Topic
Ah; Aha
21 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- 1 Kings 13:30ISBE
And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!
- Job 39:25ISBE
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
- Psalms 35:21ISBE
Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
- Psalms 35:25ISBE
Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
- Psalms 40:15ISBE
Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.
- Psalms 70:3ISBE
Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
- Isaiah 1:4ISBE
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 of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
- Isaiah 10:5ISBE
¶ O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.
- Isaiah 29:1ISBE
Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices.
- Isaiah 44:16ISBE
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire:
- Isaiah 55:1ISBE
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 price.
- Jeremiah 1:6ISBE
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
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- Jeremiah 4:10 ISBE
- Jeremiah 22:18 ISBE
- Ezekiel 4:14 ISBE
- Ezekiel 21:15 ISBE
- Ezekiel 25:3 ISBE
- Ezekiel 26:2 ISBE
- Ezekiel 36:2 ISBE
- Joel 1:15 ISBE
- Mark 15:29 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 21 references
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" (Jer 1:6; 4:10 etc.; Eze 4:14 etc.). Elsewhere the word is translated "alas!" (Joe 1:15).
(2) 'ach, occurs once (Eze 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 Ps 35:21,25; Eze 25:3; 26:2; 36:2; in the repeated Psalm 40:15; 70:3. It expresses satiety in Isa 44:16; and represents the neighing of a horse in Job 39:25.
(4) hoy, expresses grief or pain, (Isa 1:4; Jer 22:18). In 1Ki 13:30 it is translated "alas!" More frequently it is used to indicate that a threat of judgment is to follow (Isa 10:5; 29:1); or to direct attention to some important announcement (Isa 55:1), where the Hebrew word is translated "Ho."
(5) Greek oua, in Mr 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
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.