Strong's H422 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אָלָה (ʼâlâh)

Pronunciation: aw-law'

Morphology: v

Derivation: a primitive root;

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

KJV Renderings: adjure, curse, swear.

Senses

1. to swear, curse
1. (Qal)
2. to swear, take an oath (before God)
3. to curse
4. (Hiphil)
5. to put under oath, adjure
6. to put under a curse

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.