Numbers 5:23
And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
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Curses
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2 Chronicles 34:24
Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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אָלָה
ʼâlâh · aw-law'
5 times translated as this KJV form36 total Strong's occurrences
an imprecation
Strong's KJV usage: curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 5:23Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 34:24
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qᵉlâlâh · kel-aw-law'
3 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
vilification
Strong's KJV usage: (ac-) curse(-d, -ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 28:15Strong's last: Deuteronomy 29:27
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And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:
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curse
CURSE, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive cursed or curst.
1. To utter a wish of evil against one; to imprecate evil upon; to call for mischief or injury to fall upon; to execrate.
Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people. Exodus 22:28.
Bless and curse not. Romans 12:14.
CURSE me this people, for they are too mighty for me. Numbers 22:6.
2. To injure; to subject to evil; to vex, harass or torment with great calamities.
On impious realms and barbarous kings impose thy plagues, and curse em with such sons as those.
3. To devote to evil.
CURSE, verb intransitive To utter imprecations; to affirm or deny with imprecations of divine vengeance.
Then began he to curse and to swear. Matthew 26:74.
CURSE, noun
1. Malediction; the expression of a wish of evil to another.
Shimei--who cured me with a grievous curse 1 Kings 2:8.
2. Imprecation of evil.
They entered into a curse and into an oath. Nehemiah 10:29.
3. Affliction; torment; great vexation.
I will make this city a curse to all nations. Jeremiah 26:6.
4. Condemnation; sentence of divine vengeance on sinners.
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. Galatians 3:10.
5. Denunciation of evil.
The priest shall write all these curses in a book. Numbers 5:18.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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