- Original: אלה - Transliteration: 'alah - Phonetic: aw-law' - Definition: 1. to swear, curse a. (Qal) 1. to swear, take an oath (before God) 2. to curse b. (Hiphil) 1. to put under oath, adjure 2. to put under a curse - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 94 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to adjure that is (usually in a bad sense) imprecate: - adjure curse swear. Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • adjured, 1 1 Samuel 14:24 • cursedst, 1 Judges 17:2 • oath, 1 1 Kings 8:31 • swear, 2 1 Kings 8:31; 2 Chronicles 6:22 • swearing, 2 Hosea 4:2; Hosea 10:4