מְאֵרָה
meera · curse
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3994 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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meera (מְאֵרָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “curse”.
From the same root as "cursed."
How to say it
me·e·ra
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- A word calling down evil.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- curse ×4
- curses ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 28:20
YHWH will send on you the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke in all that you undertake with your hand that you do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.
- Proverbs 3:33
The curse of YHWH is on the house of the wicked, but the dwelling of the righteous he blesses.
- Proverbs 28:27
Whoever gives to the poor will have no want, but whoever hides his eyes will have many curses.
- Malachi 2:2
If you do not listen, and if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, says YHWH Tsevaot, I will send against you the curse, and I will curse your blessings; and indeed I have cursed them, because you are not laying it to heart.
- Malachi 3:9
With a curse you are cursed, and me you are robbing, the whole nation.