H253: אָח
ʼâch · pronounced awkh · “ah!”
Definition
Oh! (expressive of grief or surprise)
KJV translates it as: ah, alas.
Word origin: a variation for H162 (אֲהָהּ);
Extended definition
ah!, alas!, woe!
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H253 is translated
- alas! ×3
Bible verses with H253 (ʼâch)
ʼâch appears in 3 verses.
- Ezekiel 6:11
Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.
- Ezekiel 18:10
If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,
- Ezekiel 21:15
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.