Lexicon ara: a prayer, curse Original Word: ἀρά, ᾶς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ara Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ah') Short Definition: a prayer or prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation Definition: a prayer; more commonly: a prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitiona prayer, curse NASB Translationcursing (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 685: ἄρα (3)ἄρα (3), ἄρας, ἡ, 1. a prayer; a supplication; much more often 2. an imprecation, curse, malediction (cf. κατάρα); so in Romans 3:14 (cf. Psalm 9:28 ()), and often in the Sept. (In both senses in native Greek writings from Homer down.)
Strong's curse. Probably from airo; properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation -- curse. see GREEK airo |
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