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Lexicon :: Strong's H188 - 'ôy

Aa
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 BoxNum 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 - Sorrow is yours, O Moab! Destruction is your fate, O people of Chemosh: his sons have gone in flight, and his daughters are prisoners, in the hands of Sihon, king of the Amorites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - Then he went on with his story and said, But who may keep his life when God does this?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - Trouble is ours! Who will give us salvation from the hands of these great gods? These are the gods who sent all sorts of blows on the Egyptians in the waste land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who says, Oh! who says, Ah! who has violent arguments, who has grief, who has wounds without cause, whose eyes are dark?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 - Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11 - Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:16 - From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 - See, he will come up like the clouds, and his war-carriages like the storm-wind: his horses are quicker than eagles. Sorrow is ours, for destruction has come on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 - A voice has come to my ears like the voice of a woman in birth-pains, the pain of one giving birth to her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, fighting for breath, stretching out her hands, saying, Now sorrow is mine! for my strength is gone from me before the takers of life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 - Make war ready against her; up! let us go up when the sun is high. Sorrow is ours! for the day is turned and the shades of evening are stretched out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 - Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 - I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 - Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 45:3 - You said, Sorrow is mine! for the Lord has given me sorrow in addition to my pain; I am tired with the sound of my sorrow, and I get no rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:46 - Sorrow is yours, O Moab! the people of Chemosh are overcome: for your sons have been taken away as prisoners, and your daughters made servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16 - The crown has been taken from our head: sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:23 - And it came about, after all your evil-doing, says the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 - For this is what the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood, the cooking-pot which is unclean inside, which has never been made clean! take out its bits; its fate is still to come on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9 - For this cause the Lord has said: A curse is on the town of blood! and I will make great the burning mass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 7:13 - May trouble be theirs! for they have gone far away from me; and destruction, for they have been sinning against me; I was ready to be their saviour, but they said false words against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 - Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.
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