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Imprecation (2 Occurrences)
... (n.) A curse; the act of invoking evil upon anyone; a prayer that a curse or calamity
may fall on anyone. Multi-Version Concordance Imprecation (2 Occurrences). ...
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On (40792 Occurrences)
... 13. (prep.) To the account of; -- denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming
to, falling, or resting upon; as, on us be all the blame; a curse on him. 14. ...
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Wish (141 Occurrences)
... of. 5. (n.) Desire; eager desire; longing. 6. (n.) Expression of desire;
request; petition; hence, invocation or imprecation. 7. (n ...
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Imprecatory

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Impoverished (4 Occurrences)

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Execration (9 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The act of cursing, or the accused thing itself; a curse dictated by violent
feelings of hatred; imprecation; utter detestation expressed. ...
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Murrain (1 Occurrence)
... It is used as an imprecation by Shakespeare and other Elizabethan writers, and is
still applied by herdsmen to several forms of epidemic cattle sickness. ...
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Anathema (6 Occurrences)
... Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. 3. (n.) An imprecation; a curse;
a malediction. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ANATHEMA. ...
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Swear (99 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To make an appeal to God in an irreverent manner; to use the name of God
or sacred things profanely; to call upon God in imprecation; to curse. ...
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Bible Concordance

Imprecation (2 Occurrences)

Jeremiah 42:18 For thus says Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 44:12 I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
(See NAS)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) A curse; the act of invoking evil upon anyone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may fall on anyone.

Greek

685. ara -- a prayer, curse
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ara Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ah') Short
Definition: a prayer or prayer for evil, a curse, imprecation Definition: a ...
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2671. katara -- a curse
... curse. From kata (intensive) and ara; imprecation, execration -- curse(-d, ing).
see GREEK kata. see GREEK ara. (katara) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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2652. katanathema -- curse.
... Word Origin variant reading for katathema, qv. curse. From kata (intensive) and
anathema; an imprecation -- curse. see GREEK kata. see GREEK anathema. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7045. qelalah -- a curse
... Word Origin from qalal Definition a curse NASB Word Usage accursed (1), curse
(27), curses (2), cursing (3), imprecation (2). accursed,. ...
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423. alah -- an oath
... curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing. From 'alah; an imprecation -- curse,
cursing, execration, oath, swearing. see HEBREW 'alah. 422, 423. alah. 424 > ...
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8381. taalah -- a curse
... Word Origin from alah Definition a curse NASB Word Usage curse (1). curse. From
'alah; an imprecation -- curse. see HEBREW 'alah. 8380, 8381. taalah. 8382 ...
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Library

Chapter xxi.
... But these difficulties are easily solved, for the prophet predicted by means of
imprecation what was about to happen, not as praying for what he wished, but in ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter xxi.htm

Christian Sympathy
... Job, in his great indignation at the shameful accusation of unkindness to the needy,
pours forth the following very solemn imprecation""If I have withheld ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/christian sympathy.htm

Whether it is Lawful to Curse Anyone?
... 3: Further, he that curses another would seem to wish him some evil either of fault
or of punishment, since a curse appears to be a kind of imprecation. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is lawful to 13.htm

Even Now, as the Matter Refers to Thy Opinion on a Point the More ...
... It is thine imprecation that "the earth may lie heavy on him," and that there may
be trouble "to his ashes in the realm of the dead." In like manner, in thy ...
/.../tertullian/the souls testimony/chapter iv even now as.htm

Textual Condition of the Lxx. , and Problems Arising Out of It.
... The imprecation, it has been acutely observed, may point to an early deterioration
of the text of the Greek Pentateuch, which the Pseudo-Aristeas desired to ...
/.../chapter v textual condition of.htm

The Formation and Order of the Primitive Church.
... Now they remembered their own imprecation, "His blood be on us, and on our children;"
and they trembled lest its weight should press them down to the lowest ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture iii the formation and.htm

Paul Before Felix.
... of their cooler thoughts, and the feelings of compunction or pity which these might
have awakened, by engaging under a dreadful imprecation speedily to ...
/.../dick/lectures on the acts of the apostles/lecture xxvii paul before felix.htm

God's People Delivered
... With shouts of triumph, jeering, and imprecation, throngs of evil men are about
to rush upon their prey, when, lo, a dense blackness, deeper than the darkness ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 40 gods people delivered.htm

God's People Delivered.
... With shouts of triumph, jeering, and imprecation, throngs of evil men are about
to rush upon their prey, when, lo, a dense blackness, deeper than the darkness ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /40 gods people delivered.htm

The Heinous Sin of Profane Cursing and Swearing
... Paul, whom we often find upon some solemn occasions using several forms of imprecation,
as, "I call God as witness;" "God is my judge;" "By your rejoicing in ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the heinous sin of profane.htm

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On (40792 Occurrences)

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