Original Word: ἄρα
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: ara
Pronunciation: AH-rah
Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ah')
KJV: curse
NASB: cursing
Word Origin: [probably from G142 (αἴρω - take)]

1. (properly) a prayer (as lifted to Heaven)
2. (commonly, by implication) a curse

curse.

Probably from airo; properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation -- curse.

see GREEK airo

Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
a prayer, curse
NASB Translation
cursing (1).

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.)

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