STRONGS NUMBER H422


Word Summary
alah: to swear, curse
Original Word: אָלָה
Transliteration: 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. אָלָהverb 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); אָלִיתJudges 17:2; Infinitive absolute אָלֹהHosea 4:2; אָלוֺת10:4.

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 וַיּאֶֹל1 Samuel 14:24; Infinitive לְהַאֲלֹתוֺ1 Kings 8:31 2 Chronicles 6:22 adjure, put under oath.