Lexicon :: Strong's H423 - 'ālâ

אָלָה

Transliteration

'ālâ

Pronunciation

aw-law'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From אָלָה (H422)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 91a

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

אָלָה ʼâlâh, aw-law'; from H422; an imprecation:—curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H423 in the following manner: curse (18x), oath (14x), execration (2x), swearing (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H423 in the following manner: curse (18x), oath (14x), execration (2x), swearing (2x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

oath
oath of covenant
curse
1. from God
2. from men
execration

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

אָלָה ʼâlâh, aw-law'; from H422; an imprecation:—curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H423: Abbreviations

† אָלָה noun feminine oath Genesis 26:28 +; suffix אָלָתִי, אָלָתוֺ Genesis 24:11 + (4 times); plural אָלוֺת Deuteronomy 29:20 + (4 times).

1. oath in testimony Leviticus 5:1; Numbers 5:21 (twice in verse) (P) Proverbs 29:23; בא באלה come into an oath Nehemiah 10:30; הביא באלה bring into an oath Ezekiel 17:13; נשׂא אלה 1 Kings 8:31 (= 2 Chronicles 6:22).

2. oath of convenant Genesis 24:41 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:28 (J) Deuteronomy 29:11; Deuteronomy 29:13; בזה אלה despise an oath Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:16, 18, 19.

3. curse

(a) from God Numbers 5:23 (P) Deuteronomy 29:18; Deuteronomy 29:19; Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 30:7; 2 Chronicles 34:24; Isaiah 24:6; Jeremiah 23:10; Daniel 9:11; Zechariah 5:3;

(b) from men Job 31:30; Psalm 10:7; Psalm 59:13.

4. execration in the phrase היה לאלה become an execration Numbers 5:27 (P) Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:12.

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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:11; 24:41; 26:28; 26:28

Leviticus

5:1

Numbers

5:21; 5:23; 5:27

Deuteronomy

29:11; 29:13; 29:18; 29:19; 29:20; 29:20; 30:7

1 Kings

8:31

2 Chronicles

6:22; 34:24

Nehemiah

10:30

Job

31:30

Psalms

10:7; 59:13

Proverbs

29:23

Isaiah

24:6

Jeremiah

23:10; 29:18; 42:18; 44:12

Ezekiel

16:59; 17:13; 17:16; 17:18; 17:19

Daniel

9:11

Zechariah

5:3

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H423 matches the Hebrew אָלָה ('ālâ),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 24:41

Gen 24:41 - Then shalt thou be clear^H5352 from this my oath,^H423 when thou comest^H935 to my kindred;^H4940 and if they give^H5414 not thee one, thou shalt be clear^H5355 from my oath.^H423

Gen 26:28

Gen 26:28 - And they said,^H559 We saw^H7200 certainly^H7200 that the LORD^H3068 was with thee: and we said,^H559 Let there be now an oath^H423 betwixt^H996 us, even betwixt^H996 us and thee, and let us make^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with thee;

Lev 5:1

Lev 5:1 - And if a soul^H5315 sin,^H2398 and hear^H8085 the voice^H6963 of swearing,^H423 and is a witness,^H5707 whether^H176 he hath seen^H7200 or known^H3045 of it; if he do not utter^H5046 it, then he shall bear^H5375 his iniquity.^H5771

Num 5:21

Num 5:21 - Then the priest^H3548 shall charge^H7650 the woman^H802 with an oath^H7621 of cursing,^H423 and the priest^H3548 shall say^H559 unto the woman,^H802 The LORD^H3068 make^H5414 thee a curse^H423 and an oath^H7621 among^H8432 thy people,^H5971 when the LORD^H3068 doth make^H5414 thy thigh^H3409 to rot,^H5307 and thy belly^H990 to swell;^H6639

Num 5:23

Num 5:23 - And the priest^H3548 shall write^H3789 these curses^H423 in a book,^H5612 and he shall blot^H4229 them out with the bitter^H4751 water:^H4325

Num 5:27

Num 5:27 - And when he hath made her to drink^H8248 the water,^H4325 then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled,^H2930 and have done^H4603 trespass^H4604 against her husband,^H376 that the water^H4325 that causeth the curse^H779 shall enter^H935 into her, and become bitter,^H4751 and her belly^H990 shall swell,^H6638 and her thigh^H3409 shall rot:^H5307 and the woman^H802 shall be a curse^H423 among^H7130 her people.^H5971

