H423

אלה 

Transliteration

'alah;

Pronunciation

aw-law'

Parts of Speech

n f

Root Word (Etymology)

from 422

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 91a

KJV Translation Count — 36x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: curse (18), oath (14), execration (2), swearing (2)

Outline of Biblical Usage

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

Strong's Definitions

'alah, aw-law'; from 422; an imprecation: — curse, cursing, execration, oath, swearing.

Concordance Results Using KJV

Then shalt thou be clear from this my H423, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my H423.

KJV

And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an H423 betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;

KJV

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of H423, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

KJV

Then the priest shall charge the woman with an H423 of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a H423 and an H423 among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell;

KJV

And the priest shall write these H423s in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:

KJV

And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the H423 shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a H423 among her people.

KJV

That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his H423, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

KJV

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this H423;

KJV

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this H423, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

KJV

The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the H423s that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

KJV

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