Strong G5599ὦ
oh!
- Transliteration
- ō
- Pronunciation
- o
- Morphology
- Greek Intjection
Definition
As a sign of the vocative O; as a note of exclamation. oh: - O.
Detailed definition
ὦ
interj., with vocat.,
O;
__(a) in simple address (less frequently than in cl.; M, Pr., 71); Act.1:1 18:14 27:21, Rom.2:1, 3 9:20, 1Ti.6:20; expressing reproof, Jas.2:20;
__(b) in exclamations of surprise, etc.: Mat.15:28, Luk.24:25, Act.13:10, Rom.11:33, Gal.3:1; with nom. (Bl., § 33, 4), Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41.†
(AS)
interj., with vocat.,
O;
__(a) in simple address (less frequently than in cl.; M, Pr., 71); Act.1:1 18:14 27:21, Rom.2:1, 3 9:20, 1Ti.6:20; expressing reproof, Jas.2:20;
__(b) in exclamations of surprise, etc.: Mat.15:28, Luk.24:25, Act.13:10, Rom.11:33, Gal.3:1; with nom. (Bl., § 33, 4), Mat.17:17, Mrk.9:19, Luk.9:41.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5599 appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- o16
First verses
- Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
- Luke 9:41And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
- Luke 24:25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
- Acts 1:1The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
- Acts 13:10And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Acts 18:14And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you:
- Acts 27:21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
- Romans 2:1Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
- Romans 2:3And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
- Romans 9:20Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
- Romans 11:33O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Galatians 3:1O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
- 1 Timothy 6:11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
- 1 Timothy 6:20O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
- James 2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὦ
and ὤ, an exclamation, expressing surprise, joy, or pain, O! oh! with nominative, ὢ τάλας ἐγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 981, etc.; ὢ ἔβενος, ὢ χρυσός 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.123)]: also with genitive, ὢ τῆς ἀναισχυντίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 5)]; with interrogative, ὤ, τί λέγει; [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 309d)]; in the middle of a sentence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 362 (Lyric poetry), +others)]
II with vocative, a mode of address, whether at the beginning of a sentence or in a parenthesis, ὦ Ἀχιλεῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.74, etc., especially in dialogue and Oratt., ἐβουλόμην, ὦ ἄνδρες, τὴν δύναμιν κτλ. Antipho. 5.1)]; in invocations of the gods, ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 69, etc.; with _imperative_, ὦ χαῖρε [prev. author] “Ag.” 22, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 91)]; ὦ πρὸς θεῶν ὕπεικε [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 371, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.98)]: sometimes following the Verb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 335 (Lyric poetry))]; in different number from the vocative, προσέλθετ᾽, ὦ παῖ, πατρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1104, compare 1112, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 66.)]
II.2 with nominative instead of vocative, ὦ δῐος αἰθήρ, ὦ φίλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 88, 545; ὦ γενναῖος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c; ὦ οὗτος Αἴας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 89; ὦ οὗτος οὗτος Οἰδίπους [prev. author] “OC” 1627)]; also οὗτος, ὦ σέ τοι (i.e. καλῶ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 274.)]
II.3 with both together, φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.189; ὦ τλάμων πάτερ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 641 (Lyric poetry, τλᾶμον codices recentia, editions).)]
II.4 with the latter of two nouns, Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 794)].—In the first sense usually written ὤ, in the second ὦ: [τὸ ὢ] ἡνίκα θαυμαστικὸν λαμβάνεται βαρύνεται, καὶ χωρεῐ εἰς ἐπιρρηματικὴν σύνταξιν, οἷον ὢ Ἡρακλῆς [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 79.13: 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus p.408R. prescribes ὢ with the _genitive_, but ὦ with the _vocative_, e.g. ὦ Ἡράκλεις, where the whole expression, and not merely the ὤ)] (ὦ,) expresses surprise (but [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 127.24)] seems to imply ὦ in both senses); ὤ as an exclamation is found in forms like{ὤ μοι}, ὤ μοι ἐγώ, ὢ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator [same place]: but ὦ πόποι δυσὶ τόνοις χρῆται Hdn.Gr. 1.503, so that ὢ πόποι)] is improbable,compare [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 158 (as emended by Lehrs “Aristarch.” 3p.119))]; ᾤμοι and ὤμοι are both recognized by [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 822.33, compare “Legal icon Messanense” p.413; ωιμ᾽ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.4; in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, when it stands in the middle of a sentence, it should be written ὤ, “Hipp.” 362, +others: sometimes doubled, ὢ ὢ κακά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1214; ἰὼ ὢ ὤ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 224 (variant{ὣ ὣ ὣ}))]; written ὼ ώ in Papyrus of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 61; tripled, ὢ ὢ ὤ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 985 (Lyric poetry, probably))]. To those who (like [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 640.11, cf. Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.257H.) took ὦ)] for the vocative of the Article ὁ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 45.22 - 53)] replies at length.
