in the presence of…
  • Job 1

    • 3:8 May it be cursed by those who curse…
  • Psalms 1

    • 119:21 …You rebuke the arrogant the cursed who stray from Your…
  • Malachi 2

    • 1:14 But cursed is the deceiver who…
    • 3:9 …You are cursed with a curse yet…
“curse” 6
  • Genesis 1

    • 12:3 …those who bless you and curse those who curse you…
  • Exodus 1

    • 22:28 …must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your…
  • Numbers 2

    • 22:6 …are blessed and those you curse are cursed…
    • 22:12 …them You are not to curse this people for they…
  • Judges 1

    • 5:23 Curse Meroz says the angel…
  • Malachi 1

    • 2:2 …a curse among you and I will curse your blessings Yes I…
“brings a curse” 5
  • Numbers 5

    • 5:18 …hold the bitter water that brings a curse
    • 5:19 …to this bitter water that brings a curse
    • 5:22 …May this water that brings a curse enter your stomach and…
    • 5:24 …drink the bitter water that brings a curse and it will enter…
    • 5:27 …husband then the water that brings a curse will enter her and…
“cursed be” 4
  • Genesis 2

    • 9:25 …he said Cursed be Canaan A servant of…
    • 49:7 Cursed be their anger for it…
  • Jeremiah 2

    • 20:14 Cursed be the day I was…
    • 20:15 Cursed be the man who brought…
“who curse you” 2
  • Genesis 1

    • 27:29 …bow down to you May those who curse you be cursed and those…
  • Numbers 1

    • 24:9 …you and cursed are those who curse you
“put a curse” 2
  • Numbers 2

    • 22:6 …So please come now and put a curse on this people because…
    • 23:7 …east Come he said put a curse on Jacob for me…
“bitterly curse” 2
  • Judges 2

    • 5:23 …angel of the LORD Bitterly curse her inhabitants for they…
    • 5:23 …angel of the LORD Bitterly curse her inhabitants for they…
“cursed and banished” 1
  • Genesis 1

    • 4:11 …Now you are cursed and banished from the ground which…
“suffering” 1
  • Numbers 1

    • 5:24 …may cause her bitter suffering
“cursed are” 1
  • Numbers 1

    • 24:9 …those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you…
“under a curse” 1
  • Joshua 1

    • 9:23 …Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve…
“cursed woman” 1
  • 2 Kings 1

    • 9:34 …Take care of this cursed woman he said and bury…
“cursed is the one” 1
  • Jeremiah 1

    • 48:10 Cursed is the one who is remiss in…
“already begun to curse them” 1
  • Malachi 1

    • 2:2 …curse your blessings Yes I have already begun to curse them because you are not…

In our notes

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.