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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(interj.) An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

AH; AHA

a, a-ha': Interjections of frequent occurrence in the Old Testament, representing different Hebrew words and different states of feeling.

(1) 'ahah, expressing complaint and found in the phrase "Ah, Lord Yahweh" (Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10 etc.; Ezekiel 4:14 etc.). Elsewhere the word is translated "alas!" (Joel 1:15).

(2) 'ach, occurs once (Ezekiel 21:15), expressing grief in contemplating Israel's destruction.

(3) he'ach, usually expresses malicious joy over the reverses of an enemy, and is introduced by the verb "to say" (Brown-Driver-Briggs' Lexicon); so in Psalm 35:21, 25 Ezekiel 25:3; Ezekiel 26:2; Ezekiel 36:2; in the repeated Psalm 40:15; 70:03:00. It expresses satiety in Isaiah 44:16; and represents the neighing of a horse in Job 39:25.

(4) hoy, expresses grief or pain, (Isaiah 1:4 Jeremiah 22:18). In 1 Kings 13:30 it is translated "alas!" More frequently it is used to indicate that a threat of judgment is to follow (Isaiah 10:5; Isaiah 29:1); or to direct attention to some important announcement (Isaiah 55:1), where the Hebrew word is translated "Ho."

(5) Greek oua, in Mark 15:29, used by those who mocked Jesus, as He hung upon the cross. All of these words are evidently imitative of the natural sounds, which spontaneously give expression to these emotions of complaint, grief, pain, exultation, etc.

Edward Mack

AHI OR AH

In proper names ('achi or 'ach "brother"): The usage is practically the same with that of 'abh, 'abhi. See ABI; NAMES, PROPER.

In proper names. See AHI.

Greek

3758. oua -- ah! ha! (an expression of wonder or surprise)
... oua. 3759 . ah! ... (an expression of wonder or surprise). Part of Speech: Interjection
Transliteration: oua Phonetic Spelling: (oo-ah') Short Definition: ah!, aha ...
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1436. ea -- ah! ha! (interj. expressing surprise, indignation ...
... ah! ... expressing surprise, indignation, fear). Part of Speech: Interjection
Transliteration: ea Phonetic Spelling: (eh'-ah) Short Definition: an interjection: ...
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5478. Chananaios -- Canaanite, a Gentile of Pal.
... Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Chananaios Phonetic Spelling:
(khan-ah-an-ah'-yos) Short Definition: Canaanite Definition: Canaanite, a Biblical ...
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1341. dikaiokrisia -- righteous judgment
... righteous judgment. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: dikaiokrisia
Phonetic Spelling: (dik-ah-yok-ris-ee'-ah) Short Definition: just judgment ...
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707. Harimathaia -- Arimathea, probably a city near Jer.
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Harimathaia Phonetic Spelling:
(ar-ee-math-ah'-ee-ah) Short Definition: Arimathea Definition: Arimathea, a ...
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335. anaideia -- shamelessness
... shamelessness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anaideia Phonetic
Spelling: (an-ah'-ee-die-ah') Short Definition: shamelessness, shameless ...
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3150. mataiologia -- idle or foolish talk
... idle or foolish talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mataiologia
Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition: foolish talking ...
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882. Achaia -- Achaia, a Roman province incl. most of Greece
... most of Greece. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Achaia Phonetic
Spelling: (ach-ah-ee'-ah) Short Definition: Achaia Definition: the Roman ...
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4872. sunanabaino -- to go up with
... to go up with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sunanabaino Phonetic Spelling:
(soon-an-ab-ah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I go up with Definition: I go up ...
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5148. trietia -- a period of three years
... a period of three years. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: trietia
Phonetic Spelling: (tree-et-ee'-ah) Short Definition: a space of three years ...
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Strong's Hebrew

