Strongs H188

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אוֹי (ʼôwy) inj (o'-ee)
Source: probably from H183 (in the sense of crying out after);
Meaning: lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
KJV: alas, woe.

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

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אוֹי interj. (onomatop.) woe! an impassioned expression of grief and despair {17}

Appears in a total of 23 verses:

JER 10:19

OET-LV: 19 woe to_me on fracture _of_my wound _of_my is_severe and_I I _said surely this is_a _sickness _of and_I_will _endure _it. (JER_10:19)

OET-RV: 19 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 10:19)

JER 4:31

OET-LV: 31 If/because a _sound like_a _sick_woman I _have _heard distress like_a_woman_bearing _a _first _child the _sound _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) she _is _gasping _for _breath she _is _spreading _out palms _of_her woe please to_me if/because self _of_my it _is _weary to_murderers. (JER_4:31)

OET-RV: 31 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ …
⇔ … (JER 4:31)

JER 15:10

OET-LV: 10 woe to_me my _mother _of_Oh (cmp) you_gave _birth _to _me a _man _of strife and_a _man _of contention to/from_all/each/any/every the_earth/land not I _have _lent and_not people _have _lent to_me of _it _of_all are_cursing _of_me. (JER_15:10)

OET-RV: 10 ◙ (JER 15:10)

SA1 4:7

OET-LV: 7 And_they _saw the_Fəlishtiy if/because they _said a _god he _has _come into the_camp and_they _said woe to/for_us if/because not it _has _been like_this yesterday three _days _ago. (SA1_4:7)

OET-RV: 7 and they were afraid saying, “A god has come into the Israeli camp.” Then they said, “This means trouble, because it wasn’t like this yesterday or the previous days. (SA1 4:7)

JER 45:3

OET-LV: 3 You _said woe please to_me if/because YHWH he _has _added sorrow to pain _of_my I _am _weary with_my _of_groaning and_rest not I _have _found. (JER_45:3)

OET-RV: 3 ◙ (JER 45:3)

HOS 7:13

OET-LV: 13 woe to/for_them if/because they _have _fled from_me devastation to/for_them if/because they _have _transgressed against_me and_I I_will _redeem _them and_they they _have _spoken on_me lies. (HOS_7:13)

OET-RV: 13 They won’t end well because they’ve strayed from me.
⇔ ≈ Devastation will hit them because they’ve rebelled against me.
⇔ → I would have bought them back, but they told lies about me. (HOS 7:13)

EZE 24:9

OET-LV: 9 for_so/thus/hence thus my_master he _says YHWH woe the _city _of (the)_blood(s) also I I _will _make _great the _wood_pile. (EZE_24:9)

OET-RV: 9 Therefore, the master Yahweh says this: The city of blood won’t end well. I’ll also enlarge the pile of firewood to put underneath it. (EZE 24:9)

ISA 3:9

OET-LV: 9 The _expression _of their _faces _of_of it _has _testified against_them and_their _of_sin like_Şədom they _have _declared not they _have _hidden_it woe to_their _of_self if/because they _have _done to/for_them harm. (ISA_3:9)

OET-RV: 9 You can tell their intentions by the look on their faces,
⇔ and they talk about their disobedience like the people in Sodom did.
⇔ They don’t try to hide it.
⇔ Their lives won’t end well because they’ve brought suffering on themselves. (ISA 3:9)

EZE 16:23

OET-LV: 23 And_he/it _was after all _of wickedness _of_your woe woe to/for_you(fs) the _utterance _of my_master YHWH. (EZE_16:23)

OET-RV: 23 After all your wickedness, you won’t end well. That’s the master Yahweh’s declaration. (EZE 16:23)

ISA 24:16

OET-LV: 16 from_the _extremity _of the_earth/land songs we _have _heard splendour belongs_to_one and_I _said leanness to_me leanness to_me woe to_me those _who_act _treacherously they _act _treacherously and_treachery those _who_act _treacherously they _act _treacherously. (ISA_24:16)

OET-RV: 16 ◙
¶ … (ISA 24:16)

JER 48:46

OET-LV: 46 Woe to/for_yourself(m) Oh _Mōʼāⱱ the _people _of it _will _perish of _Kəmōsh/(Chemosh) if/because they _will _be _taken sons _of_your in_captivity and_your(pl)_of_daughters in_captivity. (JER_48:46)

