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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀρά
ἀρά
G685
Transliteration: ará
Pronunciation: ar-ah'
Definition: curse
- Original: ἀρά - Transliteration: Ara - Phonetic: ar-ah'
- Definition:
1. a prayer, a supplication
2. an imprecation, curse, malediction
- Origin: probably from G142" class="dictionary-topic-link">G142 - TDNT entry: 08:28,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: Probably from G142" class="dictionary-topic-link">G142; properly prayer (as lifted to Heaven) that is (by implication) imprecation: - curse.