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Lexicon :: Strong's H1945 - hôy

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הוֹי
Transliteration
hôy
Pronunciation
hoh'ee
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Part of Speech
interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of הוֹ (H1930) [akin to אוֹי (H188)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 485

Strong’s Definitions

הוֹי hôwy, hoh'ee; a prolonged form of H1930 (akin to H188); oh!:—ah, alas, ho, O, woe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 52x

The KJV translates Strong's H1945 in the following manner: woe (36x), Ah (7x), Ho (4x), O (3x), Alas (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 52x
The KJV translates Strong's H1945 in the following manner: woe (36x), Ah (7x), Ho (4x), O (3x), Alas (2x).

  1. ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
הוֹי hôwy, hoh'ee; a prolonged form of H1930 (akin to H188); oh!:—ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
STRONGS H1945: Abbreviations
הוֺי 51 interjection (onomatopoetic; compare bdb022204 = הוֺ הוֺ Amos 5:16 Syriac Version, = הֵידָד Jeremiah 51:14 Syriac Version; also Modern Aramaic ú hú, ú hú (in a lament), SoUrmia-Dial. 102. 4) — expressing usually dissatisfaction and pain, Ah, Alas; Ha (not distinctly Woe! which is אוֺי): used in lamentations, 1 Kings 13:30 and they mourned over him (saying) הוֺי אָחִי Ah, my brother! Jeremiah 22:18 הוֺי אָחִי וְהוֺי אָחוֺת ֗֗֗ הוֺי אָדוֺן וְהוֺי הֹדֹה, Jeremiah 34:5 לָ֑ך יִסְפְּדוּ אָדוֺן וְהוֺי (compare הוֺהֿוֺ Amos 5:16): hence Isaiah 1:4 הוֺי גּוֺי חֹטֵא Ah! sinful nation Isaiah 1:24 Ah! I will ease me of my adversaries; especially preparatory to a declaration of judgment, Isaiah 10:5 אַפִּי שֵׁבֶט אַשּׁוּר הוֺי, Isaiah 17:12; Isaiah 28:1, often followed by a participle Ah! those that..., Isaiah 5:8, 11, 18; Isaiah 29:15; Isaiah 31:1; Isaiah 45:9, 10; Jeremiah 22:13; Amos 5:18; Amos 6:1; Habakkuk 2:6; Habakkuk 2:9; Habakkuk 2:12; Habakkuk 2:15; Habakkuk 2:19; Zechariah 11:17 + (more sympathetic than אוֺי לְ): followed by כִּי Jeremiah 30:7, אֶל Jeremiah 48:1, עַל Jeremiah 50:27; Ezekiel 13:3, לְ Ezekiel 13:18. Sts. hardly more than an exclamation arousing attention Ha! (though perhaps with a touch of sympathy or pity) Isaiah 18:1; Isaiah 55:1; Zechariah 2:10 (twice in verse); Zechariah 2:11; Jeremiah 47:6.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

13:30

Isaiah

1:4; 1:24; 5:8; 5:11; 5:18; 10:5; 17:12; 18:1; 28:1; 29:15; 31:1; 45:9; 45:10; 55:1

Jeremiah

22:13; 22:18; 30:7; 34:5; 47:6; 48:1; 50:27; 51:14

Ezekiel

13:3; 13:18

Amos

5:16; 5:16; 5:18; 6:1

Habakkuk

2:6; 2:9; 2:12; 2:15; 2:19

Zechariah

2:10; 2:11; 11:17

H1945

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H1945 matches the Hebrew הוֹי (hôy),
which occurs 51 times in 47 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Ah sinful nation, A people loaded with iniquity, A seed of evil-doers, Children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD. They have despised the Holy One of Yisra'el. They are estranged and backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, The Mighty One of Yisra'el, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, And avenge myself of my enemies;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - Woe to those who join house to house, Who lay field to field, until there is no room, And you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; Who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, And wickedness as with cart rope;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, And light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, And sweet for bitter!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 - Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, And prudent in their own sight!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe to those who are mighty to drink wine, And champions at mixing strong drink;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers who write perverseness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - Ho Ashshur, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Kush;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Efrayim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of those who are overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - Ho Ari'el, Ari'el, the city where David encamped! add you year to year; let the feasts come round:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe to those who hide deep their counsel from the LORD, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who knows us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, who take counsel, but not of me; and who make a league, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to those who go down to Mitzrayim for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Yisra'el, neither seek the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Woe to you who destroy, and you weren't destroyed; and deal treacherously, and they didn't deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you shall be destroyed; and when you have made an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - Woe to him who strives with his Maker -- a potsherd among the potsherds of the eretz! Shall the clay ask him who fashions it, "What are you making?" or your work, "He has no hands?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:10 - Woe to him who says to a father, "What have you become the father of?" or to a woman, "With what do you travail?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Yehoiakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Yehudah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Ya`akov's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - you shall die in shalom; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - You sword of the LORD, how long will it be before you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Of Mo'av. Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Yisra'el: Woe to Nevo! for it is laid waste; Kiryatayim is disappointed, it is taken; Misgav is put to shame and broken down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Kill all her bulls; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - and say, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the women who sew pillows on all elbows, and make kerchiefs for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and save souls alive for yourselves?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Yisra'el, prophesy, and tell them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the shepherds of Yisra'el who feed themselves! Shouldn't the shepherds feed the sheep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 - "Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, And not light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe to those who are at ease in Tziyon, And to those who are secure on the mountain of Shomron, The notable men of the chief of the nations, To whom the house of Yisra'el come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who devise iniquity And work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, Because it is in the power of their hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - Woe to the bloody city! It is all full of lies and robbery. The prey doesn't depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9 - Woe to him who gets an evil gain for his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the hand of evil!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 - Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - "Woe to him who gives his neighbor drink, pouring your inflaming wine until they are drunk, so that you may gaze at their naked bodies!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - Woe to him who says to the wood, 'Awake!' or to the mute stone, 'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Kereti! The word of the LORD is against you, Kana`an, the land of the Pelishtim. I will destroy you, that there will be no inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Woe to her who is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6 - Come! Come! Flee from the land of the north,' says the LORD; 'for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the sky,' says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:7 - 'Come, Tziyon! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Bavel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"
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