444. alach

Strong's Concordance

alach: to be corrupt (morally)

Original Word: אָלַח
Part of Speech: verb
Transliteration: alach
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-lakh')
Definition: to be corrupt (morally)

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to be corrupt (morally)
NASB Translation
become corrupt (2), corrupt (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[אָלַח] verb only

Niph`al be corrupt morally; tainted (Che Psalm 14:3) (compare Arabic VIII. be confused (of a thing), of milk, turn sour) Perfect3plural נֶאֱלָ֑חוּ Psalm 14:3; Psalm 53:4; Participle נֶאֱלָח a corrupt man Job 15:16.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

become filthy

A primitive root; to muddle, i.e. (figuratively and intransitive) to turn (morally) corrupt -- become filthy.

Forms and Transliterations

וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח ונאלח נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ נאלחו ne’ĕlāḥū ne·’ĕ·lā·ḥū neeLachu veneeLach wə·ne·’ĕ·lāḥ wəne’ĕlāḥ

Englishman's Concordance

Job 15:16
HEB: כִּֽי־ נִתְעָ֥ב וְֽנֶאֱלָ֑ח אִישׁ־ שֹׁתֶ֖ה
NAS: one who is detestable and corrupt, Man,
KJV: How much more abominable and filthy [is] man,
INT: for is detestable and corrupt Man drinks

Psalm 14:3
HEB: סָר֮ יַחְדָּ֪ו נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ אֵ֤ין עֹֽשֵׂה־
NAS: together they have become corrupt; There
KJV: they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth
INT: turned are together have become There does

Psalm 53:3
HEB: סָג֮ יַחְדָּ֪ו נֶ֫אֱלָ֥חוּ אֵ֤ין עֹֽשֵׂה־
NAS: together they have become corrupt; There
KJV: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth
INT: has turned are altogether have become There does

3 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 444
3 Occurrences

ne·’ĕ·lā·ḥū — 2 Occ.
wə·ne·’ĕ·lāḥ — 1 Occ.