Strong’s H1889 · Hebrew

הֶאָח
heʼâch
heh-awkh'

Definition

aha!

Etymology

from H1887 (הֵא) and H253 (אָח);

Where the KJV renders it

  • ah
  • aha
  • ha

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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