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Lexicon :: Strong's H188 - 'ôy

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אוֹי
Transliteration
'ôy
Pronunciation
o'-ee
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Part of Speech
interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from אָוָה (H183) (in the sense of crying out after)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 42

Strong’s Definitions

אוֹי ʼôwy, o'-ee; probably from H183 (in the sense of crying out after); lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!:—alas, woe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H188 in the following manner: woe (23x), alas (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H188 in the following manner: woe (23x), alas (1x).

  1. woe! alas! oh!

    1. passionate cry of grief or despair

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוֹי ʼôwy, o'-ee; probably from H183 (in the sense of crying out after); lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!:—alas, woe.
STRONGS H188: Abbreviations
† אוֺי interjection (onomatopoetic; compare yuvA, yxv) woe! an impassioned expression of grief and despair: usually with dative אוֺי לִי Isaiah 6:5 woe to me! for I am undone, so Isaiah 24:16; Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 15:10; אוֺי לָנוּ woe to us! 1 Samuel 4:7, 8; Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 6:4; אוֺינָֿא לִי Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 45:3; אוֺינָֿא לָנוּ Lamentations 5:16. With the 2nd or 3rd person often implying a denunciation; אוֺילְֿךָ מוֺאָב Numbers 21:29 (= Jeremiah 48:46) Jeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 16:23 repeated אוֺי אוֺי לָח; Isaiah 3:9 אוֺי לְנַפְשָׁם Isaiah 3:11; Hosea 7:13; Hosea 9:12 (|| שֹׁד לָהֶם). With a voc. (or implicit accusative) Ezekiel 24:6, 9 אוֺי עִיר הַדָּמִים; absolute Numbers 24:23. Used as a substantive Proverbs 23:29 לְמִי אוֺי (|| לְמִי אֲבוֺי).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

21:29; 24:23

1 Samuel

4:7; 4:8

Proverbs

23:29

Isaiah

3:9; 3:11; 6:5; 24:16

Jeremiah

4:13; 4:31; 6:4; 10:19; 13:27; 15:10; 45:3; 48:46

Lamentations

5:16

Ezekiel

16:23; 24:6; 24:9

Hosea

7:13; 9:12

H188

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H188 matches the Hebrew אוֹי ('ôy),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 - “Woe H188 to you, O Moab! H4124
You are ruined, H6 O people H5971 of Chemosh! H3645
He has given H5414 his sons H1121 as fugitives, H6412
And his daughters H1323 into captivity, H7622
To an Amorite H567 king, H4428 Sihon. H5511

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - Then he took H5375 up his discourse H4912 and said, H559
“Alas, H188 who H4310 can live H2421 except God H410 has ordained H7760 it?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - The Philistines H6430 were afraid, H3372 for they said, H559 “God H430 has come H935 into the camp.” H4264 And they said, H559 “Woe H188 to us! For nothing H3808 like this H2088 has happened H1961 before. H8543 H8032

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - “Woe H188 to us! Who H4310 shall deliver H5337 us from the hand H3027 of these H428 mighty H117 gods? H430 These H428 are the gods H430 who smote H5221 the Egyptians H4714 with all H3605 kinds of plagues H4347 in the wilderness. H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who H4310 has woe? H190 Who H4310 has sorrow? H17
Who H4310 has contentions? H4066 Who H4310 has complaining? H7879
Who H4310 has wounds H6482 without H2600 cause? H2600
Who H4310 has redness H2448 of eyes? H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - [fn]The expression H1971 of their faces H6440 bears H6030 witness H6030 against them,
And they display H5046 their sin H2403 like Sodom; H5467
They do not even conceal H3582 it.
Woe H188 to [fn]them!
For they have brought H1580 evil H7451 on themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11 - Woe H188 to the wicked! H7563 It will go badly H7451 with him,
For [fn]what H1576 H3027 he deserves H1576 H3027 will be done H6213 to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said, H559
“Woe H188 is me, for I am ruined! H1820
Because H3588 I am a man H376 of unclean H2931 lips, H8193
And I live H3427 among H8432 a people H5971 of unclean H2931 lips; H8193
For my eyes H5869 have seen H7200 the King, H4428 the LORD H3068 of hosts.” H6635

