אָלָהʼâlâh

swear, curse

Pronunciation: aw-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H422

Meanings

1. swear, take oath (1 Kings 8:31; 2 Chronicles 6:22; Hosea 4:2)

2. curse (Judges 17:2)

Hiph`il: adjure, put under oath. (1 Samuel 14:24; 1 Kings 8:31; 2 Chronicles 6:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 7 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 17:2 One day he said to his mother, “I heard you place a curse on the person who stole 1,100 pieces of silver from you. Well, I have the money. I was the one who took it.” “The Lord bless you for admitting it,” his mother replied.
  • 1 Samuel 14:24 Now the men of Israel were pressed to exhaustion that day, because Saul had placed them under an oath, saying, “Let a curse fall on anyone who eats before evening—before I have full revenge on my enemies.” So no one ate anything all day,
  • 1 Kings 8:31 “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar in this Temple,
  • 2 Chronicles 6:22 “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your altar at this Temple,
  • Hosea 4:2 You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere— one murder after another.
  • Hosea 10:4 They spout empty words and make covenants they don’t intend to keep. So injustice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer’s field.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).