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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 released from my oath if, when you go to my clan, they refuse to give her to you—then you will be released from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - They answered, “We saw clearly that the LORD was with you; so we said, ‘There ought to be a sworn agreement between us’—between us and you. Let us make a treaty with you

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1 - “ ‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - here the priest is to put the woman under this curse—“may the LORD cause you to become a curse[fn] among your people when he makes your womb miscarry and your abdomen swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:23 - “ ‘The priest is to write these curses on a scroll and then wash them off into the bitter water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:27 - If she has made herself impure and been unfaithful to her husband, this will be the result: When she is made to drink the water that brings a curse and causes bitter suffering, it will enter her, her abdomen will swell and her womb will miscarry, and she will become a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:12 - You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the LORD your God, a covenant the LORD is making with you this day and sealing with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:14 - I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you

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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 and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the LORD will blot out their names from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:21 - The LORD will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 30:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 - “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:22 - “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they come and swear the oath 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 going to bring disaster on this place and its people—all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - all these now join their fellow Israelites the nobles, and bind themselves with a curse and an oath to follow the Law of God given through Moses the servant of God and to obey carefully all the commands, regulations and decrees of the LORD our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:30 - I have not allowed my mouth to sin by invoking a curse against their life—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:7 - His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:12 - For the sins of their mouths, for the words of their lips, let them be caught in their pride. For the curses and lies they utter,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 - The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies; they are put under oath and dare not testify.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:6 - Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:10 - The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse[fn] the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:18 - I will pursue them with the sword, famine and plague and will make them abhorrent to all the kingdoms of the earth, a curse[fn] and an object of horror, of scorn and reproach, among all the nations where I drive them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:18 - This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘As my anger and wrath have been poured out on those who lived in Jerusalem, so will my wrath be poured out on you when you go to Egypt. You will be a curse[fn] and an object of horror, a curse[fn] and an object of reproach; you will never see this place again.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:12 - I will take away the remnant of Judah who were determined to go to Egypt to settle there. They will all perish in Egypt; they will fall by the sword or die from famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine. They will become a curse and an object of horror, a curse and an object of reproach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:59

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:59 - “ ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:13 - Then he took a member of the royal family and made a treaty with him, putting him under oath. He also carried away the leading men 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, he shall die in Babylon, in the land of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose treaty he broke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:18 - He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Because he had given his hand in pledge and yet did all these things, he shall 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 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 transgressed your law and turned away, refusing to obey you. “Therefore the curses and sworn judgments written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, have been poured out on us, because we have sinned against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:3 - And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished.
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