1) to swear, curse 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to swear, take an oath (before God) 1a2) to curse 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to put under oath, adjure 1b2) to put under a curse
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H422 — אָלָה
a.lah · to swear · Hebrew/Aramaic
6 tagged verse occurrences
Judges 17:2 · אָלִית֙and he saith to his mother, ‘The eleven hundred silverlings which have been taken of thine, and of which thou hast sworn, and also spoken in mine ears; lo, the silver is with me, I have taken it;’ and his mother saith, ‘Blessed is my son of Jehovah.’1 Samuel 14:24 · וַיֹּאֶל֩And the men of Israel have been distressed on that day, and Saul adjureth the people, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eateth food till the evening, and I have been avenged of mine enemies;’ and none of the people hath tasted food.1 Kings 8:31 · לְהַֽאֲלֹת֑וֹ · אָלָ֛הthat which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house,2 Chronicles 6:22 · אָלָ֛ה‘If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house—Hosea 4:2 · אָלֹ֣הSwearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery—have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.Hosea 10:4 · אָל֥וֹתThey have spoken words, To swear falsehood in making a covenant, And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment, on the furrows of a field.