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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 - 'Wo to thee, Chorazin! wo to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 - 'Wo to the world from the stumbling-blocks! for there is a necessity for the stumbling-blocks to come, but wo to that man through whom the stumbling-block doth come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for ye do not go in, nor those going in do ye suffer to enter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:14 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye eat up the houses of the widows, and for a pretence make long prayers, because of this ye shall receive more abundant judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye go round the sea and the dry land to make one proselyte, and whenever it may happen -- ye make him a son of gehenna twofold more than yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - 'Wo to you, blind guides, who are saying, Whoever may swear by the sanctuary, it is nothing, but whoever may swear by the gold of the sanctuary -- is debtor!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye give tithe of the mint, and the dill, and the cumin, and did neglect the weightier things of the Law -- the judgment, and the kindness, and the faith; these it behoved you to do, and those not to neglect.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whitewashed sepulchres, which outwardly indeed do appear beautiful, and within are full of bones of dead men, and of all uncleanness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - 'Wo to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19 - 'And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck in those days;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but wo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up! good it were for him if that man had not been born.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:17 - 'And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - the Son of Man doth indeed go, as it hath been written concerning him, but wo to that man through whom the Son of Man is delivered up; good were it to him if that man had not been born.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24 - 'But wo to you -- the rich, because ye have got your comfort.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - 'Wo to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Wo to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:26 - 'Wo to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - 'Wo to thee, Chorazin; wo to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - 'But wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye tithe the mint, and the rue, and every herb, and ye pass by the judgment, and the love of God; these things it behoveth to do, and those not to be neglecting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - 'Wo to you, the Pharisees, because ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the market-places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - 'Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:46 - and he said, 'And to you, the lawyers, wo! because ye burden men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves with one of your fingers do not touch the burdens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - 'Wo to you, because ye 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 - 'Wo to you, the lawyers, because ye took away the key of the knowledge; yourselves ye did not enter; and those coming in, ye did hinder.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1 - And he said unto the disciples, 'It is impossible for the stumbling blocks not to come, but wo to him through whom they come;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - 'And wo to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days; for there shall be great distress on the land, and wrath on this people;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22 - and indeed the Son of Man doth go according to what hath been determined; but wo to that man through whom he is being delivered up.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - for if I may proclaim good news, it is no glorying for me, for necessity is laid upon me, and wo is to me if I may not proclaim good news;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - wo to them! because in the way of Cain they did go on, and to the deceit of Balaam for reward they did rush, and in the gainsaying of Korah they did perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - And I saw, and I heard one messenger, flying in the mid-heaven, saying with a great voice, 'Wo, wo, wo, to those dwelling upon the land from the rest of the voices of the trumpet of the three messengers who are about to sound.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12 - The first wo did go forth, lo, 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 wo did go forth, lo, the third wo doth come quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; wo to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - from afar having stood because of the fear of her torment, saying, Wo, wo, the great city! Babylon, the strong city! because in one hour did come thy judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - and saying, Wo, wo, the great city, that was arrayed with fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and gilded in gold, and precious stone, and pearls -- because in one hour so much riches were made waste!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - and they did cast dust upon their heads, and were crying out, weeping and sorrowing, saying, Wo, wo, the great city! in which were made rich all having ships in the sea, out of her costliness -- for in one hour was she made waste.
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