Hebrew intj · H162
אֲהָהּ
ahahha-haw'
alas!
15 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼăhâhh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H162is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H162
Oh!
The King James renders it: ah, alas.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
ahahh is rendered "alas!". It stands 15 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.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!
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
“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!
Joshua 7:7אֲהָ֣הּ׀
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- alas15
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲהָלִים | ahalim | aloe | Uses4 |
All 15, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲהָהּ֙5
- אֲהָ֣הּ׀3
- אֲהָ֥הּ2
- אֲהָ֖הּ2
- אֲהָ֤הּ1
- אֲהָ֕הּ1
- אֲהָהּ֮1
The grammar of each form
- interjection15HTj
Joshua
one use
“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!
- אֲהָ֣הּ׀ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
Judges
two uses
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!”
- אֲהָהּ֙ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
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.”
- אֲהָ֤הּʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
2 Kings
three uses
“Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!”
- אֲהָ֕הּʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
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!”
- אֲהָ֥הּʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?”
- אֲהָ֥הּʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
Jeremiah
four uses
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
- אֲהָהּ֙ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
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.”
- אֲהָ֣הּ׀ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
- אֲהָ֣הּ׀ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
- אֲהָהּ֮ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
Ezekiel
four uses
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
- אֲהָהּ֙ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
- אֲהָהּ֙ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
Now as I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell facedown and cried out in a loud voice, “Oh, Lord GOD, will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?”
- אֲהָהּ֙ʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
- אֲהָ֖הּʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
Joel
one use
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
- אֲהָ֖הּʾahahinterjectiontagged: alas
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.