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Lexicon :: Strong's H423 - 'ālâ

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אָלָה
Transliteration
'ālâ
Pronunciation
aw-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 91a

Strong’s Definitions

אָלָה ʼâlâh, aw-law'; from H422; an imprecation:—curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H423 in the following manner: curse (18x), oath (14x), execration (2x), swearing (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H423 in the following manner: curse (18x), oath (14x), execration (2x), swearing (2x).

  1. oath

  2. oath of covenant

  3. curse

    1. from God

    2. from men

  4. execration

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָלָה ʼâlâh, aw-law'; from H422; an imprecation:—curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.
STRONGS H423: Abbreviations
† אָלָה noun feminine oath Genesis 26:28 +; suffix אָלָתִי, אָלָתוֺ Genesis 24:11 + (4 times); plural אָלוֺת Deuteronomy 29:20 + (4 times).
1. oath in testimony Leviticus 5:1; Numbers 5:21 (twice in verse) (P) Proverbs 29:23; בא באלה come into an oath Nehemiah 10:30; הביא באלה bring into an oath Ezekiel 17:13; נשׂא אלה 1 Kings 8:31 (= 2 Chronicles 6:22).
2. oath of convenant Genesis 24:41 (twice in verse); Genesis 26:28 (J) Deuteronomy 29:11; Deuteronomy 29:13; בזה אלה despise an oath Ezekiel 16:59; Ezekiel 17:16, 18, 19.
3. curse
(a) from God Numbers 5:23 (P) Deuteronomy 29:18; Deuteronomy 29:19; Deuteronomy 29:20; Deuteronomy 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; Psalm 59:13.
4. execration in the phrase היה לאלה become an execration Numbers 5:27 (P) Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 42:18; Jeremiah 44:12.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:11; 24:41; 26:28; 26:28

Leviticus

5:1

Numbers

5:21; 5:23; 5:27

Deuteronomy

29:11; 29:13; 29:18; 29:19; 29:20; 29:20; 30:7

1 Kings

8:31

2 Chronicles

6:22; 34:24

Nehemiah

10:30

Job

31:30

Psalms

10:7; 59:13

Proverbs

29:23

Isaiah

24:6

Jeremiah

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

Ezekiel

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

Daniel

9:11

Zechariah

5:3

H423

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Strong's Number H423 matches the Hebrew אָלָה ('ālâ),
which occurs 36 times in 32 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They replied, "We could plainly see that the LORD is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us - between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1 - "'When a person sins in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened) and he does not make it known, then he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - Then the priest will put the woman under the oath of the curse and will say to the her, "The LORD make you an attested curse among your people, if the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - "'Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness - her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12 - so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the LORD your God is making with you today.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:14 - It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the LORD will obliterate his name from memory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - The LORD will single him out for judgment from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - Then the LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - "When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 - "When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:24 - "This is what the LORD says: 'I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which they read before the king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 - I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse -

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 - Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - I will chase after them with war, starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - For the LORD God of Israel who rules over all says, 'If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. You will never see this place again.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - I will see to it that all the Judean remnant that was determined to go and live in the land of Egypt will be destroyed. Here in the land of Egypt they will fall in battle or perish from starvation. People of every class will die in war or from starvation. They will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:59

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - "'For this is what the sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - "'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign LORD, surely in the city of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke - in the middle of Babylon he will die!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note - he gave his promise and did all these things - he will not escape!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19 - "'Therefore this is what the sovereign LORD says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - "All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate."
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