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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 BoxMat 18:7 - vae mundo ab scandalis necesse est enim ut veniant scandala verumtamen vae homini per quem scandalum venit

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - vae autem vobis scribae et Pharisaei hypocritae quia clauditis regnum caelorum ante homines vos enim non intratis nec introeuntes sinitis intrare

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei hypocritae quia circuitis mare et aridam ut faciatis unum proselytum et cum fuerit factus facitis eum filium gehennae duplo quam vos

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - vae vobis duces caeci qui dicitis quicumque iuraverit per templum nihil est qui autem iuraverit in aurum templi debet

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei hypocritae quia decimatis mentam et anethum et cyminum et reliquistis quae graviora sunt legis iudicium et misericordiam et fidem haec oportuit facere et illa non omittere

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei hypocritae quia mundatis quod de foris est calicis et parapsidis intus autem pleni sunt rapina et inmunditia

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei hypocritae quia similes estis sepulchris dealbatis quae a foris parent hominibus speciosa intus vero plena sunt ossibus mortuorum et omni spurcitia

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - vae vobis scribae et Pharisaei hypocritae quia aedificatis sepulchra prophetarum et ornatis monumenta iustorum

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19 - vae autem praegnatibus et nutrientibus in illis diebus

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - Filius quidem hominis vadit sicut scriptum est de illo vae autem homini illi per quem Filius hominis traditur bonum erat ei si natus non fuisset homo ille

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:17 - vae autem praegnatibus et nutrientibus in illis diebus

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - et Filius quidem hominis vadit sicut scriptum est de eo vae autem homini illi per quem Filius hominis traditur bonum ei si non esset natus homo ille

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24 - verumtamen vae vobis divitibus quia habetis consolationem vestram

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - vae vobis qui saturati estis quia esurietis vae vobis qui ridetis nunc quia lugebitis et flebitis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:26 - vae cum bene vobis dixerint omnes homines secundum haec faciebant prophetis patres eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - vae tibi Corazain vae tibi Bethsaida quia si in Tyro et Sidone factae fuissent virtutes quae in vobis factae sunt olim in cilicio et cinere sedentes paeniterent

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - sed vae vobis Pharisaeis quia decimatis mentam et rutam et omne holus et praeteritis iudicium et caritatem Dei haec autem oportuit facere et illa non omittere

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - vae vobis Pharisaeis quia diligitis primas cathedras in synagogis et salutationes in foro

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - vae vobis quia estis ut monumenta quae non parent et homines ambulantes supra nesciunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:46 - at ille ait et vobis legis peritis vae quia oneratis homines oneribus quae portari non possunt et ipsi uno digito vestro non tangitis sarcinas

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - vae vobis quia aedificatis monumenta prophetarum patres autem vestri occiderunt illos

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - vae vobis legis peritis quia tulistis clavem scientiae ipsi non introistis et eos qui introibant prohibuistis

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1 - et ad discipulos suos ait inpossibile est ut non veniant scandala vae autem illi per quem veniunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - vae autem praegnatibus et nutrientibus in illis diebus erit enim pressura magna supra terram et ira populo huic

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22 - et quidem Filius hominis secundum quod definitum est vadit verumtamen vae illi homini per quem traditur

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - nam si evangelizavero non est mihi gloria necessitas enim mihi incumbit vae enim mihi est si non evangelizavero

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - vae illis quia via Cain abierunt et errore Balaam mercede effusi sunt et contradictione Core perierunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - et vidi et audivi vocem unius aquilae volantis per medium caelum dicentis voce magna vae vae vae habitantibus in terra de ceteris vocibus tubae trium angelorum qui erant tuba canituri

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12 - vae unum abiit ecce veniunt adhuc duo vae post haec

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:14 - vae secundum abiit ecce vae tertium veniet cito

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - propterea laetamini caeli et qui habitatis in eis vae terrae et mari quia descendit diabolus ad vos habens iram magnam sciens quod modicum tempus habet

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - longe stantes propter timorem tormentorum eius dicentes vae vae civitas illa magna Babylon civitas illa fortis quoniam una hora venit iudicium tuum

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - et dicentes vae vae civitas illa magna quae amicta erat byssino et purpura et cocco et deaurata est auro et lapide pretioso et margaritis

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - et miserunt pulverem super capita sua et clamaverunt flentes et lugentes dicentes vae vae civitas magna in qua divites facti sunt omnes qui habent naves in mari de pretiis eius quoniam una hora desolata est
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