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Lexicon :: Strong's G3759 - ouai

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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 Box Mat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 - Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:13 - "But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:15 - "Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - "Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:23 - "Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law - justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:25 - "Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - "Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - "Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:19 - Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:24 - The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:17 - Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:21 - For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:24 - "But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - "Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:26 - "Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:42 - "But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:43 - Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:46

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:46 - But Jesus replied, "Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:52 - Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:1 - Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:23 - Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:22 - For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:16 - For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jde 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:11 - Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain's path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam's error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah's rebellion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:13 - Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying directly overhead, proclaiming with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:12 - The first woe has passed, but two woes are still coming after these things!

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:14 - The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 12:12 - Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:10 - They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, "Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:16 - saying, "Woe, woe, O great city - dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls -

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 18:19 - And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, "Woe, Woe, O great city - in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth - because in a single hour she has been destroyed!"
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