H423 - אָלָה (ʼâlâh)

H423 אָלָה (ʼâlâh) aw-law'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

oath

Strong's Definition

an imprecation

Derivation: from H422 (אָלָה);

KJV Usage: curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

TWOT Reference: 91a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) oath

2) oath of covenant

3) curse

3a) from God

3b) from men

4) execration

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) oath 2) oath of covenant 3) curse 3a) from God 3b) from men 4) execration

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אָלָה âlâh BDB Definition: 1) oath 2) oath of covenant 3) curse 3a) from God 3b) from men 4) execration Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H422 Same Word by TWOT Number: 91a Total KJV Occurrences: 36

Bible Occurrences (32)

24:41 26:28

5:1

5:21 5:23 5:27

29:12 29:14 29:19 29:20 29:21 30:7

8:31

6:22 34:24

10:29

31:30

10:7 59:12

29:24

24:6

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

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

9:11

5:3

Genesis 24:41

And when you go to my kindred, if they refuse to give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.

Genesis 26:28

We can plainly see... that the LORD has been with you, they replied. We recommend that there should now be... an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

Leviticus 5:1

If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it..., he shall bear the iniquity.

Numbers 5:21

and the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse -— then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.

Numbers 5:23

And the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.

Numbers 5:27

When he has made her drink the water, if she has defiled herself and been unfaithful... to her husband, then the water that brings a curse will enter her and cause bitter suffering; her belly will swell, her thigh will shrivel, and she will become... accursed among her people.

Deuteronomy 29:12

so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He... is making with you today..., and into His oath,

Deuteronomy 29:14

I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,