Hebrew wordʼâlâhaw-law'אָלָהWhat it meansan imprecationWhere it comes fromfrom ʼâlâh (אָלָה)How the King James translates itoath12curse9curses5cursing4swearing2execration2Every place it appears 34Genesis24:4126:28Leviticus5:1Numbers5:215:235:27Deuteronomy29:1229:1929:2029:2130:71 Kings8:312 Chronicles6:2234:24Nehemiah10:29Job31:30Psalms10:759:12Proverbs29:24Isaiah24:6Jeremiah23:1029:1842:1844:12Ezekiel16:5917:1317:1617:1817:19Daniel9:11Zechariah5:3