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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)
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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).
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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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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 Box Num 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 - Wo to thee, O Moab, Thou hast perished, O people of Chemosh, He hath given his sons who escape -- Also his daughters -- Into captivity, to a king of the Amorite -- Sihon!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'Alas! who doth live when God doth this?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - And the Philistines are afraid, for they said, 'God hath come in unto the camp;' and they say, 'Wo to us, for there hath not been like this heretofore.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Wo to us, who doth deliver us out of the hand of these honourable gods? these are the gods who are smiting the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who hath wo? who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? who hath plaint? Who hath wounds without cause? Who hath redness of eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - The appearance of their faces witnessed against them, And their sin, as Sodom, they declared, They have not hidden! Wo to their soul, For they have done to themselves evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11 - Wo to the wicked -- evil, Because the deed of his hand is done to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - And I say, 'Wo to me, for I have been silent, For a man -- unclean of lips am I, And in midst of a people unclean of lips I am dwelling, Because the King, Jehovah of Hosts, have my eyes seen.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the skirt of the earth we heard songs, The desire of the righteous. And I say, 'Leanness is to me, Leanness is to me, wo is to me.' Treacherous dealers dealt treacherously, Yea, treachery, treacherous dealers dealt treacherously.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Wo to us, for we have been spoiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - For a voice as of a sick woman I have heard, Distress, as of one bringing forth a first-born, The voice of the daughter of Zion, She bewaileth herself, she spreadeth out her hands, 'Wo to me now, for weary is my soul of slayers!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - Sanctify ye against her the battle, Rise, and we go up at noon. Wo to us, for turned hath the day, For stretched out are the shades of evening,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - Wo to me for my breaking, Grievious hath been my smiting, And I said, Only, this is my sickness, and I bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when is it again?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me -- All of them are reviling me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - 'Thou hast said, Wo to me, now, for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain, I have been wearied with my sighing, and rest I have not found.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - Wo to thee, O Moab, Perished hath the people of Chemosh, For thy sons were taken with the captives, And thy daughters with the captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16 - Fallen hath the crown from our head, Wo is now to us, for we have sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:23 - And it cometh to pass, after all thy wickedness, (Wo, wo, to thee -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah),

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to the city of blood, A pot whose scum is in it, And its scum hath not come out of it, By piece of it, by piece of it bring it out, Not fallen on it hath a lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9 - Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo to the city of blood, yea, I -- I make great the pile.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - Wo to them, for they wandered from Me, Destruction to them, for they transgressed against Me, And I -- I ransom them, and they have spoken lies against Me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - For though they nourish their sons, I have made them childless -- without man, Surely also, wo to them, when I turn aside from them.
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