Genesis 12:3
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Read in context →For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
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qâlal · kaw-lal'
to be (causatively, make) light, literally (swift, small, sharp, etc.) or figuratively (easy, trifling, vile, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: abate, make bright, bring into contempt, (ac-) curse, despise, (be) ease(-y, -ier), (be a, make, make somewhat, move, seem a, set) light(-en, -er, -ly, -ly afflict, -ly esteem, thing), × slight(-ly), be swift(-er), (be, be more, make, re-) vile, whet.
Strong's first: Genesis 12:3Strong's last: Proverbs 30:11
Open full H7043 profile →kakologéō · kak-ol-og-eh'-o
to revile
Strong's KJV usage: :--curse, speak evil of.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:4Strong's last: Mark 7:10
Open full G2551 profile →ʼârar · aw-rar'
to execrate
Strong's KJV usage: × bitterly curse.
Strong's first: Genesis 27:29Strong's last: Numbers 24:9
Open full H779 profile →kîy · kee
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
Strong's KJV usage: and, (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), but, certainly, doubtless, else, even, except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, (al-) though, till, truly, until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
Strong's first: Leviticus 24:15Strong's last: Leviticus 24:15
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For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin.
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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.
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