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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)

From אָלָה (H422)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 91a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

oath
oath of covenant
curse
1. from God
2. from men
execration

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

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

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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.

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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

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Isaiah

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

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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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Gen 24:41 - then^H227 you will be^H5352 free^H5352 from my oath^H423, when^H3588 you come^H935 to my relatives^H4940; and if^H518 they do not give^H5414 her to you, you will be free^H5355 from my oath^H423.’

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Gen 26:28 - They said^H559, “We have seen^H7200 plainly^H7200 that the LORD^H3068 has been^H1961 with you; so we said^H559, ‘An oath^H423 must now^H4994 be taken [fn]by us,’ that is, [fn]by you and us. So let us make^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with you,

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Lev 5:1 -

‘Now if^H3588 a person^H5315 sins^H2398 after he hears^H8085 a [fn]public^H6963 order^H423 to testify when he is a witness^H5707, whether^H176 he has seen^H7200 or^H176 otherwise known^H3045, if^H518 he does not tell^H5046 it, then he will bear^H5375 his punishment^H5771.

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Num 5:21 - (then the priest^H3548 shall have the woman^H802 swear^H7650 with the oath^H7621 of the curse^H423, and the priest^H3548 shall say^H559 to the woman^H802), “may the LORD^H3068 make^H5414 you a curse^H423 and an oath^H7621 among^H8432 your people^H5971 by the LORD’S^H3068 making^H5414 your thigh^H3409 [fn]shriveled^H5307 and your [fn]belly^H990 swollen^H6639;

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Num 5:23 -

‘The priest^H3548 shall then write^H3789 these^H428 curses^H423 on a scroll^H5612, and he shall [fn]wash^H4229 them off^H4229 into the water^H4325 of bitterness^H4751.

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Num 5:27 - ‘When he has made^H8248 her drink^H8248 the water^H4325, then it will come^H1961 about^H1961, if^H518 she has defiled^H2930 herself and has been^H4603 unfaithful^H4603^H4604 to her husband^H376, that the water^H4325 which brings^H779 a curse^H779 will go^H935 into her [fn]and cause bitterness^H4751, and her belly^H990 will swell^H6638 up^H6638 and her thigh^H3409 will [fn]shrivel^H5307, and the woman^H802 will become^H1961 a curse^H423 among^H7130 her people^H5971.

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Deu 29:12 - so that you may enter^H5674 into the covenant^H1285 with the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, and into His oath^H423 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 is making^H3772 with you today^H3117,

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Deu 29:14 -

“Now it is not with you alone^H905 that I am making^H3772 this^H2088 covenant^H1285 and this^H2088 oath^H423,

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Deu 29:19 - “And it shall be when he hears^H8085 the words^H1697 of this^H2088 curse^H423, that he will consider^H1288 himself fortunate^H1288 in his heart^H3824, saying^H559, ‘I will do^H1961 well^H7965 though^H3588 I walk^H1980 in the stubbornness^H8307 of my heart^H3820 in^H4616 order^H4616 [fn]to^H4616 destroy^H5595 the watered^H7302 land along^H854 with the dry^H6771.’

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Deu 29:20 - “The LORD^H3068 will not be^H14 willing^H14 to forgive^H5545 him, but rather^H3588^H227 the anger^H639 of the LORD^H3068 and His wrath^H7068 will [fn]burn^H6225 against that person^H376, and every^H3605 curse^H423 that is written^H3789 in this^H2088 book^H5612 will lie^H7257 upon him, and the LORD^H3068 will wipe^H4229 out^H4229 his name^H8034 from under^H8478 heaven^H8064.

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Deu 29:21 - “Then the LORD^H3068 will single^H914 him out^H914 for disaster^H7451 from all^H3605 the tribes^H7626 of Israel^H3478, in accordance with all^H3605 the curses^H423 of the covenant^H1285 which is written^H3789 in this^H2088 Book^H5612 of the Law^H8451.

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Deu 30:7 - “And the LORD^H3068 your God^H430 will [fn]inflict^H5414 all^H3605 these^H428 curses^H423 on your enemies^H340 and on those who hate^H8130 you, who^H834 persecuted^H7291 you.

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1Ki 8:31 -

“If^H834 a person^H376 sins^H2398 against his neighbor^H7453 and is compelled^H5377 to take^H422 an^H422 oath^H423 of innocence, and he comes^H935 and takes^H422 an^H422 oath^H422 before^H6440 Your altar^H4196 in this^H2088 house^H1004,

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2Ch 6:22 -

“If^H518 someone^H376 sins^H2398 against his neighbor^H7453 and is made^H5377 to take^H422 an^H422 oath^H423, and he comes^H935 and takes^H422 an^H422 oath^H422 before^H6440 Your altar^H4196 in this^H2088 house^H1004,

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2Ch 34:24 - this^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 says^H559: “Behold^H2009, I am bringing^H935 [fn]evil^H7451 on this^H2088 place^H4725 and on its inhabitants^H3427, all^H3605 the curses^H423 written^H3789 in the book^H5612 which^H834 they have read^H7121 in the presence^H6440 of the king^H4428 of Judah^H3063.

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Neh 10:29 - are joining^H2388 with their kinsmen^H251, their nobles^H117, and are [fn]taking^H935 on themselves a curse^H423 and an oath^H7621 to walk^H1980 in God’s^H430 Law^H8451, which^H834 was given^H5414 through^H3027 Moses^H4872, God’s^H430 servant^H5650, and to keep^H8104 and to [fn]comply^H6213 with^H6213 all^H3605 the commandments^H4687 of [fn]GOD^H3068 our Lord^H136, and His ordinances^H4941 and statutes^H2706;

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Job 31:30 -

“[fn]No^H3808, I have not [fn]allowed^H5414 my mouth^H2441 to sin^H2398

By asking^H7592 for his life^H5315 in a curse^H423.