Deu 29:12

Deu 29:12 - That thou shouldest enter^H5674 into covenant^H1285 with the LORD^H3068 thy God,^H430 and into his oath,^H423 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 maketh^H3772 with thee this day:^H3117

Deu 29:14

Deu 29:14 - Neither with you only do I make^H3772 this covenant^H1285 and this oath;^H423

Deu 29:19

Deu 29:19 - And it come to pass, when he heareth^H8085 the words^H1697 of this curse,^H423 that he bless^H1288 himself in his heart,^H3824 saying,^H559 I shall have peace,^H7965 though^H3588 I walk^H3212 in the imagination^H8307 of mine heart,^H3820 to add^H5595 drunkenness^H7302 to thirst:^H6771

Deu 29:20

Deu 29:20 - The LORD^H3068 will^H14 not spare^H5545 him, but then the anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068 and his jealousy^H7068 shall smoke^H6225 against that man,^H376 and all the curses^H423 that are written^H3789 in this book^H5612 shall lie^H7257 upon him, and the LORD^H3068 shall blot out^H4229 his name^H8034 from under heaven.^H8064

Deu 29:21

Deu 29:21 - And the LORD^H3068 shall separate^H914 him unto evil^H7451 out of all the tribes^H7626 of Israel,^H3478 according to all the curses^H423 of the covenant^H1285 that are written^H3789 in this book^H5612 of the law:^H8451

Deu 30:7

Deu 30:7 - And the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will put^H5414 all these curses^H423 upon thine enemies,^H341 and on them that hate^H8130 thee, which persecuted^H7291 thee.

1Ki 8:31

1Ki 8:31 - If any man^H376 trespass^H2398 against his neighbour,^H7453 and an oath^H423 be laid^H5375 upon him to cause him to swear,^H422 and the oath^H423 come^H935 before^H6440 thine altar^H4196 in this house:^H1004

2Ch 6:22

2Ch 6:22 - If a man^H376 sin^H2398 against his neighbour,^H7453 and an oath^H423 be laid^H5375 upon him to make him swear,^H422 and the oath^H423 come^H935 before^H6440 thine altar^H4196 in this house;^H1004

2Ch 34:24

2Ch 34:24 - Thus saith^H559 the LORD,^H3068 Behold, I will bring^H935 evil^H7451 upon this place,^H4725 and upon the inhabitants^H3427 thereof, even all the curses^H423 that are written^H3789 in the book^H5612 which they have read^H7121 before^H6440 the king^H4428 of Judah:^H3063

Neh 10:29

Neh 10:29 - They clave^H2388 to their brethren,^H251 their nobles,^H117 and entered^H935 into a curse,^H423 and into an oath,^H7621 to walk^H3212 in God's^H430 law,^H8451 which was given^H5414 by^H3027 Moses^H4872 the servant^H5650 of God,^H430 and to observe^H8104 and do^H6213 all the commandments^H4687 of the LORD^H3068 our Lord,^H113 and his judgments^H4941 and his statutes;^H2706

Job 31:30

Job 31:30 - Neither have I suffered^H5414 my mouth^H2441 to sin^H2398 by wishing^H7592 a curse^H423 to his soul.^H5315

Psa 10:7

Psa 10:7 - His mouth^H6310 is full^H4390 of cursing^H423 and deceit^H4820 and fraud:^H8496 under his tongue^H3956 is mischief^H5999 and vanity.^H205

Psa 59:12

Psa 59:12 - For the sin^H2403 of their mouth^H6310 and the words^H1697 of their lips^H8193 let them even be taken^H3920 in their pride:^H1347 and for cursing^H423 and lying^H3585 which they speak.^H5608

Pro 29:24

Pro 29:24 - Whoso is partner^H2505 with a thief^H1590 hateth^H8130 his own soul:^H5315 he heareth^H8085 cursing,^H423 and bewrayeth^H5046 it not.

