Strong H422אָלָה
to swear
- Transliteration
- 'âlâh
- Pronunciation
- aw-law'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; properly to {adjure} that {is} (usually in a bad sense) imprecate: - {adjure} {curse} swear.
Detailed definition
1) to swear, curse
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
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
In the Bible
Strong H422 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- swear2
- swearing2
- adjure1
- thou1
First verses
- Judges 17:2And 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 14:24And 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 8:31If 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 6:22If 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 4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
- Hosea 10:4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.