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Lexicon :: Strong's H162 - 'ăhâ

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אֲהָהּ
Transliteration
'ăhâ
Pronunciation
a-haw'
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Part of Speech
interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily, Oh!
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 30

Strong’s Definitions

אֲהָהּ ʼăhâhh, a-haw'; apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily; Oh!:—ah, alas.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's H162 in the following manner: Ah (8x), Alas (6x), O (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's H162 in the following manner: Ah (8x), Alas (6x), O (1x).

  1. alas!, oh!, ah!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲהָהּ ʼăhâhh, a-haw'; apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily; Oh!:—ah, alas.
STRONGS H162: Abbreviations
† אֲהָהּ (آهْ, አህ፡) interjection alas! Judges 11:35; 2 Kings 3:10; 2 Kings 6:5, 15; with ל Joel 1:15 אֲהָהּ לַיּוֺם alas for the day! for etc. In the combination אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יֱהוִֺה Joshua 7:7; Judges 6:22; Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 32:17; Ezekiel 4:14; Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 11:13; Ezekiel 21:5.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

7:7

Judges

6:22; 11:35

2 Kings

3:10; 6:5; 6:15

Jeremiah

1:6; 4:10; 14:13; 32:17

Ezekiel

4:14; 9:8; 11:13; 21:5

Joel

1:15

H162

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H162 matches the Hebrew אֲהָהּ ('ăhâ),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord [fn]GOD, why have You brought this people across the Jordan at all, only to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to live beyond the Jordan!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:22 - When Gideon realized [without any doubt] that He was the Angel of the LORD, he declared, “[fn]Oh no, Lord GOD! For now I have seen the Angel of the LORD face to face [and I am doomed]!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:35 - And when he saw her, he tore his clothes [in grief] and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me great disaster, and you are the cause of ruin to me; for I have [fn]made a vow to the LORD, and I cannot take it back.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:10 - Then the king of Israel said, “We are doomed, for the LORD has called these three kings to be handed over to Moab.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:5 - But it happened that as one was cutting down a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, “Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:15 -

The servant of the man of God got up early and went out, and behold, there was an army with horses and chariots encircling the city. Elisha’s servant said to him, “Oh no, my master! What are we to do?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:6 -

Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD!

Behold, I do not know how to speak,

For I am [only] a young man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:10 -

Then I said, “[fn]Alas, Lord GOD! Surely You have completely deceived and misled this people and Jerusalem, [for the prophets represented You as] saying [to Your people], ‘You will have peace,’ but [in fact] a sword reaches to their throat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 -

But I said, “Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, the [false] prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I [the LORD] will give you lasting peace in this place.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:17 - ‘Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too difficult or too wonderful for You—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:14 - But I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold (hear me), I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died on its own or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:8 - As they were executing them and I alone was left, I fell face downward and cried out, “Alas, Lord GOD! Will You destroy all that is left of Israel [the whole remnant] by pouring out Your wrath and indignation on Jerusalem?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:13 -

Now it came about while I was prophesying, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell face downward and cried out loudly, “Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:49

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:49 - Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not [just] speaking in parables and making allegories?’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:15 -

Alas for the day!

For the [judgment] day of the LORD is at hand,

And it will come [upon the nation] as a destruction from the [fn]Almighty.

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