Hebrew intj · H1945
הוֹי
hoyhoh'ee
woe!
51 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hôwy
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H1945is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H1945
oh!
The King James renders it: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
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
hoy is rendered "woe!". It stands 51 times in the Hebrew text, across ten books.
- Twenty-one of the uses stand in Isaiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Kings 13:30Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
1 Kings 13:30ה֥וֹי
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-one of the word's fifty-one uses are in Isaiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- woe to33
- alas9
- woe6
- and alas3
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.
All 51, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 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
- ה֣וֹי10
- ה֥וֹי9
- ה֗וֹי9
- ה֚וֹי5
- ה֛וֹי5
- ה֖וֹי3
- ה֤וֹי3
- וְה֥וֹי2
- ה֕וֹי1
- הוֹי֩1
- ה֧וֹי1
- ה֣וֹי׀1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- interjection48HTj
- conjunction (“and”) + interjection3HC/Tj
1 Kings
one use
Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
Isaiah
twenty-one uses
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
- ה֣וֹי׀hointerjectiontagged: woe to
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
- ה֚וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who rise early in the morning in pursuit of strong drink, who linger into the evening, to be inflamed by wine.
- ה֛וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,
- ה֛וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter.
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- ה֖וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink,
- ה֕וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
Woe to the majestic crown of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower of his glorious splendor, set on the summit above the fertile valley, the pride of those overcome by wine.
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to you, O Ariel, the city of Ariel where David camped! Year upon year let your festivals recur.
- ה֚וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who dig deep to hide their plans from the LORD. In darkness they do their works and say, “Who sees us, and who will know?”
- ה֛וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to him who says to his father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to his mother, ‘What have you brought forth?’”
- ה֛וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- ה֤וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
Jeremiah
eleven uses
“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
- וְה֣וֹיvehoconjunction (“and”) + interjectiontagged: and alas
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
- וְה֥וֹיvehoconjunction (“and”) + interjectiontagged: and alas
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the LORD.
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
How awful that day will be! None will be like it! It is the time of Jacob’s distress, but he will be saved out of it.
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe
you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
- וְה֥וֹיvehoconjunction (“and”) + interjectiontagged: and alas
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
Concerning Moab, this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be devastated. Kiriathaim will be captured and disgraced; the fortress will be shattered and dismantled.
- ה֤וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe
Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter. Woe to them, for their day has come—the time of their punishment.
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe
Ezekiel
three uses
This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.
- ה֖וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
- הוֹי֩hointerjectiontagged: woe
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
- ה֤וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Amos
two uses
Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to those at ease in Zion and those secure on Mount Samaria, the distinguished ones of the foremost nation, to whom the house of Israel comes.
- ה֚וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Micah
one use
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
- ה֧וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Nahum
one use
Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
- ה֖וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Habakkuk
five uses
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
- ה֚וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to him who builds his house by unjust gain, to place his nest on high and escape the hand of disaster!
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by iniquity!
- ה֛וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!
- ה֚וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to him who says to wood, ‘Awake!’ or to silent stone, ‘Arise!’ Can it give guidance? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, yet there is no breath in it at all.”
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Zephaniah
two uses
Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
Zechariah
four uses
“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
- ה֗וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
“Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
- ה֥וֹיhointerjectiontagged: alas
Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
- ה֣וֹיhointerjectiontagged: woe to
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.