Lexical Summary ara: a prayer, curse Original Word: ἀράTransliteration: ara Phonetic Spelling: (ar-ah') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a prayer, curse Meaning: a prayer, curse Strong's Concordance curse. Probably from airo; properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation -- curse. see GREEK airo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 685: ἄρα (3)ἄρα (3), ἄρας, ἡ, 1. a prayer; a supplication; much more often 2. an imprecation, curse, malediction (cf. κατάρα); so in Romans 3:14 (cf. Psalm 9:28 |