253. ach -- ah!, alas!
... 252, 253. ach. 254 . ah!, alas! Transliteration: ach Phonetic Spelling: (awkh)
Short Definition: Ah. Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition ah!, alas ...
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1945. hoy -- ah! alas! ha!
... 1944, 1945. hoy. 1946 . ah! alas! ha! ... Word Origin a prim. interj. Definition
ah! alas! ha! NASB Word Usage Ah (2), alas (11), ho (2), ho there (1), woe (34) ...
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3512. ka'ah -- to be disheartened or timid
ka'ah. 3511, 3512. ka'ah. 3512a . to be disheartened or timid. Transliteration:
ka'ah Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-aw') Short Definition: broken. ...
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4759. mar'ah -- vision
mar'ah. 4758, 4759. mar'ah. 4759a . vision. Transliteration: mar'ah Phonetic
Spelling: (mar-aw') Short Definition: glass. looking glass, vision ...
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7462. ra'ah -- to pasture, tend, graze
ra'ah. 7461b, 7462. ra'ah. 7462a . to pasture, tend, graze. Transliteration:
ra'ah Phonetic Spelling: (raw-aw') Short Definition: break. ...
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2403. chatta'ah -- sinful thing, sin
chatta'ah. 2402, 2403. chatta'ah. 2403a . sinful thing, sin. Transliteration:
chatta'ah Phonetic Spelling: (khat-taw-aw') Short Definition: sin. ...
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3152. Yizliy'ah -- a Benjamite
Yizliy'ah. 3151, 3152. Yizliy'ah. 3152a . a Benjamite. Transliteration:
Yizliy'ah Phonetic Spelling: (yiz-lee-aw') Short Definition: Jezliah. Jezliah ...
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2932. tum'ah -- uncleanness
tum'ah. 2931, 2932. tum'ah. 2932a . uncleanness. Transliteration: tum'ah Phonetic
Spelling: (toom-aw') Short Definition: filthiness. filthiness, uncleanness ...
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1930. ho -- ah!
... 1929, 1930. ho. 1931 . ah! Transliteration: ho Phonetic Spelling: (ho) Short
Definition: alas. ... interj. Definition ah! NASB Word Usage alas (2). alas. ...
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577. annah -- ah, now! I (we) beseech you!
annah or anna. 576, 577. annah or anna. 578 . ah, now! I (we) beseech you! ... Word
Origin of uncertain derivation Definition ah, now! I (we) beseech you! ...
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Library

Ah! Grieve not So.
... AH! GRIEVE NOT SO. AH! GRIEVE NOT SO. 8,6,8,6,8,8. "Godliness with contentment
is great gain.""1:Tim.6:6. "Nicht so traurig, nicht so sehr.". ...
/.../borthwick/hymns from the land of luther/ah grieve not so.htm

Ah, that Blest Abode Above,
... HYMNS OF THE EARLY CHURCH Ah, that blest abode above,. 7,6,7,6. Ah, that blest abode
above,. Who shall pass its portals? Who at length in peace and love,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the early church/ah that blest abode above.htm

Ah, My Soul, Bestir, Awake Thee,
... SECOND ADVENT I Ah, my soul, bestir, awake thee,. 8,7,8,7,8,8. ... See your lamps
are trimmed and burning. Ah, the shame when He appeareth,". ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the russian church/i ah my soul bestir.htm

Ah, Holy Jesus, How Hast Thou Offended
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Holy Week 155. Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended.
11.11.11.5 ... Tr. Robert Bridges, 1899. Ah, holy Jesus, how hast thou offended,. ...
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Ah! Give Me, Lord, the Single Eye,
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCX Ah! give me, LORD, the single eye,.
Which aims at nought but Thee: I fain would live, and yet not I---. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/ccx ah give me lord.htm

Another Tenderly-Conceived Little Poem of his is This: --
... Ach, lieber herre Jesu Christ. Ah Jesu Christ, my Lord most dear,. As Thou wast
once an infant here,. ... Thy grace and blessing day by day: Ah Jesu, Lord Divine,. ...
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"Sweet Hour of Prayer. "
... Nuhguhmoowin 24. LM "Sweet hour of prayer.". We shko bun uh nuh me ah win!
Ewh won duh ... me ah yon. 2 We shko bun uh nuh me ah win! ...
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"Hark! My Soul it is the Lord. "
... "Ka gate nuh goo ke sah geh?" 2 Ke ge ah buh oon uh pe Man je muh pe ne goo
yun; Ke ge nun duh wah buh min Uh pe kah wuh ne she nun. ...
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A Most Useful Method of Employing These Motives.
... Yes, indeed for all in general, but in particular for me, who am the first
of sinners. [602] Ah! ... Ah! what was I then when I was not? ...
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Of the Condolence and Complacency of Love in the Passion of Our ...
... LORD. When I see my Saviour on the Mount of Olives with his soul sorrowful
even unto death:"Ah! ... griefs. Love equalizes lovers; Ah! ...
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Thesaurus

