אָלָה alah

Hebrew word for “oath” · Strong’s H423 · used 35 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

1) oath; 2) oath of covenant; 3) curse; 3a) from God; 3b) from men; 4) execration

How it is translated

Glosses given for alah in context, with how often each is used:

• oath 16
• curse 14
• curses 2
• oaths 2
• put under an oath 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 29 (5), Ezekiel 17 (4), Numbers 5 (3), Genesis 24 (1), Genesis 26 (1), Leviticus 5 (1), Deuteronomy 30 (1), 1 Kings 8 (1), 2 Chronicles 6 (1), 2 Chronicles 34 (1)

Forms

• אלה 10
• האלה 6
• לאלה 5
• באלה 3
• מאלתי 2
• האלות 2
• האלת 1
• ובאלתו 1
• אלות 1
• להאלתו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with alah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 9
• בָּזָה bazah “to despise” 4
• כָּתַב katav “to write” 5
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 5
• זֶה zeh “this” 7
• שְׁבוּעָה shevuah “oath” 3
• סֵפֶר sepher “scroll” 4
• אִם im “if” 6
• שַׁמָּה shammah “horror” 3
• פָּרַר parar “to break” 3
• כָּרַת karat “to cut” 4
• חֶרְפָּה cherpah “reproach” 3

Key verses

The verses using alah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 5:1 — And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his…
• Deuteronomy 29:19 — And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination…
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Nehemiah 10:29 — They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God’s law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and…
• Psalms 10:7 — His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
• Psalms 59:12 — For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak.
• Isaiah 24:6 — Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
• Jeremiah 29:18 — And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be…
• Jeremiah 42:18 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be…
• Ezekiel 17:16 — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with…
• Daniel 9:11 — Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is…
• Zechariah 5:3 — Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.