הוֹי
hôwy · hoh'ee
oh!
Lexicon
Derivation: a prolonged form of H1930 (הוֹ) (akin to H188 (אוֹי));
oh!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: ah, alas, ho, O, woe.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › the hand that works
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הוֹי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
51 occurrences · 51 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- woe36 · 69%
- ho4 · 8%
- ah2 · 4%
- o2 · 4%
- for him, saying, ah2 · 4%
- or, ah2 · 4%
- over him, saying, alas1 · 2%
- alas1 · 2%
- thee, saying, ah1 · 2%
- thyself, o1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.