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Lexicon :: Strong's G3759 - ouai

Aa
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 46 times in 35 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 - A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - But a curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you are shutting the kingdom of heaven against men: for you do not go in yourselves, and those who are going in, you keep back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make men give a tenth of all sorts of sweet-smelling plants, but you give no thought to the more important things of the law, righteousness, and mercy, and faith; but it is right for you to do these, and not to let the others be undone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of violent behaviour and uncontrolled desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19 - But it will be hard for women who are with child and for those with babies at the breast in those days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but a curse is on that man through whom the Son of man is given up; it would have been well for that man if he had never come into the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:17 - And it will be hard for women who are with child and for her who has a baby at the breast in those days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - The Son of man goes, even as the Writings say of him: but cursed is that man through whom the Son of man is given up! It would have been well for that man if he had never been given birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24 - But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:26 - Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - A curse is on you, Chorazin! A curse is on you, Beth-saida! For if such works of power had been done in Tyre and Sidon as have been done in you, they would have been turned from their sins, in days gone by, seated in the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - But a curse is on you, Pharisees! for you make men give a tenth of every sort of plant, and give no thought to right and the love of God; but it is right for you to do these things, and not let the others be undone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - A curse is on you, Pharisees! for your desires are for the most important seats in the Synagogues and for words of respect said to you in the market-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - A curse is on you! for you are like the resting-places of dead men, which are not seen, and men go walking over them without knowledge of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:46 - And he said, A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for while other men are crushed under the weight of the rules you make for them, you yourselves do not put so much as one finger to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - A curse is on you, teachers of the law! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you did not go in yourselves, and you got in the way of those who were going in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1 - And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - It will be hard for women who are with child, and for her with a baby at the breast, in those days. For great trouble will come on the land, and wrath on this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22 - For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - For if I am a preacher of the good news, I have no cause for pride in this; because I am forced to do so, for a curse is on me if I do not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - And there came to my ears the cry of an eagle in flight in the middle of heaven, saying with a great voice, Trouble, trouble, trouble, to all on the earth, because of the other voices of the horns of the three angels, whose sounding is still to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12 - The first Trouble is past: see, there are still two Troubles to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:14 - The second Trouble is past: see, the third Trouble comes quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - Be glad then, O heavens, and you who are in them. But there is trouble for the earth and the sea: because the Evil One has come down to you, being very angry, having the knowledge that he has but a short time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - Watching from far away, for fear of her punishment, saying, Sorrow, sorrow for Babylon, the great town, the strong town! for in one hour you have been judged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - Saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, she who was clothed in delicate linen, and purple, and red; with ornaments of gold and stones of great price and jewels!

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - And they put dust on their heads, and were sad, weeping and crying, and saying, Sorrow, sorrow for the great town, in which was increased the wealth of all who had their ships on the sea because of her great stores! for in one hour she is made waste.
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