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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 59 times in 55 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 21:29–Nah 3:17)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 - Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - the Philistines were afraid. “A god has[fn] come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - We’re doomed! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? They are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:21 - She named the boy Ichabod,[fn] saying, “The Glory has departed from Israel”—because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - Then he laid the body in his own tomb, and they mourned over him and said, “Alas, my brother!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:10 - If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:16 - Woe to the land whose king was a servant[fn] and whose princes feast in the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:4 - Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the LORD; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:24 - Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes and avenge myself on my enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The look on their faces testifies against them; they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11 - Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them! They will be paid back for what their hands have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:8 - Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field till no space is left and you live alone in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:11 - Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:18 - Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:20 - Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:21 - Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:22 - Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:1 - Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:5 - “Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Woe to the many nations that rage— they rage like the raging sea! Woe to the peoples who roar— they roar like the roaring of great waters!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 18:1 - Woe to the land of whirring wings[fn] along the rivers of Cush,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I waste away, I waste away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! With treachery the treacherous betray!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:1 - Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley— to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:1 - Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! Add year to year and let your cycle of festivals go on.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:15 - Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the LORD, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:1 - “Woe to the obstinate children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:1 - Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:1 - Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed! When you stop destroying, you will be destroyed; when you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - “Prepare for battle against her! Arise, let us attack at noon! But, alas, the daylight is fading, and the shadows of evening grow long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - Woe to me because of my injury! My wound is incurable! Yet I said to myself, “This is my sickness, and I must endure it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:18 - Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19 - Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:1 - Concerning Moab: This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined. Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured; the stronghold[fn] will be disgraced and shattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:27 - Kill all her young bulls; let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to them! For their day has come, the time for them to be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:2 - I will send foreigners to Babylon to winnow her and to devastate her land; they will oppose her on every side in the day of her disaster.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16 - The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 2:10 - which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:26 - Calamity upon calamity will come, and rumor upon rumor. They will go searching for a vision from the prophet, priestly instruction in the law will cease, the counsel of the elders will come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:3 - This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the foolish[fn] prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:18 - and say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on all their wrists and make veils of various lengths for their heads in order to ensnare people. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - Woe to them, because they have strayed from me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled against me! I long to redeem them but they speak about me falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one. Woe to them when I turn away from them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 - Therefore this is what the Lord, the LORD God Almighty, says: “There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:18 - Woe to you who long for the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? That day will be darkness, not light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 6:1 - Woe to you who are complacent in Zion, and to you who feel secure on Mount Samaria, you notable men of the foremost nation, to whom the people of Israel come!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 7:4 - The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The day God visits you has come, the day your watchmen sound the alarm. Now is the time of your confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your guards are like locusts, your officials like swarms of locusts that settle in the walls on a cold day— but when the sun appears they fly away, and no one knows where.

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