King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H423
Transliteration: alah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an oath
Meaning: an imprecation
Word Summary
alah: an oath
Original Word: אָלָהTransliteration: alah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: an oath
Meaning: an imprecation
Strong's Concordance
curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing From 'alah; an imprecation -- curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
see HEBREW 'alah
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H423. alah
אָלָה noun feminine oath Genesis 26:28 +; suffix אָלָתוֺ אָלָתִי, 24:11 + (4 t.); plural אָלוֺת Deuteronomy 29:20 + (4 t).
1 oath in testimony Leviticus 5:1; Numbers 5:21 (twice in verse) (P) Proverbs 29:23; באלה בא come into an oath Nehemiah 10:30; באלה הביא bring into an oath Ezekiel 17:13; אלה נשׂא 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22).
2 oath of convenant Genesis 24:41 (twice in verse); 26:28 (J) Deuteronomy 29:11; 29:13; אלה בזה despise an oath Ezekiel 16:59; 17:16, 18, 19.
3 curse (a) from God Numbers 5:23 (P) Deuteronomy 29:18; 29:19; 29:20; 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; 59:13.
4 execration in the phrase לאלה היה become an execration Numbers 5:27 (P) Jeremiah 29:18; 42:18; 44:12.