HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1930
הוֹ
ho — Ah!
alas!, ah!
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Ah!
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Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H253
אָח
ach — ah!
ah!, alas!, woe!
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
An exclamation of sorrow or regret (Ps. 35:25; Isa. 1:4, 24; Jer. 1:6; 22:18; Mark 15:29).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
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Psalm 35:25
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
Isaiah 1:4
Ah 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 1:24
Therefore 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: