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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 Box1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - and they bewailed him, saying, Alas, brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Ah sinful nation, a people full of sins, an evil seed, lawless children: ye have forsaken the Lord, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Woe to the mighty men of Israel; for my wrath shall not cease against mine adversaries, and I will execute judgment on mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - Woe to them that join house to house, and add field to field, that they may take away something of their neighbour's: will ye dwell alone upon the land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe to them that rise up in the morning, and follow strong drink; who wait at it till the evening: for the wine shall inflame them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; who make darkness light, and light darkness; who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 - Woe to them that are wise in their own conceit, and knowing in their own sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe to the strong ones of you that drink wine, and the mighty ones that mingle strong drink:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to them that write wickedness; for when they write they do write wickedness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - Woe to the Assyrians; the rod of my wrath, and anger are in their hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Woe to the multitude of many nations, as the swelling sea, so shall ye be confounded; and the [fn]force of many nations shall sound like water;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Woe to you, ye wings of the land of ships, beyond the rivers of Ethiopia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to the crown of pride, the hirelings of Ephraim, the flower that has fallen from the glory of the top of the fertile mountain, they that are drunken without wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - [fn]Alas for the city Ariel, which David [fn]besieged. Gather ye fruits year by year; eat ye, for ye shall eat with Moab.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe to them that deepen their counsel, and not by the Lord. Woe to them that take secret counsel, and whose works [fn]are in darkness, and they say, Who has seen us? and who shall know us, or what we do?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - Woe to the apostate children, saith the Lord: ye have framed counsel, not by me, and covenants not by my Spirit, to add sins to sins:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, who trust in horses and chariots, for they are many; and in horses, which are a great multitude; and have not trusted in the Holy One of Israel, and have not sought the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Woe to them that afflict you; but no one makes you miserable: and he that deals perfidiously with you does not deal perfidiously: they that deal perfidiously shall be taken and given up, and as a moth on a garment, so shall they be spoiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:9 - What excellent thing have I prepared as clay of the potter? Will the ploughman plough the earth all day? [fn] shall the clay say to the potter, What art thou doing that thou dost not work, nor hast hands? shall the thing formed answer him that formed it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:10 - As though one should say to his father, What wilt thou beget me? and to his mother, What art thou bringing forth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:1 - Ye that thirst, go to the water, and all that have no money, go and buy; and eat and drink wine and fat without money or price.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbour for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim son of Josias, king of Juda, even concerning this man; they shall not bewail him, saying, Ah brother! neither shall they at all weep for him, saying, Alas Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:1 - Woe to the shepherds that destroy and scatter the sheep of their pasture!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:7 - (LXX 37:7) For that day is great, and there is not such another; and it is a time of straitness to Jacob; but he shall be saved out of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:5 - (LXX 41:5) Thou shalt die in peace: and as they wept for thy fathers that reigned before thee, they shall weep also for thee, saying, Ah lord! and they shall lament for thee down to the grave: for I have spoken the word, said the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:6 - (LXX 29:6) How long wilt thou smite, O sword of the Lord? how long will it be ere thou art quiet? return into thy sheath, rest, and be removed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - (LXX 31:1) Thus has the Lord said concerning Moab, Woe to Nabau! for it has perished: Cariathaim is taken: Amath and Agath are put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - (LXX 27:27) Dry ye up all her fruits, and let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, and the time of their retribution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - Thus saith the Lord, Woe to them that prophesy out of their own heart, and who see nothing at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord, Woe to the women that sew pillows under every elbow, and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature to pervert souls! The souls of my people are perverted, and they have saved souls alive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:2 - Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to the shepherds, Thus saith the Lord God; O shepherds of Israel, do shepherds feed themselves? do not the shepherds feed the sheep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 - Woe to you that desire the day of the Lord! what is this day of the Lord to you? whereas it is darkness, and not light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe to them that set at nought Sion, and that trust in the mountain of Samaria: they have gathered the harvest of the heads of the nations, and they have gone in themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:1 - They meditated troubles, and wrought wickedness on their beds, and they put it in execution with the daylight; for they have not lifted up their hands to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:1 - O city of blood, wholly false, full of unrighteousness; the prey shall not be handled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:6 - Shall not all these take up a parable against him? and a proverb to tell against him? and they shall say, Woe to him that multiplies to himself the possessions which are not his! how long? and who heavily loads his yoke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:9 - Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:12 - Woe to him that builds a city with blood, and establishes a city by unrighteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:15 - Woe to him that gives his neighbour to drink the thick lees of wine, and intoxicates him, that he may look upon their secret parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:19 - Woe to him that says to the wood, Awake, arise; and to the stone, Be thou exalted! whereas it is an image, and this is a casting of gold and silver, and there is no breath in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:5 - Woe to them that dwell on the border of the sea, neighbours of the Cretans! the word of the Lord is against you, O Chanaan, land of the Philistines, and I will destroy you out of your dwelling-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 3:1 - Alas the glorious and ransomed city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:6 - (LXX 2:10) Ho, ho, flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I will gather you from the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 2:7 - (LXX 2:11) even to Sion: deliver yourselves, ye that dwell with the daughter of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:17 - Alas for the vain shepherds that have forsaken the sheep! the sword shall be upon [fn]the arms of such a one, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be completely withered, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
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