Strong's Lexicon

H422

H422 — אָלָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewalahverb-stemOccurrences: 6TWOT: 94

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H422
Word:	אָלָה
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	6
Transliteration:	alah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-law'
Meaning:	1. (properly) to swear an oath 2. (usually, in a bad sense) to invoke a curse
KJV Renderings:	adjure, curse, swear.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB471

II. אָלָה verb swear, curse (compare I. אלה ? so Thes Lag^{Or ii. 3}) —

Qal Perfect 1Kgs 8:31 ( = 2Chr 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִית Judg 17:2 Infinitive absolute אָלֹה Hos 4:2 אָלוֺת Hos 10:4.

1. swear, take oath before God 1Kgs 8:31 ( = 2Chr 6:22); in covenants Hos 4:2; Hos 10:4 (falsely).

2. curse Judg 17:2.

Hiph`il Imperfect וַיּאֶֹל 1Sam 14:24 Infinitive לְהַאֲלֹתוֺ 1Kgs 8:31 = 2Chr 6:22 adjure, put under oath.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אלה (ah-lah’)

Judges 17:2

KJV: And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, my son.

EHCC: about which thou cursedst,

Hosea 4:2

KJV: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.blood: Heb. bloods

EHCC: By swearing, and lying, and killin,

Hosea 10:4

KJV: They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

EHCC: swearing falcely in Taking a covetant;

1 Kings 8:31

KJV: If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him

EHCC: laid upon him to cause him to swear,

2 Chronicles 6:22

KJV: If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;and an oath…: Heb. and he require an oath of him

EHCC: laid upon him to make him swear,