הוֹי hoy

Hebrew word for “woe!” · Strong’s H1945 · used 51 times in 47 verses

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Meaning

ah!, alas!, ha!, ho!, O!, woe!

How it is translated

Glosses given for hoy in context, with how often each is used:

• woe to! 33
• alas! 12
• woe! 6

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Isaiah 5 (6), Habakkuk 2 (5), Isaiah 1 (2), Isaiah 10 (2), Isaiah 29 (2), Isaiah 45 (2), Jeremiah 22 (2), Ezekiel 13 (2), Zechariah 2 (2), 1 Kings 13 (1)

Forms

• הוי 48
• והוי 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hoy more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נְאֻם neum “utterance” 5
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 4
• סָפַד saphad “to mourn” 3
• כֹּה koh “thus” 5
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 5
• רוּחַ ruach “spirit” 4
• אוֹר or “light” 3
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 3
• שֵׁכָר shekhar “strong drink” 2
• צֹאן tson “flock” 3
• קִרְיָה qiryah “town” 2
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 3

Key verses

The verses using hoy that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• Isaiah 10:1 — Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
• Isaiah 10:5 — O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
• Isaiah 28:1 — Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are…
• Isaiah 29:15 — Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
• Isaiah 30:1 — Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin…
• Isaiah 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong;…
• Isaiah 33:1 — Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil,…
• Isaiah 55:1 — Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without…
• Ezekiel 34:2 — Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of…
• Micah 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Habakkuk 2:9 — Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.