and ὤ, an exclamation, expressing surprise, joy, or pain, O! oh! with nominative, ὢ τάλας ἐγώ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 981, etc.; ὢ ἔβενος, ὢ χρυσός 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.123)]: also with genitive, ὢ τῆς ἀναισχυντίας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 5)]; with interrogative, ὤ, τί λέγει; [Refs (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 309d)]; in the middle of a sentence, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 362 (Lyric poetry), +others)]
II with vocative, a mode of address, whether at the beginning of a sentence or in a parenthesis, ὦ Ἀχιλεῦ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.74, etc., especially in dialogue and Oratt., ἐβουλόμην, ὦ ἄνδρες, τὴν δύναμιν κτλ. Antipho. 5.1)]; in invocations of the gods, ὦ Ζεῦ τε καὶ Γῆ καὶ πολισσοῦχοι θεοί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 69, etc.; with _imperative_, ὦ χαῖρε [prev. author] “Ag.” 22, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 91)]; ὦ πρὸς θεῶν ὕπεικε [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 371, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.98)]: sometimes following the Verb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 335 (Lyric poetry))]; in different number from the vocative, προσέλθετ᾽, ὦ παῖ, πατρί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1104, compare 1112, Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 66.)]
II.2 with nominative instead of vocative, ὦ δῐος αἰθήρ, ὦ φίλος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 88, 545; ὦ γενναῖος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 227c; ὦ οὗτος Αἴας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 89; ὦ οὗτος οὗτος Οἰδίπους [prev. author] “OC” 1627)]; also οὗτος, ὦ σέ τοι (i.e. καλῶ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 274.)]
II.3 with both together, φίλος ὦ Μενέλαε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.189; ὦ τλάμων πάτερ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 641 (Lyric poetry, τλᾶμον codices recentia, editions).)]
II.4 with the latter of two nouns, Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 794)].—In the first sense usually written ὤ, in the second ὦ: [τὸ ὢ] ἡνίκα θαυμαστικὸν λαμβάνεται βαρύνεται, καὶ χωρεῐ εἰς ἐπιρρηματικὴν σύνταξιν, οἷον ὢ Ἡρακλῆς [Refs (“Etymologicum Magnum” 79.13: 13th-14th c.AD: Thomas Magister Grammaticus p.408R. prescribes ὢ with the _genitive_, but ὦ with the _vocative_, e.g. ὦ Ἡράκλεις, where the whole expression, and not merely the ὤ)] (ὦ,) expresses surprise (but [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 127.24)] seems to imply ὦ in both senses); ὤ as an exclamation is found in forms like{ὤ μοι}, ὤ μοι ἐγώ, ὢ πρὸς τῶν θεῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator [same place]: but ὦ πόποι δυσὶ τόνοις χρῆται Hdn.Gr. 1.503, so that ὢ πόποι)] is improbable,compare [Refs 9th c.AD+ (9th c.AD: Theognostus Grammaticus “Can.” 158 (as emended by Lehrs “Aristarch.” 3p.119))]; ᾤμοι and ὤμοι are both recognized by [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“Etymologicum Magnum” 822.33, compare “Legal icon Messanense” p.413; ωιμ᾽ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 23.4; in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus, when it stands in the middle of a sentence, it should be written ὤ, “Hipp.” 362, +others: sometimes doubled, ὢ ὢ κακά 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1214; ἰὼ ὢ ὤ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 224 (variant{ὣ ὣ ὣ}))]; written ὼ ώ in Papyrus of [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 61; tripled, ὢ ὢ ὤ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 985 (Lyric poetry, probably))]. To those who (like [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus 640.11, cf. Scholia 2nd c.BC: Dionysius Thrax Grammaticus p.257H.) took ὦ)] for the vocative of the Article ὁ, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 45.22 - 53)] replies at length.