GreekG3759INJ

οὐαί

ouai

36Occurrences
G3759Strong's #
INJPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

"woe"

a primary exclamation of grief;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
interj. of grief or denunciation, alas! woe! most frequently, with vocat. (nom.) ., 246). As subst.; ἡ οὐ.; pl.; οὐ., οὐ., οὐ.
LXX: for הוֹי, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

INJ

Morphology Code

G:INJ

Full Description

G:INJ

Occurrences

οὐαί appears 36 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
13
Matthew
12
Revelation
7
Mark
2
1 Corinthians
1
Jude
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 9:16BSB

Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!

Luke 11:47BSB

Woe to you! You build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

Luke 6:26BSB

Woe to you when all men speak well of you,for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.

Matthew 23:23BSB

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Mark 14:21BSB

The Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”

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