הֹוָהhôvâh

ruin, disaster (Ezekiel 7:26; Isaiah 47:11)

Pronunciation: ho-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1943

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 47:11 So disaster will overtake you, and you won’t be able to charm it away. Calamity will fall upon you, and you won’t be able to buy your way out. A catastrophe will strike you suddenly, one for which you are not prepared.
  • Ezekiel 7:26 Calamity will follow calamity; rumor will follow rumor. They will look in vain for a vision from the prophets. They will receive no teaching from the priests and no counsel from the leaders.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).