188. oy
Strong's Concordance
oy: woe!
Original Word: אוֹי
Part of Speech: Interjection
Transliteration: oy
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-ee)
Definition: woe!
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. interj.
Definition
woe!
NASB Translation
alas (2), woe (21).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אוֺי interjection (onomatopoetic; compare , ) woe! an impassioned expression of grief and despair: usually with dative אוֺי לִי Isaiah 6:5 woe to me! for I am undone, so Isaiah 24:16; Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 15:10; אוֺי לָנוּ woe to us! 1 Samuel 4:7,8; Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 6:4; אוֺינָֿא לִי Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 45:3; אוֺינָֿא לָנוּ Lamentations 5:16. With the 2nd or 3rd person often implying a denunciation; אוֺילְֿךָ מוֺאָב Numbers 21:29 (= Jeremiah 48:46) Jeremiah 13:27; Ezekiel 16:23 repeated אוֺי אוֺי לָח; Isaiah 3:9 אוֺי לְנַפְשָׁם Isaiah 3:11; Hosea 7:13; Hosea 9:12 ("" שֹׁד לָהֶם). With a voc. (or implicit accusative) Ezekiel 24:6,9 אוֺי עִיר הַדָּמִים; absolute Numbers 24:23. Used as a substantive Proverbs 23:29 לְמִי אוֺי ("" לְמִי אֲבוֺי).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
alas, woe

Probably from 'avah (in the sense of crying out after); lamentation; also interjectionally Oh! -- alas, woe.

see HEBREW 'avah

Forms and Transliterations
א֕וֹי א֖וֹי א֣וֹי א֤וֹי א֥וֹי אֽוֹי־ אוֹי֮ אוֹי־ אוי אוי־ ’ō·w ’ō·w- ’ōw ’ōw- o
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Numbers 21:29
HEB: אוֹי־ לְךָ֣ מוֹאָ֔ב
NAS: Woe to you, O Moab! You are ruined,
KJV: Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone,
INT: Woe Moab are ruined

Numbers 24:23
HEB: מְשָׁל֖וֹ וַיֹּאמַ֑ר א֕וֹי מִ֥י יִחְיֶ֖ה
NAS: and said, Alas, who
KJV: and said, Alas, who shall live
INT: his discourse and said Alas who live

1 Samuel 4:7
HEB: הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וַיֹּאמְרוּ֙ א֣וֹי לָ֔נוּ כִּ֣י
NAS: And they said, Woe to us! For nothing
KJV: And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
INT: the camp said Woe For nothing

1 Samuel 4:8
HEB: א֣וֹי לָ֔נוּ מִ֣י
NAS: Woe to us! Who shall deliver
KJV: Woe unto us! who shall deliver
INT: Woe Who shall deliver

Proverbs 23:29
HEB: לְמִ֨י א֥וֹי לְמִ֪י אֲב֡וֹי
KJV: Who hath woe? who hath sorrow?
INT: Who Woe Who sorrow

Isaiah 3:9
HEB: לֹ֣א כִחֵ֑דוּ א֣וֹי לְנַפְשָׁ֔ם כִּֽי־
NAS: They do not [even] conceal [it]. Woe to them! For they have brought
KJV: they hide [it] not. Woe unto their soul!
INT: do not conceal Woe their soul for

Isaiah 3:11
HEB: א֖וֹי לְרָשָׁ֣ע רָ֑ע
NAS: Woe to the wicked! [It will go] badly
KJV: Woe unto the wicked! [it shall be] ill
INT: Woe to the wicked badly

Isaiah 6:5
HEB: וָאֹמַ֞ר אֽוֹי־ לִ֣י כִֽי־
NAS: Then I said, Woe is me, for I am ruined!
KJV: Then said I, Woe [is] me! for I am undone;
INT: said Woe Because I am ruined

Isaiah 24:16
HEB: רָֽזִי־ לִ֖י א֣וֹי לִ֑י בֹּגְדִ֣ים
NAS: to me! Woe to me! Alas for me! The treacherous
KJV: my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers
INT: Woe Woe Alas the treacherous deal

Jeremiah 4:13
HEB: מִנְּשָׁרִ֖ים סוּסָ֑יו א֥וֹי לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י
NAS: eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
KJV: than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.
INT: eagles his horses Woe for are ruined

Jeremiah 4:31
HEB: תְּפָרֵ֣שׂ כַּפֶּ֑יהָ אֽוֹי־ נָ֣א לִ֔י
NAS: [saying], Ah, woe is me, for I faint
KJV: her hands, [saying], Woe [is] me now! for my soul
INT: Stretching her hands woe Ah for

Jeremiah 6:4
HEB: וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה בַֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם א֥וֹי לָ֙נוּ֙ כִּי־
NAS: at noon. Woe to us, for the day
KJV: at noon. Woe unto us! for the day
INT: attack noon Woe for declines

Jeremiah 10:19
HEB: א֥וֹי לִי֙ עַל־
NAS: Woe is me, because of my injury!
KJV: Woe is me for my hurt! my wound
INT: Woe because of my injury

Jeremiah 13:27
HEB: רָאִ֖יתִי שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ א֥וֹי לָךְ֙ יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם
NAS: your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
KJV: in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem!
INT: have seen your abominations Woe Jerusalem not

Jeremiah 15:10
HEB: אֽוֹי־ לִ֣י אִמִּ֔י
NAS: Woe to me, my mother,
KJV: Woe is me, my mother,
INT: Woe my mother that

Jeremiah 45:3
HEB: אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֽוֹי־ נָ֣א לִ֔י
NAS: Ah, woe is me! For the LORD
KJV: Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD
INT: said woe Ah for

Jeremiah 48:46
HEB: אוֹי־ לְךָ֣ מוֹאָ֔ב
NAS: Woe to you, Moab! The people
KJV: Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people
INT: Woe Moab have perished

Lamentations 5:16
HEB: עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־ נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ
NAS: from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!
KJV: [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
INT: the crown our head Woe I beseech thee for

Ezekiel 16:23
HEB: כָּל־ רָעָתֵ֑ךְ א֣וֹי א֣וֹי לָ֔ךְ
NAS: your wickedness ('Woe, woe
KJV: all thy wickedness, (woe, woe
INT: all wickedness ('Woe woe declares

Ezekiel 16:23
HEB: רָעָתֵ֑ךְ א֣וֹי א֣וֹי לָ֔ךְ נְאֻ֖ם
NAS: ('Woe, woe to you!' declares
KJV: (woe, woe unto thee! saith
INT: wickedness ('Woe woe declares the Lord

Ezekiel 24:6
HEB: אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה אוֹי֮ עִ֣יר הַדָּמִים֒
NAS: the Lord GOD, Woe to the bloody city,
KJV: the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city,
INT: the Lord GOD Woe city to the bloody

Ezekiel 24:9
HEB: אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה א֖וֹי עִ֣יר הַדָּמִ֑ים
NAS: the Lord GOD, Woe to the bloody city!
KJV: the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city!
INT: the Lord GOD Woe city to the bloody

Hosea 7:13
HEB: א֤וֹי לָהֶם֙ כִּֽי־
NAS: Woe to them, for they have strayed
KJV: Woe unto them! for they have fled
INT: Woe like for

Hosea 9:12
HEB: כִּֽי־ גַם־ א֥וֹי לָהֶ֖ם בְּשׂוּרִ֥י
NAS: is left. Yes, woe to them indeed
KJV: them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart
INT: Yes indeed woe depart like

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Strong's Hebrew 188
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