Lexical Summary alah: to swear, curse Original Word: אָלָהTransliteration: alah Phonetic Spelling: (aw-law') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to swear, curse Meaning: to adjure, imprecate Strong's Concordance adjure, curse, swear A primitive root; properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate -- adjure, curse, swear. Brown-Driver-Briggs H422. alah II. אָלָה verb swear, curse (compare I. אלה ? so Thes LagOr ii. 3) — Qal Perfect 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22 all Vrss Th Bö Bä Kp reading וְאָלָה); אָלִית Judges 17:2; Infinitive absolute אָלֹה Hosea 4:2; אָלוֺת 10:4. 1 swear, take oath before God 1 Kings 8:31 ( = 2 Chronicles 6:22); in covenants Hosea 4:2; 10:4 (falsely). 2 curse Judges 17:2. Hiph`il Imperfect וַיּאֶֹל 1 Samuel 14:24; Infinitive לְהַאֲלֹתוֺ 1 Kings 8:31 2 Chronicles 6:22 adjure, put under oath. |