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Strong G3759οὐαί

woe!

Transliteration
ouai
Pronunciation
oo-ah'ee
Morphology
Greek Intjection

Definition

A primary excamation of grief; woe: - alas woe.

Detailed definition

οὐαί
interj. of grief or denunciation, [in LXX for הוֹי, etc.;]
alas! woe! most frequently with dative of person(s) Mat.11:21 23:14, Mrk.13:17 14:21, Luk.6:24-26 Ju 11, al.; with vocat. (nom.), Rev.18:10, 16 18:19 (cf. Isa.1:24, al.); with accusative, Rev.12:12, before ἐκ, Rev.8:13; with dative before ἀπό (see M, Pr., 246), Mat.18:7. As subst., 1Co.9:16 (cf. Jer.6:4); ἡ οὐ., Rev.9:12 11:14; pl., Rev.9:12; οὐ., οὐ., οὐ., Rev.8:13
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In the Bible

Strong G3759 appears in 36 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • woe37
  • ala3
  • alas3
  • the1

First verses

  1. Matthew 11:21
    Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
  2. Matthew 18:7
    Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
  3. Matthew 23:13
    But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
  4. Matthew 23:14
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
  5. Matthew 23:15
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
  6. Matthew 23:16
    Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
  7. Matthew 23:23
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
  8. Matthew 23:25
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
  9. Matthew 23:27
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.
  10. Matthew 23:29
    Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
  11. Matthew 24:19
    And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
  12. Matthew 26:24
    The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.
  13. Mark 13:17
    But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
  14. Mark 14:21
    The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
  15. Luke 6:24
    But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
  16. Luke 6:25
    Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
  17. Luke 6:26
    Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
  18. Luke 10:13
    Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
  19. Luke 11:42
    But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
  20. Luke 11:43
    Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
οὐαί,
exclamation of pain and anger, ah! woe! with nominative, [LXX (LXX.Amos.5.18, +others: with _vocative_, LXX.1Ki.13.30: with _dative_, οὐαί μοι, οὐαί σοι)], woe is me! woe to thee![LXX+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Num.21.29, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.19.1, “Mim.Oxy.” 413.184: with _accusative_, οὐαὶ οὐαὶ οὐαὶ τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς NT.Rev.8.13.)]
II οὐαί· φυλαί [Refs 5th c.AD+ ((5th c.AD: Cypria), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus (Cf. _Doric dialect_ ὠβά.))]