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the ends H3671 of the earth H776 we hear H8085 songs, H2158 “Glory H6643 to the Righteous H6662 One,” H6662
But I say, H559 “[fn]Woe H7334 to me! [fn]Woe H7334 to me! Alas H188 for me!
The treacherous H898 deal H898 treacherously, H898
And the treacherous H898 deal H898 very H899 treacherously.” H898

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - “Behold, H2009 he goes H5927 up like clouds, H6051
And his chariots H4818 like the whirlwind; H5492
His horses H5483 are swifter H7043 than H4480 eagles. H5404
Woe H188 to us, for we are ruined!” H7703

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - For I heard H8085 a [fn]cry H6963 as of a woman in labor, H2342
The anguish H6869 as of one giving H1069 birth H1069 to her first H1069 child, H1069
The [fn]cry H6963 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 gasping H3306 for breath, H3306
Stretching H6566 out her [fn]hands, H3709 saying,
“Ah, H4994 woe H188 is me, for [fn]I faint H5888 before murderers.” H2026

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - “[fn]Prepare H6942 war H4421 against H5921 her;
Arise, H6965 and let us [fn]attack H5927 at noon. H6672
Woe H188 to us, for the day H3117 declines, H6437
For the shadows H6738 of the evening H6153 lengthen! H5186

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - Woe H188 is me, because H5921 of my [fn]injury! H7667
My wound H4347 is incurable. H2470
But I said, H559 “Truly H389 this H2088 is a sickness, H2483
And I must bear H5375 it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - “As for your adulteries H5004 and your lustful neighings, H4684
The lewdness H2154 of your prostitution H2184
On the hills H1389 in the field, H7704
I have seen H7200 your abominations. H8251
Woe H188 to you, O Jerusalem! H3389
How H4970 long H310 H4970 H5750 will you remain H2891 unclean?” H3808 H2891

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Woe H188 to me, my mother, H517 that you have borne H3205 me
As a man H376 of strife H7379 and a man H376 of contention H4066 to all H3605 the land! H776
I have not lent, H5383 nor H3808 have men lent H5383 money to me,
Yet everyone H3605 curses H7043 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - ‘You said, H559 “Ah, H4994 woe H188 is me! For the LORD H3068 has added H3254 sorrow H3015 to my pain; H4341 I am weary H3021 with my groaning H603 and have found H4672 no H3808 rest.”’ H4496

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - “Woe H188 to you, Moab! H4124
The people H5971 of Chemosh H3645 have perished; H6
For your sons H1121 have been taken H3947 away captive H7628
And your daughters H1323 into captivity. H7633

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16 - The crown H5850 has fallen H5307 from our head; H7218
Woe H188 to us, for we have sinned! H2398

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:23 - “Then it came H1961 about after H310 all H3605 your wickedness H7451 (‘Woe, H188 woe H188 to you!’ declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD), H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - ‘Therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068
“Woe H188 to the bloody H1818 city, H5892
To the pot H5518 in which H834 there is rust H2457
And whose rust H2457 has not gone H3318 out of it!
Take H3318 out of it piece H5409 after piece, H5409
[fn]Without H3808 making H5307 a choice. H1486

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9 - ‘Therefore, H3651 thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068
“Woe H188 to the bloody H1818 city! H5892
I also H1571 will make H1431 the pile H4071 great. H1431

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - Woe H188 to them, for they have strayed H5074 from Me!
Destruction H7701 is theirs, for they have rebelled H6586 against Me!
I would redeem H6299 them, but they speak H1696 lies H3577 against H5921 Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Though H3588 H518 they bring H1431 up their children, H1121
Yet I will bereave H7921 them [fn]until not a man H120 is left.
Yes, H3588 woe H188 to them indeed H1571 when I depart H5493 from them!
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