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.
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).