H162 - אֲהָהּ (ʼăhâhh)

H162 אֲהָהּ (ʼăhâhh) a-haw'

Hebrew

Intj (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

alas!

Strong's Definition

Oh!

Derivation: apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily;

KJV Usage: ah, alas.

TWOT Reference: 30

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) alas!, oh!, ah!

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3365

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

alas!, oh!, ah!

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אֲהָהּ ăhâhh BDB Definition: 1) alas!, oh!, ah! Part of Speech: interjection A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily, Oh! Same Word by TWOT Number: 30 Total KJV Occurrences: 15

Bible Occurrences (15)

7:7

6:22 11:35

3:10 6:5 6:15

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

4:14 9:8 11:13 20:49

1:15

Joshua 7:7

O, Lord GOD, Joshua said, why did You ever bring... this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!

Judges 6:22

When Gideon realized that it [was] the angel of the LORD, he said, Oh no, Lord GOD!......... I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face!

Judges 11:35

As soon as [Jephthah] saw her, he tore his clothes and said, No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees...! You... have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word... to the LORD and cannot... take it back.

2 Kings 3:10

Alas, said the king of Israel, for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

2 Kings 6:5

As one of them was cutting down a tree, the iron [axe head] fell into the water. Oh, my master, he cried out..., it was borrowed!

2 Kings 6:15

When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he... asked Elisha, Oh, my master, what are we to do?

Jeremiah 1:6

Ah, Lord GOD, I said, I surely do not know how to speak, for I [am] only a child!”

Jeremiah 4:10

Then I said, Ah, Lord GOD, how completely You have deceived... this people and Jerusalem by saying, You will have peace,’ while a sword is at our throats.”