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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 - then art thou acquitted from my oath, when thou comest unto my family, and if they give not one to thee; then thou hast been acquitted from my oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - And they say, 'We have certainly seen that Jehovah hath been with thee, and we say, 'Let there be, we pray thee, an oath between us, between us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1 - 'And when a person doth sin, and hath heard the voice of an oath, and he is witness, or hath seen, or hath known -- if he declare not, then he hath borne his iniquity:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest hath caused the woman to swear with an oath of execration, and the priest hath said to the woman) -- Jehovah doth give thee for an execration, and for a curse, in the midst of thy people, in Jehovah's giving thy thigh to fall, and thy belly to swell,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - 'And the priest hath written these execrations in a book, and hath blotted them out with the bitter waters,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - yea, he hath caused her to drink the water, and it hath come to pass, if she hath been defiled, and doth commit a trespass against her husband, that the waters which cause the curse have gone into her for bitter things, and her belly hath swelled, and her thigh hath fallen, and the woman hath become an execration in the midst of her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12 - for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:14 - 'And not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - 'And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - Jehovah is not willing to be propitious to him, for then doth the anger of Jehovah smoke, also His zeal, against that man, and lain down on him hath all the oath which is written in this book, and Jehovah hath blotted out his name from under the heavens,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - and Jehovah hath separated him for evil, out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the oaths of the covenant which is written in this book of the law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:7 - and Jehovah thy God hath put all this oath on thine enemies, and on those hating thee, who have pursued thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 - 'If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house --

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:24 - Thus said Jehovah, Lo, I am bringing in evil on this place, and on its inhabitants, all the execrations that are written on the book that they read before the king of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - are laying hold on their brethren, their honourable ones, and coming in to an execration, and in to an oath, to walk in the law of God, that was given by the hand of Moses, servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments, and His statutes;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 - Yea, I have not suffered my mouth to sin, To ask with an oath his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue is perverseness and iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - The sin of their mouth is a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 - Whoso is sharing with a thief is hating his own soul, Execration he heareth, and telleth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore a curse hath consumed the land, And the inhabitants in it are become desolate, Therefore consumed have been inhabitants of the land, And few men have been left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - For of adulterers hath the land been full, For because of these hath the land mourned, Dried up hath been the pleasant places of the wilderness, And their course is evil, and their might -- not right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - And I have pursued after them with sword, with famine, and with pestilence, and have given them for a trembling to all kingdoms of the earth, for a curse and for an astonishment, and for a hissing, and for a reproach among all the nations whither I have driven them,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - for thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel: As poured out hath been Mine anger and My fury on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so poured out is My fury upon you in your entering Egypt, and ye have been for an execration, and for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach, and ye do not see any more this place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - and I have taken the remnant of Judah, who have set their faces to enter the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they have all been consumed in the land of Egypt; they fall by sword, by famine they are consumed, from the least even unto the greatest, by sword and by famine they die, and they have been for an execration, for an astonishment, and for a reviling, and for a reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:59

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - For thus said the Lord Jehovah: I have dealt with thee as thou hast done, In that thou hast despised an oath -- to break covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - And he taketh of the seed of the kingdom, And maketh with him a covenant, And bringeth him in to an oath, And the mighty of the land he hath taken,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:16 - I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Doth he not -- in the place of the king who is causing him to reign, Whose oath he hath despised, And whose covenant he hath broken, With him -- in the midst of Babylon -- die?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - And he despised the oath -- to break covenant, And lo, he hath given his hand, And all these he hath done, he escapeth not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:19 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: I live -- Mine oath that he hath despised, And My covenant that he hath broken, Have I not put it on his head?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - and all Israel have transgressed Thy law, to turn aside so as not to hearken to Thy voice; and poured on us is the execration, and the oath, that is written in the law of Moses, servant of God, because we have sinned against Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - And he saith unto me, 'This is the execration that is going forth over the face of all the land, for every one who is stealing, on the one side, according to it, hath been declared innocent, and every one who hath sworn, on the other side, according to it, hath been declared innocent.
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