63 occurrences

'Cursed' in the Bible

And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

Verse ConceptsSatanticRetributionSerpentsSnakesStomachsLifelongCrawlingThe Ancient SerpentGod CursingNoting What Animals EatAdam and evePunishmentPunishmentscatsfatedust

And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

Verse ConceptsAbel and CainHuman Blood ShedOther References To Mouths

and he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, which cometh because of the ground which Jehovah hath cursed.

Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAgriculture, Effects Of FallImperfection, Influence OfPunishment, Nature OfWork, And The FallTypes Of ChristComfort, Of FriendsGod CursingThe Fact Of ToilPeople With Apt NamesAgriculture

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Verse Conceptsslavery

Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

Verse ConceptsJacob, Life And Character OfServing PeopleSalutationsBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyFierce MenAngry People

and the son of the Israelitish woman blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him unto Moses. And his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, Examples OfGod, The LordProfaning God's NameCursing God

Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him.

Verse ConceptsCongregationDeath penaltyCamps, Unclean ThingsPunishment, Legal Aspects OfLaying On Of HandsHands On HeadsOutside The CampLaying On Hands For EvilInstructions About Stoning

And Moses spake to the children of Israel; and they brought forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. And the children of Israel did as Jehovah commanded Moses.

Verse ConceptsCamps, Unclean ThingsDeath penaltyStoningOutside The Camp

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

Verse ConceptsBalaams DonkeyInvitationsSorcery And MagicCursing IsraelPeople Blessing

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

Verse ConceptsCursing Israelcurses

He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee, And cursed be every one that curseth thee.

Verse ConceptsCrouchingLying Down To RestLike CreaturesBlessing And CurseBlessing Through God's PeopleCursing Israel

Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto Jehovah, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsAbominationsCreativityAmenArtMetalworkersSecrecyIdolsPagan PracticesAbominations, Idolatry IsAbominations, To GodAvoiding SecrecyFate Of Idolaterscursesimage

Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesRoadsDisabled PersonsAmen

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfAmen

Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsSexual Sin, Nature OfBestialitySexual PerversionAmen

Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsSistersAmenSiblings

Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsMothers, Responsibilities OfAmen

Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor in secret. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsAmenAvoiding Secrecy

Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinChild AbuseAmenEffect Of Bribes

Cursed be he that confirmeth not the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Verse ConceptsFaith, As Basis Of SalvationAtonementBook of the LawAmenThe Curse Of The LawBreaking The Ten Commandments

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

Verse ConceptsThe CountrysideGod Cursing

Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

Verse ConceptsCropsGod Cursing

Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

Verse ConceptsGod CursingGoing Out And Coming In

And Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Jehovah, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: with the loss of his first-born shall he lay the foundation thereof, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsFirstbornFathers, Sin Of TheAdjurationGatesOaths, HumanProphecy, Fulfilment Of OtDeath Of The FirstbornThe Youngest ChildFoundations Of NationsCity GatesCursing The UngodlyRebuilding Named Citiesrebuilding

Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.

Verse ConceptsMan Providing WaterFirewoodCursing The UngodlyGroups Of Slaves

And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes , and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

Verse ConceptsGluttonyGrapesMerrinessRevelryTreading GrapesUngodly Cursing

Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

And the men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted food.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanFasting, Nature OfPromises, HumanRashnessAdjurationCursing The UngodlyMan AvengingVowing To FastPeople Bound By Oaths

Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And the people were faint.

Verse ConceptsSoldiersCursing The UngodlyTired In PursuitVowing To Fast

And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

Verse ConceptsConfidence, Based OndogsUngodly Cursing

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Jehovah that hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Jehovah: for they have driven me out this day that I should not cleave unto the inheritance of Jehovah, saying, Go, serve other gods.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristDifferent GodsCursing The UngodlyEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out thence a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out, and cursed still as he came.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodlyharassment

And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:

So David and his men went by the way; and Shimei went along on the hill-side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust.

Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UsedirtThrowing StonesWiping DustCursing The Ungodly

But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed Jehovah's anointed?

Verse ConceptsThe Anointed OneThe Lord's AnointedCursing The Ungodly

And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

And he looked behind him and saw them, and cursed them in the name of Jehovah. And there came forth two she-bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two lads of them.

Verse ConceptsMiracles Of ElishaTwo AnimalsFortiesAnimals KillingCursing The Ungodlyhumorteenager

And when he was come in, he did eat and drink; and he said, See now to this cursed woman, and bury her; for she is a king's daughter.

Verse Conceptsjezebel

And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God,'saying , Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanFloggingHairsDisputesHair PluckingCursing The UngodlyPeople Bound By OathsSwearinginterracial

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Verse ConceptsExperience, of lifeRootsThe Work Of Fools

Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterPurgatory

For such as are blessed of him shall inherit the land; And they that are cursed of him shall be cut off.

Verse ConceptsBanishmentBlessing And Curse

for oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others.

Verse ConceptsUngodly Cursing

and say thou unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Cursed be the man that heareth not the words of this covenant,

Verse ConceptsCommitment, to GodThe Curse Of The LawBreaking The Covenant

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

Verse ConceptsBirthdaysRegretting BirthCursing Thingslentcurses

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man-child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfDeception, Forbidden By GodReverence, And God's NatureVowsMaking VowsBlemished CreaturesThe Curse Of The LawGod CursingGod Is To Be Fearedcheatersclosure

If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.

Verse ConceptsFailureHonorListeningBlessing And CurseGod CursingMoney BlessingscursesDishonoring God

Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.

Verse ConceptsThe Curse Of The LawTithes And OfferingEclipsecheaters

For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

Verse ConceptsCurses, DivineAtonementBook of the LawAffirmative ActionBible, Names OfTrusting In WorksThe Curse Of The LawUnder The LawWorks Of The LawBreaking The Ten Commandmentslawcursesobeying

Bible Theasaurus

Blaspheme (17 instances)
Cursed (126 instances)
Damned (3 instances)
Doomed (42 instances)
Excommunicate (2 instances)
Hateful (20 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀναθεματίζω 
Anathematizo 
Usage: 4

ἀνάθεμα 
Anathema 
Usage: 6

ἀρά 
Ara 
Usage: 1

ἐπικατάρατος 
Epikataratos 
Usage: 3

κακολογέω 
Kakologeo 
Usage: 1

κατανάθεμα 
Katanathema 
Usage: 1

καταναθεματίζω 
Katanathematizo 
Usage: 1

κατάρα 
Katara 
Usage: 6

καταράομαι 
Kataraomai 
Usage: 3

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