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Lexicon :: Strong's G3759 - ouai

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οὐαί
Transliteration
ouai (Key)
Pronunciation
oo-ah'-ee
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Part of Speech
interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
A primary exclamation of grief
mGNT
46x in 2 unique form(s) TR
47x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
59x in 3 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

οὐαί ouaí, oo-ah'-ee; a primary exclamation of grief; "woe":—alas, woe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x

The KJV translates Strong's G3759 in the following manner: woe (41x), alas (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 47x
The KJV translates Strong's G3759 in the following manner: woe (41x), alas (6x).

  1. alas, woe

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
οὐαί ouaí, oo-ah'-ee; a primary exclamation of grief; "woe":—alas, woe.
STRONGS G3759:
οὐαί, an interjection of grief or of denunciation; the Sept. chiefly for הוי and אוי; "Alas! Woe!" with a dat of person added, Matthew 11:21; Matthew 18:7; Matthew 23:13-16, 23, 25, 27, 29; Matthew 24:19; Matthew 26:24; Mark 13:17; Mark 14:21; Luke 6:24-26; Luke 10:13; Luke 11:42-44, 46f, 52; Luke 21:23; Luke 22:22; Jude 1:11; Revelation 12:12 R G L, small edition. (see below) (Numbers 21:29; Isaiah 3:9, and often in the Sept.); thrice repeated, and followed by a dative, Revelation 8:13 R G L WH marginal reading (see below); the dative is omitted in Luke 17:1; twice repeated and followed by a nominative in place of a vocative, Revelation 18:10, 16, 19 (Isaiah 1:24; Isaiah 5:8-22; Habakkuk 2:6, 12, etc.); exceptionally, with an accusative of the person, in Revelation 8:13 T Tr WH text, and Revelation 12:12 L T Tr WH; this accusative, I think, must be regarded either as an accusative of exclamation (cf. Matthiae, § 410), or as an imitation of the construction of the accusative after verbs of injuring (Buttmann, § 131, 14 judges otherwise); with the addition of ἀπό and a genitive of the evil the infliction of which is deplored (cf. Buttmann, 322 (277); Winer's Grammar, 371 (348)), Matthew 18:7; also of ἐκ, Revelation 8:13. As a substantive, ἡ οὐαί (the writer seems to have been led to use the feminine by the similarity of ἡ θλῖψις or ἡ ταλαιπωρία; cf. Winers Grammar, 179 (169)) woe, calamity: Revelation 9:12; Revelation 11:14; δύο οὐαί, Revelation 9:12 (οὐαί ἐπί οὐαί ἔσται, Ezekiel 7:26; οὐαί ἡμᾶς λήψεται Evang. Nicod c. 21 (Pars ii., 5:1 (edited by Tdf.))); so also in the phrase οὐαί μοι ἐστιν, woe is unto me, i. e. divine penalty threatens me, 1 Corinthians 9:16, cf. Hosea 9:12; (Jeremiah 6:4); Epictetus diss. 3, 19, 1 (frequent in ecclesiastical writings).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
21:29
Isaiah
1:24; 3:9; 5:8; 5:9; 5:10; 5:11; 5:12; 5:13; 5:14; 5:15; 5:16; 5:17; 5:18; 5:19; 5:20; 5:21; 5:22
Jeremiah
6:4
Ezekiel
7:26
Hosea
9:12
Habakkuk
2:6; 2:12
Matthew
11:21; 18:7; 18:7; 23:13; 23:14; 23:15; 23:16; 23:23; 23:25; 23:27; 23:29; 24:19; 26:24
Mark
13:17; 14:21
Luke
6:24; 6:25; 6:26; 10:13; 11:42; 11:43; 11:44; 11:46; 11:52; 17:1; 21:23; 22:22
1 Corinthians
9:16
Jude
1:11
Revelation
8:13; 8:13; 8:13; 9:12; 9:12; 11:14; 12:12; 12:12; 18:10; 18:16; 18:19

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3759 matches the Greek οὐαί (ouai),
which occurs 47 times in 36 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you, had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 - Woe to the world because of offences! For it must needs be that offences come; yet woe to that man by whom the offence comes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye shut up the kingdom of the heavens before men; for *ye* do not enter, nor do ye suffer those that are entering to go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:14 - Other ancient authorities insert verse 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. - KJV Translation

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye compass the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and when he is become such, ye make him twofold more the son of hell than yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and ye have left aside the weightier matters of the law, judgment and mercy and faith: these ye ought to have done and not have left those aside.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear beautiful outwardly, but within are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the tombs of the just,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19 - But woe to those that are with child, and those that give suck in those days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - The Son of man goes indeed, according as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:17 - But woe to those that are with child and to those that give suck in those days!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - The Son of man goes indeed as it is written concerning him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up; it were good for that man if he had not been born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24 - But woe to you rich, for ye have received your consolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - Woe to you that are filled, for ye shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for ye shall mourn and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:26 - Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if the works of power which have taken place in you had taken place in Tyre and Sidon, they had long ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - But woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye pay tithes of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by the judgment and the love of God: these ye ought to have done, and not have left those aside.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - Woe unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seat in the synagogues and salutations in the market-places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - Woe unto you, for ye are as the sepulchres which appear not, and the men walking over them do not know it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:46 - And he said, To you also woe, doctors of the law, for ye lay upon men burdens heavy to bear, and yourselves do not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - Woe unto you, for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, but your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - Woe unto you, the doctors of the law, for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; yourselves have not entered in, and those who were entering in ye have hindered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1 - And he said to his disciples, It cannot be but that offences come, but woe to him by whom they come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - But woe to them that are with child and to them who give suck in those days, for there shall be great distress upon the land and wrath upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22 - and the Son of man indeed goes as it is determined, but woe unto that man by whom he is delivered up.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - For if I announce the glad tidings, I have nothing to boast of; for a necessity is laid upon me; for it is woe to me if I should not announce the glad tidings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - And I saw, and I heard an eagle flying in mid-heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to them that dwell upon the earth, for the remaining voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12 - The first woe has passed. Behold, there come yet two woes after these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:14 - The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe comes quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - standing afar off, through fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour thy judgment is come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - saying, Woe, woe, the great city, which was clothed with fine linen and purple and scarlet, and had ornaments of gold and precious stones and pearls!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - and cast dust upon their heads, and cried, weeping and grieving, saying, Woe, woe, the great city, in which all that had ships in the sea were enriched through her costliness! for in one hour she has been made desolate.
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