Nephto'ah (2 Occurrences)
Nephto'ah. Nephtoah, Nephto'ah. Nephushesim . Multi-Version
Concordance Nephto'ah (2 Occurrences). Joshua 15:9 And the ...
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Be-er'ah (1 Occurrence)
Be-er'ah. Beerah, Be-er'ah. Beerelim . Multi-Version Concordance
Be-er'ah (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 5:6 Beerah his ...
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Bakbuki'ah (3 Occurrences)
Bakbuki'ah. Bakbukiah, Bakbuki'ah. Bake . Multi-Version Concordance
Bakbuki'ah (3 Occurrences). Nehemiah 11:17 and Mattaniah ...
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Ah (43 Occurrences)
...AH; AHA. ... (1) 'ahah, expressing complaint and found in the phrase "Ah, Lord Yahweh"
(Jeremiah 1:6; Jeremiah 4:10 etc.; Ezekiel 4:14 etc.). ...
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Nehemi'ah (8 Occurrences)
Nehemi'ah. Nehemiah, Nehemi'ah. Nehemias . Multi-Version Concordance
Nehemi'ah (8 Occurrences). Ezra 2:2 who came with ...
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Jaro'ah (1 Occurrence)
Jaro'ah. Jaroah, Jaro'ah. Jars . Multi-Version Concordance
Jaro'ah (1 Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 5:14 These were the ...
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Izzi'ah (1 Occurrence)
Izzi'ah. Izziah, Izzi'ah. Jaachan . Multi-Version Concordance
Izzi'ah (1 Occurrence). Ezra 10:25 And of Israel: of the ...
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To'ah (1 Occurrence)
To'ah. Toah, To'ah. Tob . Multi-Version Concordance To'ah (1
Occurrence). 1 Chronicles 6:34 the son of Elkanah, the ...
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Biziothi'ah (1 Occurrence)
Biziothi'ah. Biziothiah, Biziothi'ah. Bizjothjah . Multi-Version
Concordance Biziothi'ah (1 Occurrence). Joshua 15:28 ...
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Ah!
Ah! Ah, Ah! Aha . Easton's Bible Dictionary An exclamation of sorrow or regret
(Psalm 35:25; Isaiah 1:4, 24; Jeremiah 1:6; 22:18; Mark 15:29). Ah, Ah! ...
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Bible Concordance

Ah (43 Occurrences)

Mark 15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days,
(KJV WEY DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Luke 4:34 saying, "Ah! what have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!"
(WEB ASV RSV)

John 6:34 Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!
(BBE)

John 16:29 "Ah, now you are using plain language," said His disciples, "and are uttering no figure of speech!
(WEY RSV)

Genesis 27:27 He came near, and kissed him. He smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him, and said, "Behold, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which Yahweh has blessed.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT NIV)

Genesis 43:20 and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.
(DBY)

Genesis 44:18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, "Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 4:10 Moses said to Yahweh, "Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue."
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT)

Exodus 4:13 And he said, Ah Lord! send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send.
(DBY)

Numbers 24:23 He took up his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?
(See NIV)

Joshua 7:7 Joshua said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? I wish that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT NIV)

Joshua 7:8 Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?
(DBY)

Judges 6:22 Gideon saw that he was the angel of Yahweh; and Gideon said, "Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen the angel of Yahweh face to face!"
(Root in WEB ASV YLT NIV)

Judges 11:35 It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back."
(Root in WEB ASV BBE YLT)

1 Kings 3:17 And the first woman said, Ah, my lord! I and this woman abode in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house.
(DBY)

1 Kings 3:26 Then spoke the woman whose was the living child to the king, for her bowels yearned over her son, and she said, Ah, my lord! give her the living child, and in no wise put it to death. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine; divide it.
(DBY)

Psalms 35:25 Don't let them say in their heart, "Aha! That's the way we want it!" Don't let them say, "We have swallowed him up!"
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 23:29 Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?
(BBE)

Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken Yahweh. They have despised the Holy One of Israel. They are estranged and backward.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Isaiah 1:24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, the Mighty One of Israel, says: "Ah, I will get relief from my adversaries, and avenge myself of my enemies;
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 10:5 Ah! the Assyrian! the rod of mine anger! and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
(DBY RSV)

Isaiah 17:12 Ah, the uproar of many peoples, who roar like the roaring of the seas; and the rushing of nations, that rush like the rushing of mighty waters!
(WEB JPS ASV BBE RSV)

Isaiah 18:1 Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia;
(WEB JPS ASV RSV)

Isaiah 29:1 Ho Ariel, Ariel, the city where David encamped! add ye year to year; let the feasts come round:
(See JPS)

Isaiah 44:16 He burns part of it in the fire. With part of it, he eats meat. He roasts a roast, and is satisfied. Yes, he warms himself, and says, "Aha! I am warm. I have seen the fire."
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 1:6 Then I said, "Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I don't know how to speak; for I am a child."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 4:10 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the life.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 4:31 A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 14:13 Then said I, Ah, Lord Yahweh! behold, the prophets tell them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 22:18 Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! They shall not lament for him, saying Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 32:17 Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm; there is nothing too hard for you,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 34:5 you shall die in peace; and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall they make a burning for you; and they shall lament you, saying, Ah Lord! for I have spoken the word, says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Jeremiah 45:3 You said, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS)

Jeremiah 47:6 You sword of Yahweh, how long will it be before you be quiet? Put up yourself into your scabbard; rest, and be still.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Lamentations 2:16 All your enemies have opened their mouth wide against you; They hiss and gnash the teeth; they say, We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 9:8 It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 11:13 It happened, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel?
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 21:15 I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hosea 12:8 Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found myself wealth. In all my wealth they won't find in me any iniquity that is sin."
(See RSV)

Jonah 1:14 Therefore they cried to Yahweh, and said, "We beg you, Yahweh, we beg you, let us not perish for this man's life, and don't lay on us innocent blood; for you, Yahweh, have done as it pleased you."
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT)

Jonah 4:2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, "Please, Yahweh, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT)

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