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אָלָה (ala)

אָלָה (ala) (Hebrew Lexicon • H423 • oath, curse, covenant execration): oath, curse, covenant execration. Solemn sworn curse attending covenant ratification; self-malediction invoked upon failure to maintain covenant obligations. It is closely linked with שָׁבַע (saba) (Hebrew Lexicon • H7650 • to swear, bind oneself by oath): to swear, bind oneself by oath. To swear an oath, seven oneself (from sheva); binding oneself irrevocably by solemn covenant pledge; used of God swearing by Himself.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include 2 Chronicles 6:22 : "If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;"; Genesis 24:41 : "Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath."; 1 Kings 8:31 : "If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:". Related canonical books and chapters: Numbers 30 ( Numbers • Chapter 30 (16 verses)), Ecclesiastes 8 ( Ecclesiastes • Chapter 8 (17 verses)), Deuteronomy 29 ( Deuteronomy • Chapter 29 (29 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (36)

אָלָה
ala
H423 Hebrew
oath, curse, covenant execration

oath, curse, covenant execration. Solemn sworn curse attending covenant ratification; self-malediction invoked upon failure to maintain covenant obligations.

שָׁבַע
saba
H7650 Hebrew
to swear, bind oneself by oath

to swear, bind oneself by oath. To swear an oath, seven oneself (from sheva); binding oneself irrevocably by solemn covenant pledge; used of God swearing by Himself.

שְׁבוּעָה
sebua
H7621 Hebrew
oath, sworn covenant promise

oath, sworn covenant promise. Oath, sworn pledge; divine swearing by which God guaranteed Abrahamic Covenant ('oath which He swore to Abraham', Genesis 26:3).

כָּרַת
karat
H3772 Hebrew
to cut, cut off, make covenant

to cut, cut off, make covenant. To cut, sever; idiomatically 'karat berit' means to cut a covenant, derived from slaughtering animals and passing between divided halves.

ἀναθεματίζω
anathematizo
G0332 Greek
to devote to destruction, declare, invoke anathema

to devote to destruction, declare, invoke anathema. Primary meaning: to devote to destruction, declare, invoke anathema, to bind oneself under a curse. Strong's: to declare or vow under penalty of execration. Lexical nuances: to devote to destruction , declare or invoke anathema : absol., Mk 14:71 ; ἐαντόν , to bind oneself under a curse : Ac 23:12 , 14 23:21 (cf. καταναθεματίζω , and on the occurrence of the word in π. , v. Deiss., LAE , 92 f.; MM, VGT , s.v.).†

עֵד
ed
H5707 Hebrew
witness, testifying party, monument

witness, testifying party, monument. Witness, testifying person or memorial stones testifying to covenant oath taken before God (Genesis 31:48, Joshua 24:27).

בְּרִית
berit
H1285 Hebrew
covenant, treaty, solemn alliance

covenant, treaty, solemn alliance. A formal, legally binding compact or treaty sanctioned by oath and blood ceremony; the framework governing God's relation to creation, Israel, and David.

Numbers 30
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Numbers • Chapter 30 (16 verses)

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel , saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel .

Ecclesiastes 8
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Ecclesiastes • Chapter 8 (17 verses)

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. Be not hasty to go out of his sight...

שָׁקַץ
saqas
H8262 Hebrew
to detest, make abominable, abhor

to detest, make abominable, abhor. To treat with loathing disgust, declare ritually unfit, utterly abhor idol images.

Deuteronomy 29
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 29 (29 verses)

These are the words of the covenant, which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab , beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb . And Moses called unto all Israel , and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the Lord did before your ... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel, Moab , Manasseh , Abram/Abraham , Horeb , Egypt , Heshbon , Bashan .

Leviticus 5
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Leviticus • Chapter 5 (19 verses)

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 iniquity. Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or ... Mentions: Moses .

Jeremiah 11
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Jeremiah • Chapter 11 (23 verses)

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah , and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel ; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant... Mentions: Judah , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Jerusalem , Egypt , Anathoth .

2 Kings 11
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2 Kings • Chapter 11 (21 verses)

And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram , sister of Ahaziah , took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him,... Mentions: Ahaziah, Joram , Joash , David , Baal , Sur .

Matthew 14
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Matthew • Chapter 14 (36 verses)

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus , And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. For Herod had laid hold on John , and bound him, and put him in prison for Herod... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Gennesaret .

