Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3994
מְאֵרָה
meerahmeh-ay-raw'
curse
5 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mᵉʼêrâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3994is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 39Old Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3994
an execration
The King James renders it: curse.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
meerah is rendered "curse". It stands 5 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Deuteronomy 28:20The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
Deuteronomy 28:20הַמְּאֵרָ֤ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the curse2
- curse of1
- curses1
- with the curse1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בַּמְּאֵרָה֙1
- הַמְּאֵרָ֤ה1
- הַמְּאֵרָ֔ה1
- מְאֵרֽוֹת׃1
- מְאֵרַ֣ת1
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HRd/Ncfsa
Deuteronomy
one use
The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.
- הַמְּאֵרָ֤הhameerahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curse
Proverbs
two uses
The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.
- מְאֵרַ֣תmeeratnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: curse of
Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
- מְאֵרֽוֹת׃meerotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: curses
Malachi
two uses
If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart.
- הַמְּאֵרָ֔הhameerahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the curse
You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me.
- בַּמְּאֵרָה֙bameerahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: with the curse
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.