ἀρά,
Ion. ἀρή, ἡ,
I
1. prayer, Il. 15.378, 598, 23.199, Hes. Op. 726, Pi. I. 6(5).43; ἀρὴν ἐποιήσαντο παῖδα γενέσθαι Ἀρίστωνι offered prayers that a child should be born, Hdt. 6.63.
2. vow, Inscr.Cypr. 83, 147H.
3. curse, imprecation, ἐξ ἀρέων μητρὸς.. ἥ ῥα θεοῖσι πόλλ’ ἀχέουσ’ ἠρᾶτο Il. 9.566; freq. in Trag., mostly in pl., A. Pr. 910, S. OT 295; ἀρὰς ἀρᾶσθαι,προστιθέναι, ἐξανιέναι, E. Ph. 67, S. OC 952, 154 (lyr.), 1375; ἐπεύχεσθαι Pl. Criti. 119e; θέσθαι ἐπί τινας Plu. Cam. 13: also in sg., πατρὸς δ’ ἀ. κρανθήσεται A. Pr. 910, cf. Ag. 457 (lyr.), etc.; ἡ τοῦ νόμου ἀ. Pl. Lg. 871b; ἀρᾷ.. ἔνοχος ἔστω ib. 742b, etc.: in pl., imprecations, freq. in Inscrr. on those who shall mutilate or remove them, Inscr.Magn. 105.53 (ii B. C.), IG 3.1417 sqq.
II Ἀρά personified as the goddess of destruction and revenge, ὦ πότνι’ Ἀρὰ σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες S. El.
III; δεινόπους Ἀρά Id. OT 418; but in A. Eu. 417 the Erinyes say that Ἀραί is their own name γῆς ὑπαί; Ἀρά τ’ Ἐρινὺς πατρὸς ἡ μεγασθενής Id. Th. 70; Ἀρᾶς ἱερόν Ar. Fr. 575. (Hence the Verb ἀράομαι.) [ always ᾱρ, Att. always ᾰρ. ] (From ἀρϝᾱ, cf. κάταρ ϝος.)
ἀρά ara 1x
pr. a prayer; more commonly a prayer for evil; curse, cursing, imprecation, [Rom 3:14]
G685 — ἄρα (3)
ἄρας, ἡ,
1. a prayer; a supplication; much more often
2. an imprecation, curse, malediction (cf. κατάρα); so in [Rom 3:14] (cf. Psalm 9:28), and often in the Sept. (In both senses in native Greek writings from Homer down.)
ἀρά , - ᾶς , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H422 ];
1. a prayer ( MM, s.v. ).
2. (as in Homer ) a curse, malediction: [Rom 3:14] (LXX) , †