ΑΡΑΣΘΑΙ, αρασθαι
ARASTHAI, arasthai
Sounds Like: ah-RAH-sthai
Translations: to curse, to invoke a curse, to imprecate
From the root: ΑΡΑΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist middle infinitive form of the verb 'ἀράομαι' (araomai). It means 'to curse' or 'to invoke a curse upon someone or something'. It describes the act of uttering a wish that evil may befall another, often with a strong sense of condemnation or divine judgment. It is used to express a strong negative sentiment or a formal pronouncement of doom.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0685 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΡΑΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΡΑΣΩΜΑΙ — I will curse, I will imprecate, I will pray against
- ἈΡΑΤΑΙ — curses, he curses, she curses, it curses, he prays, she prays, it prays
- ΑΡΑΟΜΑΙ — to pray, to curse, to invoke
- ΑΡΑΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to curse, to invoke a curse, to imprecate, to pray against, to wish evil upon
- ΑΡΑΣΩΜΑΙ — I will curse, I will imprecate, I will invoke a curse upon
- ΑΡΑΤΑΙ — he curses, she curses, it curses, he prays, she prays, it prays
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