הוֹ

ho · alas!

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H1930 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

ho (הוֹ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “alas!”.

"Ho": alas!, a cry of grief.

How to say it

ho

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. A cry of grief in mourning.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Amos 5:16

    Therefore thus says YHWH, Elohim Tsevaot, Adonai: In all the squares there will be lamenting, and in all the streets they will say, “Alas! Alas!” And they will call the farmer to mourning, and to lamenting those skilled in wailing.

And 1 more times.