Know the Word.

Hebrew word

ʼâlâh

aw-law'

אָלָה

What it means

properly, to adjure, i.e. imprecate

properly, to adjure, i.e. (usually in a bad sense) imprecate

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

  • swear2
  • swearing2
  • cursedst1
  • adjured1

Every place it appears 6

Judges17:2
1 Samuel14:24
1 Kings8:31
2 Chronicles6:22
Hosea4:210:4
ʼâlâh (H422) — Hebrew word meaning “properly, to adjure, i.e.”