Strong's Hebrew · H162
אֲהָהּ
ʼăhâhh · a-haw'
ah, alas.
Definition
Oh!
Derivation
apparently a primitive word expressing pain exclamatorily;
Appears 15 times in Scripture
““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.’””
““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!”
““Alas,” said the king of Israel, “for the LORD has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab!””
““Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!””
“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!””
“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.””
“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.””
“When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early in the morning, behold, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. So he asked Elisha, “Oh, my master, what are we to do?””
“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!””
“Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’””
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).