Definition

properly, prayer (as lifted to Heaven), i.e. (by implication) imprecation

Etymology

probably from G142 (αἴρω);

Word family

• αἴρω aírō

How the KJV renders it

• curse

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.