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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 46 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 - “Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither go in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple, he is obliged to perform it.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you cleanse the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of extortion and self-indulgence.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside 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! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19 - “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - “The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:17 - “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - “The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had never been born.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24 - “But woe to you who are rich,
For you have received your consolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - Woe to you who are full,
For you shall hunger. Woe to you who laugh now,
For you shall mourn and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:26 - Woe to you[fn] when all[fn] men speak well of you,
For so did their fathers to the false prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - “But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - “Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites![fn] For you are like graves which are not seen, and the men who walk over them are not aware of them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:46 - And He said, “Woe to you also, lawyers! For you load men with burdens hard to bear, and you 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 to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1 - Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - “But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22 - “And truly the Son of Man goes as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for necessity is laid upon me; yes, woe is me if I do not preach the gospel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - And I looked, and I heard an angel[fn] flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, “Woe, woe, woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the remaining blasts 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 - One woe is past. Behold, still two more woes are coming after these things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:14 - The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - “Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - “standing at a distance for fear of her torment, saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! For in one hour your judgment has come.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - “and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city that was clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - “They threw dust on their heads and cried out, weeping and wailing, and saying, ‘Alas, alas, that great city, in which all who had ships on the sea became rich by her wealth! For in one hour she is made desolate.’
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