noun · feminine

aras

Greekἀρά (ara)

Strong’sG685

a prayer or prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation

stem ar-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

cursing1×

What it means

ἀρά, -ᾶς, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for אלה];

1. a prayer (MM, s.v.).

2. (as in Homer) a curse, malediction: Ro 3:14(LXX).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G685 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidar-ah'

properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation

Fromprobably from G142;

King Jamescurse.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	aras	arais
object accusative	aran	arain
direct address vocative	arar	arair
of, belonging to genitive	arau1×ἀρᾶς	araiu
to, for dative	ara	arai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

arstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ara is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

ara — ἄρα, then, therefore, since ara — ἆρα, a particle asking a question, expecting a negative response

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

arau“cursing”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Romans 3:14“cursing”hoiu tem stomem arau kai pikriau gematō;“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”