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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 - Then he laid the corpse in his own tomb; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Alas, sinful nation,
A people laden with iniquity,
A brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the LORD,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord says,
The LORD of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel,
“Ah, I will rid Myself of My adversaries,
And take vengeance on 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;
They add field to field,
Till there is no place
Where they may 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 early in the morning,
That they may follow intoxicating drink;
Who continue until night, till 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 vanity,
And sin as if with a 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 men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees,
Who write misfortune,
Which they have prescribed

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - “Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger
And the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Woe to the multitude of many people
Who make a noise like the roar of the seas,
And to the rushing of nations
That make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Woe to the land shadowed with buzzing wings,
Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim,
Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower
Which is at the head of the verdant valleys,
To those who are overcome with wine!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - “Woe to Ariel,[fn] to Ariel, the city where David dwelt!
Add year to year;
Let feasts come around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD,
And their works are in the dark;
They 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 devise plans, 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 Egypt for help,
And rely on horses,
Who trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel,
Nor seek the LORD!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Woe to you who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
When you cease plundering,
You will be plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will 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!
Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth!
Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’
Or shall your handiwork say, ‘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 his father, ‘What are you begetting?’
Or to the woman, ‘What have you brought forth?’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - “Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, 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 gives him nothing for his work,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:

“They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, my brother!’ or ‘Alas, my sister!’
They shall not lament for him,
Saying, ‘Alas, master!’ or ‘Alas, 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;
And it is the time of Jacob’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 peace; as in the ceremonies of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they shall burn incense for you and lament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!” For I have pronounced the word, says the LORD.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - “O you sword of the LORD,
How long until you are quiet?
Put yourself up into your scabbard,
Rest and be still!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Against Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:

“Woe to Nebo!
For it is plundered,
Kirjathaim is shamed and taken;
The high stronghold[fn] is shamed and dismayed—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Slay all her bulls,
Let them go down to the slaughter.
Woe to them!
For their day has come, the time of their punishment.

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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 magic charms on their sleeves[fn] and make veils for the heads of people of every height to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of My people, and keep yourselves alive?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD to the shepherds: “Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

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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!
For what good is the day of the LORD to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe to you who are at ease in Zion,
And trust in Mount Samaria,
Notable persons in the chief nation,
To whom the house of Israel comes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - Woe to those who devise iniquity,
And work out evil on their beds!
At morning 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.
Its victim never departs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - “Will not all these take up a proverb against him,
And a taunting riddle against him, and say,
‘Woe to him who increases
What is not his—how long?
And to him who loads himself with many pledges’?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9 - “Woe to him who covets evil gain for his house,
That he may set his nest on high,
That he may be delivered from the power of disaster!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 - “Woe to him who builds a town with bloodshed,
Who 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 drink to his neighbor,
Pressing[fn] him to your bottle,
Even to make him drunk,
That you may look on his nakedness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’
To silent stone, ‘Arise! It shall teach!’
Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,
Yet in it there is no breath at all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast,
The nation of the Cherethites!
The word of the LORD is against you,
O Canaan, land of the Philistines:
“I will destroy you;
So there shall 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,
To the oppressing city!

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6 - “Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the LORD; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:7 - “Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - “Woe to the worthless shepherd,
Who leaves the flock!
A sword shall be against his arm
And against his right eye;
His arm shall completely wither,
And his right eye shall be totally blinded.”
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