H422: אָלָה
ʼâlâh · pronounced aw-law' · “to swear”
Definition
properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate
KJV translates it as: adjure, curse, swear.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to swear, take an oath (before God)
1a2) to curse
1b) (Hiphil)
1b1) to put under oath, adjure
1b2) to put under a curse
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H422 is translated
- he will swear an oath ×2
- you cursed ×1
- he had put under oath ×1
- him ×1
- cursing ×1
- they have sworn an oath ×1
Bible verses with H422 (ʼâlâh)
ʼâlâh appears in 6 verses.
- Judges 17:2
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.
- 1 Samuel 14:24
And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
- 1 Kings 8:31
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:
- 2 Chronicles 6:22
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;
- Hosea 4:2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.