Woe!
הוֹיStrong’s H1945hoy
Appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Hoy is the Hebrew word usually translated “woe to”, “alas” and “woe”. It appears in 47 verses of the Old Testament.
“Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.”
Meaning
- Ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!
How it's translated
- woe to 33
- alas 9
- woe 6
- and alas 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 21
- Jeremiah 8
- Habakkuk 5
- Ezekiel 3
- Zechariah 3
- Amos 2
10 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Zechariah 2:7In contextDeliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
- Zechariah 11:17In contextWoe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.
- 1 Kings 13:30And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
- Isaiah 1:4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
- Isaiah 1:24Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
- Isaiah 5:8Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Hebrew dictionary
הוֹי hoy · woe!
ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.