King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H422
Transliteration: alah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to swear, curse
Meaning: to adjure, imprecate
Word Summary
alah: to swear, curse
Original Word: אָלָהTransliteration: alah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to swear, curse
Meaning: to adjure, imprecate
Strong's Concordance
adjure, curse, swear A primitive root; properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate -- adjure, curse, swear.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H422. alah
II. אָלָה verb swear, curse (compare I. אלה ? so Thes LagOr ii. 3) —
Qal Perfect 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִית Judges 17:2; Infinitive absolute אָלֹה Hosea 4:2; אָלוֺת 10:4.
1 swear, take oath before God 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22); in covenants Hosea 4:2; 10:4 (falsely).
2 curse Judges 17:2.
Hiph`il Imperfect וַיּאֶֹל 1 Samuel 14:24; Infinitive לְהַאֲלֹתוֺ 1 Kings 8:31 2 Chronicles 6:22 adjure, put under oath.