What does הוֹי · οὐαί mean in the Bible?
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Hebrew · H1945, G3759
הוֹי
Oh! · "woe"
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הוֹי H1945 oh!
Pronunciation hôy
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οὐαί G3759 "woe"
Pronunciation ouaí
Prophetic denunciation of judgment, not mere sympathy; announces coming doom upon the condemned.
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What does הוֹי (hoy) mean in the Bible?
הוֹי · οὐαί is a Hebrew phrase meaning "A prophetic cry announcing judgment or warning.".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1945, G3759?
H1945, G3759 is connected to 51 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. A prophetic cry announcing judgment or warning.
Strong's H1945, G3759
Lexical occurrences 51 verses Source Gloss
A prophetic cry announcing judgment or warning.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
הוֹי is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain