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ἀρά

araG:N-F

curse

ἀρά, -ᾶς, ἡ [in LXX chiefly for אָלָה ]; __1. a prayer (MM, see word). __2. (as in Homer) a curse, malediction: Rom.3:14 (LXX),† (AS)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἀρά — ará

ἄρα (3), ἄρας, ἡ,

1. a prayer; a supplication; much more often

2. an imprecation, curse, malediction (cf. κατάρα); so in Rom 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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