# עִלָּה (ilah)

Israeli respelling: i-lah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5931. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a pretext (as arising artificially)

King James renderings: occasion.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ilah-h5931

## Occurrences

- [Daniel 6:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/6/4) — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault;…
- [Daniel 6:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/6/5) — Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.