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Psa 10:7 -

His mouth^H6310 is full^H4390 of cursing^H423, deceit^H4820, and oppression^H8496;

Under^H8478 his tongue^H3956 is harm^H5999 and injustice^H205.

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Psa 59:12 -

[fn]On account of the sin^H2403 of their mouths^H6310 and the words^H1697 of their lips^H8193,

May they even be caught^H3920 in their pride^H1347,

And on^H4480 account^H4480 of^H4480 curses^H423 and lies^H3585 which they tell^H5608.

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Pro 29:24 -

One who is a partner^H2505 with a thief^H1590 hates^H8130 his own life^H5315;

He hears^H8085 the oath^H423 but tells^H5046 nothing^H3808.

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Isa 24:6 - Therefore^H5921^H3651, a curse^H423 devours^H398 the earth^H776, and those who live^H3427 on it suffer^H816 for^H816 their guilt^H816. Therefore^H5921^H3651, the inhabitants^H3427 of the earth^H776 decrease^H2787 in^H2787 number^H2787, and few^H4213 people^H582 are left^H7604.

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Jer 23:10 -

For the land^H776 is full^H4390 of adulterers^H5003;

For the land^H776 mourns^H56 because^H4480^H6440 of the curse^H423.

The pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057 have dried^H3001 up^H3001.

Their course^H4794 is evil^H7451

And their might^H1369 is not right^H3651.

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Jer 29:18 - ‘I will pursue^H7291 them with the sword^H2719, with famine^H7458, and with plague^H1698; and I will make^H5414 them an object^H2113 of^H2113 terror^H2113 to all^H3605 the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth^H776, to be a curse^H423 and an object^H8047 of^H8047 horror^H8047 and [fn]hissing^H8322, and a disgrace^H2781 among all^H3605 the nations^H1471 where^H834^H8033 I have driven^H5080 them,

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Jer 42:18 -

For this^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the LORD^H3068 of armies^H6635, the God^H430 of Israel^H3478 says^H559: “As My anger^H639 and wrath^H2534 have gushed^H5413 out^H5413 on the inhabitants^H3427 of Jerusalem^H3389, so^H3651 My wrath^H2534 will gush^H5413 out^H5413 on you when you enter^H935 Egypt^H4714. And you will become^H1961 a curse^H423, an object^H8047 of^H8047 horror^H8047, [fn]an imprecation^H7045, and a disgrace^H2781; and you will not see^H7200 this^H2088 place^H4725 again^H5750.”

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Jer 44:12 - ‘And I will take^H3947 away the remnant^H7611 of Judah^H3063 who^H834 have set^H7760 their [fn]minds^H6440 on entering^H935 the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714 to reside^H1481 there^H8033, and they will all^H3605 [fn]meet^H8552 their end^H8552 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714; they will fall^H5307 by the sword^H2719 or meet^H8552 their end^H8552 by famine^H7458. From the small^H6996 to the great^H1419, they will die^H4191 by the sword^H2719 and famine^H7458; and they will become^H1961 a curse^H7045, an object^H8047 of^H8047 horror^H8047, [fn]an imprecation^H7045, and a disgrace^H2781.

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Eze 16:59 - For this^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068 says^H559: “I will also do^H6213 with you as you have done^H6213, you who^H834 have despised^H959 the oath^H423 by breaking^H6565 the covenant^H1285.

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Eze 17:13 - ‘Then he took^H3947 one of the royal^H4410 [fn]family^H2233 and made^H3772 a covenant^H1285 with him, [fn]putting^H935 him under oath^H423. He also took^H3947 away the mighty^H352 of the land^H776,

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Eze 17:16 - ‘As I live^H2416,’ declares^H5002 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068, ‘In the [fn]country^H4725 of the king^H4428 who [fn]put^H4427 him on the throne^H4427, whose^H834 oath^H423 he despised^H959 and whose^H834 covenant^H1285 he broke^H6565, [fn]in Babylon^H894 he shall certainly^H518^H3808 die^H4191.

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Eze 17:18 - ‘Now he despised^H959 the oath^H423 by breaking^H6565 the covenant^H1285, and behold^H2009, he [fn]pledged^H5414 his allegiance^H3027, yet did^H6213 all^H3605 these^H428 things^H428; he shall not escape^H4422.’”

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Eze 17:19 - Therefore^H3651, this^H3541 is^H3541 what^H3541 the Lord^H136 GOD^H3068 says^H559: “As I live^H2416, My oath^H423 which^H834 he despised^H959 and My covenant^H1285 which^H834 he broke^H6565, I will certainly^H518^H3808 [fn]inflict^H5414 on his head^H7218.

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Dan 9:11 - “Indeed, all^H3605 Israel^H3478 has violated^H5674 Your Law^H8451 and turned^H5493 aside^H5493, not obeying^H8085 Your voice^H6963; so the curse^H423 has gushed^H5413 forth^H5413 on us, along with the oath^H7621 which^H834 is written^H3789 in the Law^H8451 of Moses^H4872 the servant^H5650 of God^H430, because^H3588 we have sinned^H2398 against Him.

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Zec 5:3 - Then he said^H559 to me, “This^H2088 is the curse^H423 that is going^H3318 forth^H3318 over^H5921 the face^H6440 of the entire^H3605 [fn]land^H776; everyone^H3605 who steals^H1589 certainly^H3588 will be purged^H5352 away according to [fn]the writing on one^H2088 side^H2088, and everyone^H3605 who swears^H7650 falsely will be purged^H5352 away according to [fn]the writing on the other side^H2088.

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