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Strong’s Hebrew

H5968 — `alaph

The entry below is Strong’s own definition (1890, public domain), and every verse where the word occurs.

עָלַף

`alaph — pronounced aw-laf

a primitive root; to veil or cover; figuratively, to be languid:--faint, overlaid, wrap self.

5 occurrences in the KJV.

Genesis 38:14

And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.

Song of Solomon 5:14

His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

Isaiah 51:20

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.

Amos 8:13

In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.

Jonah 4:8

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.