Strong’s H1945 · Hebrew

הוֹי
hôwy
hoh'ee

Definition

oh!

Etymology

a prolonged form of H1930 (הוֹ) (akin to H188 (אוֹי));

Where the KJV renders it

  • ah
  • alas
  • ho
  • O
  • woe

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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