Strong's Hebrew · H188
H188 ʼôwy
אוֹי
o'-ee
woe!
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ʼôwy appears 24 times in Scripture, including Numbers 21:29 and 1 Samuel 4:7. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
In the King James Version
alas, woe.
Derivation
probably from H183 (אָוָה) (in the sense of crying out after);
Appears 24 times in Scripture
“The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.”
“Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.”
“Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.”
“From the ends of the earth we hear singing: “Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, “I am wasting away! I am wasting away! Woe is me.” The treacherous betray; the treacherous deal in treachery.”
“Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?”
“Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?””
“Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.”
“Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?”
“the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.”
“Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