Isa 24:6

Isa 24:6 - Therefore hath the curse^H423 devoured^H398 the earth,^H776 and they that dwell^H3427 therein are desolate:^H816 therefore the inhabitants^H3427 of the earth^H776 are burned,^H2787 and few^H4213 men^H582 left.^H7604

Jer 23:10

Jer 23:10 - For the land^H776 is full^H4390 of adulterers;^H5003 for because^H6440 of swearing^H423 the land^H776 mourneth;^H56 the pleasant places^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057 are dried up,^H3001 and their course^H4794 is evil,^H7451 and their force^H1369 is not right.

Jer 29:18

Jer 29:18 - And I will persecute^H7291 them^H310 with the sword,^H2719 with the famine,^H7458 and with the pestilence,^H1698 and will deliver^H5414 them to be removed^H2189^H2113 to all the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth,^H776 to be a curse,^H423 and an astonishment,^H8047 and an hissing,^H8322 and a reproach,^H2781 among all the nations^H1471 whither I have driven^H5080 them:

Jer 42:18

Jer 42:18 - For thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 the God^H430 of Israel;^H3478 As mine anger^H639 and my fury^H2534 hath been poured forth^H5413 upon the inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem;^H3389 so shall my fury^H2534 be poured forth^H5413 upon you, when ye shall enter^H935 into Egypt:^H4714 and ye shall be an execration,^H423 and an astonishment,^H8047 and a curse,^H7045 and a reproach;^H2781 and ye shall see^H7200 this place^H4725 no more.

Jer 44:12

Jer 44:12 - And I will take^H3947 the remnant^H7611 of Judah,^H3063 that have set^H7760 their faces^H6440 to go^H935 into the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 to sojourn^H1481 there, and they shall all be consumed,^H8552 and fall^H5307 in the land^H776 of Egypt;^H4714 they shall even be consumed^H8552 by the sword^H2719 and by the famine:^H7458 they shall die,^H4191 from the least^H6996 even unto the greatest,^H1419 by the sword^H2719 and by the famine:^H7458 and they shall be an execration,^H423 and an astonishment,^H8047 and a curse,^H7045 and a reproach.^H2781

Eze 16:59

Eze 16:59 - For thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD;^H3069 I will even deal^H6213 with thee as thou hast done,^H6213 which hast despised^H959 the oath^H423 in breaking^H6565 the covenant.^H1285

Eze 17:13

Eze 17:13 - And hath taken^H3947 of the king's^H4410 seed,^H2233 and made^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with him, and hath taken^H935 an oath^H423 of him: he hath also taken^H3947 the mighty^H352 of the land:^H776

Eze 17:16

Eze 17:16 - As I live,^H2416 saith^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD,^H3069 surely in the place^H4725 where the king^H4428 dwelleth that made him king,^H4427 whose oath^H423 he despised,^H959 and whose covenant^H1285 he brake,^H6565 even with him in the midst^H8432 of Babylon^H894 he shall die.^H4191

Eze 17:18

Eze 17:18 - Seeing he despised^H959 the oath^H423 by breaking^H6565 the covenant,^H1285 when, lo, he had given^H5414 his hand,^H3027 and hath done^H6213 all these things, he shall not escape.^H4422

Eze 17:19

Eze 17:19 - Therefore thus saith^H559 the Lord^H136 GOD;^H3069 As I live,^H2416 surely mine oath^H423 that he hath despised,^H959 and my covenant^H1285 that he hath broken,^H6331 even it will I recompense^H5414 upon his own head.^H7218

Dan 9:11

Dan 9:11 - Yea, all Israel^H3478 have transgressed^H5674 thy law,^H8451 even by departing,^H5493 that they might not obey^H8085 thy voice;^H6963 therefore the curse^H423 is poured^H5413 upon us, and the oath^H7621 that is written^H3789 in the law^H8451 of Moses^H4872 the servant^H5650 of God,^H430 because we have sinned^H2398 against him.

Zec 5:3

Zec 5:3 - Then said^H559 he unto me, This is the curse^H423 that goeth forth^H3318 over the face^H6440 of the whole earth:^H776 for every one that stealeth^H1589 shall be cut off^H5352 as on this side according^H3644 to it; and every one that sweareth^H7650 shall be cut off^H5352 as on that side according^H3644 to it.