Matthew 1
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Matthew • Chapter 1 (25 verses)

The book of the generation of Jesus Christ , the son of David , the son of Abraham . Abraham begat Isaac ; and Isaac begat Jacob ; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram ; Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, David , Abram/Abraham, Isaac, Jacob/Israel, Aram , Rahab , Babylon .

James 5
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James • Chapter 5 (20 verses)

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have h...

Proverbs 27
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Proverbs • Chapter 27 (27 verses)

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Deuteronomy 7
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 7 (26 verses)

When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greate... Mentions: Egypt .

1 Kings 18
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1 Kings • Chapter 18 (46 verses)

And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria . And Ahab called Obadiah , wh... Mentions: Obadiah , Jacob/Israel , Baal , Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Samaria , Carmel , Kishon , Jezreel 2 .

Judges 21
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Judges • Chapter 21 (25 verses)

Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah , saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; And said, O Lord God of Israel , why is t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Benjamin , Canaan , Mizpah 3 , Jabesh , Shiloh , Rimmon 2 .

Ecclesiastes 9
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Ecclesiastes • Chapter 9 (18 verses)

For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to th...

2 Samuel 21
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2 Samuel • Chapter 21 (22 verses)

Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul , and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites ... Mentions: David, Saul , Jacob/Israel , Judah , Jonathan , Gibeah 1 , Jabesh , Gilboa , Gob , Gath .

Genesis 24
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Genesis • Chapter 24 (67 verses)

And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: And I will make thee swear by the Lord, the God of hea... Mentions: Abram/Abraham, Isaac , Nahor , Rebekah , Bethuel , Mesopotamia , Laban .

Genesis 26
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Genesis • Chapter 26 (35 verses)

And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham . And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar . And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt ; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: Sojourn i... Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Rebekah , Esau ( Edom ), Gerar , Egypt , Esek , Sitnah , Rehoboth 2 .

Job 7
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Job • Chapter 7 (21 verses)

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to...

Habakkuk 3
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Habakkuk • Chapter 3 (19 verses)

A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman , and the Holy One from mount Paran . Selah. His ... Mentions: Teman , Midian , Paran , Cushan .

Numbers 21
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Numbers • Chapter 21 (35 verses)

And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel , and took some of them prisoners. And Israel vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, t... Mentions: Jacob/Israel, Esau ( Edom ), Moses , Moab , Ammon , Arad , Hormah , Edom, Egypt , Oboth .

Nehemiah 10
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Nehemiah • Chapter 10 (39 verses)

Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah , the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, Seraiah , Azariah , Jeremiah , Pashur, Amariah , Malchijah , Mentions: Seraiah , Azariah (or Uzziah), Amariah , Malchijah , Obadiah , Jeshua , Rehob 3 , Elam , Anathoth .

Proverbs 13
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Proverbs • Chapter 13 (25 verses)

A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destructio...

Psalms 38
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Psalms • Chapter 38 (22 verses)

O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

Psalms 105
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Psalms • Chapter 105 (45 verses)

O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. Mentions: Abram/Abraham , Jacob/Israel , Isaac , Canaan , Joseph , Egypt , Ham 2 .

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 23 (27 verses)

O Lord, Father and Master of my life, Abandon me not to their counsel: Suffer me not to fall by them. Who will set scourges over my thought, And a discipline of wisdom over mine heart? That they spare me not for mine ignorances, And my heart pass not by their sins: That mine ign... Mentions: Jacob/Israel .

The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 5 (38 verses)

The tyrant Antiochus, therefore, sitting in public state with his assessors upon a certain lofty place, with his armed troops standing in a circle around him, commanded his spearbearers to seize every one of the Hebrews , and to compel them to taste swine’s flesh, and things offer... Mentions: Eleazar .

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 27 (30 verses)

Many have sinned for a thing indifferent; And he that seeks to multiply gain will turn his eye away. A nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones; And sin will thrust itself in between buying and selling. Unless a man hold on diligently in the fear of the Lord, His ho...

The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus • Chapter 36 (26 verses)

Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold; And send your fear upon all the nations: Lift up your hand against the strange nations; And let them see your mighty power. Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Jerusalem .

Scripture Passages (24)

If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;

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

If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham ,

And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

Which covenant he made with Abraham , and his oath unto Isaac ;

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

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

Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.

Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham , and of his oath unto Isaac ;

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

I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God.

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment that I have charged thee with?

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.

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

For thus saith the Lord God; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant.

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