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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)
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).
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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

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:29 -

“Woe H188 to you, Moab H4124!

You are destroyed H6, 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 -

Then he took H5375 up H5375 his discourse H4912 and said H559,

“Oh H188, who H4310 can live H2421 unless H4480 God H410 has ordained H7760 it?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:7 - So the Philistines H6430 were H3372 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.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:8 - “Woe H188 to us! Who H4310 will save H5337 us from the hand H3027 of these H428 mighty H117 gods H430? These H428 are the gods H430 who struck H5221 the Egyptians H4714 with all H3605 kinds of plagues H4347 in the wilderness H4057.
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 red H2448 eyes H5869?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:9 -

[fn]The expression H1971 of their faces H6440 testifies H6030 against them,

And they [fn]display H5046 their sin H2403 like Sodom H5467;

They do not even conceal H3582 it.

Woe H188 to [fn]them!

For they have done H1580 evil H7451 to themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:11 -

Woe H188 to the wicked H7563! It will go badly H7451 for him,

For [fn]what H1576 H3027 he deserves H1576 H3027 will be done H6213 to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:5 - Then I said H559,

“Woe H188 to 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 armies H6635.”

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]I am finished H7334! I am finished H7334! Woe H188 to me!

The treacherous H898 deal H898 treacherously H898,

And the treacherous H898 deal H898 very H899 treacherously H898.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:13 -

“Behold H2009, he goes H5927 up H5927 like clouds H6051,

And his chariots H4818 like the whirlwind H5492;

His horses H5483 are H7043 swifter H7043 than H4480 eagles H5404.

Woe H188 to us, for we are ruined H7703!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:31 -

For I heard H8085 a voice H6963 cry as of a woman in H2342 labor H2342,

The anguish H6869 as of one giving H1069 birth H1069 to H1069 her H1069 first H1069 child H1069.

The voice H6963 of the daughter H1323 of Zion H6726 gasping H3306 for H3306 breath H3306,

Stretching H6566 out H6566 her [fn]hands H3709, saying,

“Ah H4994, woe H188 to me, for [fn]I faint H5888 before murderers H2026.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:4 -

[fn]Prepare H6942 for war H4421 against H5921 her;

Arise H6965, and let’s [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!

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:19 -

Woe H188 to me, because H5921 of my [fn]injury H7667!

My wound H4347 is incurable H2470.

But I said H559, “This H2088 certainly H389 is a sickness H2483,

And I must endure H5375 it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:27 -

“As for your adulteries H5004 and your lustful neighings H4684,

The outrageous H2154 sin H2154 of your prostitution H2184

On the hills H1389 in the field H7704,

I have seen H7200 your abominations H8251.

Woe H188 to you, Jerusalem H3389!

How H4970 long H310 H4970 H5750 will you remain H2891 unclean H3808 H2891?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:10 -

Woe H188 to me, my mother H517, that you have given H3205 birth H3205 to 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 people lent H5383 money to me,

Yet everyone H3605 curses H7043 me.

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

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:16 -

The crown H5850 has fallen H5307 from our head H7218;

Woe H188 to us, for we have sinned H2398!

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:23 -

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

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:6 -

‘Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559:

“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 H3318 of it!

Take H3318 out H3318 of it piece H5409 after piece H5409,

[fn]Without H3808 making H5307 a choice H1486.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:9 -

‘Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 GOD H3068 says H559:

“Woe H188 to the bloody H1818 city H5892!

I also H1571 will make H1431 the wood H4071 pile H4071 great H1431.

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 have spoken H1696 lies H3577 against H5921 Me.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:12 -

Though H3588 H518 they bring H1431 up H1431 their children H1121,

Yet I will bereave H7921 them of H7921 their children H7921 [fn]until not a person H120 is left.

Yes H3588, woe H188 to them indeed H1571 when I depart H5493 from them!

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