Lexicon :: Strong's G3759 - ouai

οὐαί

Transliteration

ouai (Key)

Pronunciation

oo-ah'-ee

Part of Speech

interjection

Root Word (Etymology)

A primary exclamation of grief

Greek Inflections of οὐαί [?]

mGNT
46x in 2 unique form(s) TR
47x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
59x in 3 unique form(s)

Οὐαὶ — 12x

Οὐαί — 2x

οὐαὶ — 26x

οὐαί — 7x

οὐαὶ — 37x

οὐαί — 9x

Οὐαὶ — 1x

οὐαὶ — 50x

οὐαί — 8x

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Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

alas, woe

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

οὐαί ouaí, oo-ah'-ee; a primary exclamation of grief; "woe":—alas, woe.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number G3759 matches the Greek οὐαί (ouai),
which occurs 47 times in 36 verses in the TR Greek.

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Mat 11:21

Mat 11:21 - Woe^G3759 unto thee, Chorazin! woe^G3759 unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

Mat 18:7

Mat 18:7 - Woe^G3759 unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe^G3759 to that man by whom the offence cometh!

Mat 23:13

Mat 23:13 - But woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.

Mat 23:14

Mat 23:14 - Woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.

Mat 23:15

Mat 23:15 - Woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Mat 23:16

Mat 23:16 - Woe^G3759 unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!

Mat 23:23

Mat 23:23 - Woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Mat 23:25

Mat 23:25 - Woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.

Mat 23:27

Mat 23:27 - Woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

Mat 23:29

Mat 23:29 - Woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Mat 24:19

Mat 24:19 - And woe^G3759 unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Mat 26:24

Mat 26:24 - The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe^G3759 unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

Mar 13:17

Mar 13:17 - But woe^G3759 to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Mar 14:21

Mar 14:21 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe^G3759 to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

Luk 6:24

Luk 6:24 - But woe^G3759 unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.

Luk 6:25

Luk 6:25 - Woe^G3759 unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe^G3759 unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Luk 6:26

Luk 6:26 - Woe^G3759 unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.

Luk 10:13

Luk 10:13 - Woe^G3759 unto thee, Chorazin! woe^G3759 unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Luk 11:42

Luk 11:42 - But woe^G3759 unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

Luk 11:43

Luk 11:43 - Woe^G3759 unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

Luk 11:44

Luk 11:44 - Woe^G3759 unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

Luk 11:46

Luk 11:46 - And he said, Woe^G3759 unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

Luk 11:47

Luk 11:47 - Woe^G3759 unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Luk 11:52

Luk 11:52 - Woe^G3759 unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

Luk 17:1

Luk 17:1 - Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe^G3759 unto him, through whom they come!

Luk 21:23

Luk 21:23 - But woe^G3759 unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

Luk 22:22

Luk 22:22 - And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe^G3759 unto that man by whom he is betrayed!

1Co 9:16

1Co 9:16 - For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe^G3759 is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

Jde 1:11

Jde 1:11 - Woe^G3759 unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

Rev 8:13

Rev 8:13 - And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe,^G3759 woe,^G3759 woe,^G3759 to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

Rev 9:12

Rev 9:12 - One woe^G3759 is past; and, behold, there come two woes^G3759 more hereafter.

Rev 11:14

Rev 11:14 - The second woe^G3759 is past; and, behold, the third woe^G3759 cometh quickly.

Rev 12:12

Rev 12:12 - Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe^G3759 to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

Rev 18:10

Rev 18:10 - Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas,^G3759 alas,^G3759 that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.

Rev 18:16

Rev 18:16 - And saying, Alas,^G3759 alas,^G3759 that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

Rev 18:19

Rev 18:19 - And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas,^G3759 alas,^G3759 that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.