OET-RV: 46 ◙ (JER 48:46)

JER 4:13

OET-LV: 13 There like_clouds he _is _going _up and_like_storm-wind chariots _of_his they _are _swift more_than _eagles horses _of_his woe to/for_us if/because we _are _devastated. (JER_4:13)

OET-RV: 13 ◙ (JER 4:13)

NUM 21:29

OET-LV: 29 Woe to/for_yourself(m) Oh _Mōʼāⱱ you _have _perished Oh _people _of Kəmōsh/(Chemosh) he _has _made sons _of_his fugitives and_his _of_daughters in_captivity of_the _king _of the_ʼAmorī[s] Şīḩōn. (NUM_21:29)

OET-RV: 29 Moav, you won’t end well.
⇔ ≈ Kemosh’s people have perished.
⇔ He’s made his sons into fugitives,
⇔ ≈ and given his daughters over to captivity
⇔ by the Amorite King Sihon. (NUM 21:29)

EZE 24:6

OET-LV: 6 for_so/thus/hence thus he _says my_master YHWH woe the _city _of (the)_blood(s) a _pot which rust _of_its is_in_it and_its _of_rust not it _has _gone _out from_her/it to_its _of_pieces to_its _of_pieces take_it _out not it _has _fallen on/upon_it(f) a _lot. (EZE_24:6)

OET-RV: 6 Now the master Yahweh says this: The city of blood won’t end well—it’s like a cooking pot that has rust in it, and that rust won’t come out of it. Take piece after piece out of it, but don’t be choosy about which pieces, (EZE 24:6)

SA1 4:8

OET-LV: 8 Woe to/for_us who will_he _deliver _us from_the _hand _of the_ʼElohīm (the)_mighty the_these these they the_ʼElohīm who_struck DOM Miʦrayim/(Egypt) in_all plague in_wilderness. (SA1_4:8)

OET-RV: 8 Oh dear! Who will rescue us from these mighty gods? Those are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every plague in the wilderness. (SA1 4:8)

JER 6:4

OET-LV: 4 Consecrate on/upon_it(f) battle arise and_let _us _go _up at_noon(s) woe to/for_us if/because it _has _turned the_day if/because the_shadows _of they _are _stretched _out evening. (JER_6:4)

OET-RV: 4 ◙ (JER 6:4)

ISA 3:11

OET-LV: 11 Woe to_the_wicked it _will _be _bad if/because the _dealing _of his _hands _of_of it _will _be _done for_him/it. (ISA_3:11)

OET-RV: 11 But the wicked won’t end well.
⇔ They’ll be repaid appropriately for their actions. (ISA 3:11)

HOS 9:12

OET-LV: 12 If/because if they _will _bring _up DOM children _of_their and_I_will _bereave _them from_humankind if/because also woe to/for_them when_I_depart from_them. (HOS_9:12)

OET-RV: 12 Even if they bring up their children, I’ll cause them all to die one by one.
⇔ ≈ Yes, it certainly won’t end well when I turn away from them! (HOS 9:12)

PRO 23:29

OET-LV: 29 belongs_to_whom woe belongs_to_whom woe belong_to_whom contentions belongs_to_whom complaint belong_to_whom bruises without _cause belongs_to_whom dullness _of eyes. (PRO_23:29)

OET-RV: 29 Who has dread or sorrow or contentions?
⇔ ≈ Who has complaints, or needless wounds, or bloodshot eyes. (PRO 23:29)

NUM 24:23

OET-LV: 23 And_he _lifted _up oracle _of_his and_he _said woe who will _he _live from_when_ordains _it god. (NUM_24:23)

OET-RV: 23 Then finally, Bileam made this pronouncement,
⇔ “Oh dear, who can survive when God does all that? (NUM 24:23)

JER 13:27

OET-LV: 27 Adulteri(es)_of_your and_your(pl)_of_neighings the _wickedness _of your _prostitution _of_of on hills in _the_field I _have _seen things _of_your _detestable woe to/for_you(fs) Oh _Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) not you _are _clean after when yet. (JER_13:27)

OET-RV: 27 ◙ (JER 13:27)

LAM 5:16

OET-LV: 16 the _crown _of It _has _fallen our _head _of_of woe please to/for_us if/because we _have _sinned. (LAM_5:16)

OET-RV: ⇔  16 The crown has fallen off our head.
⇔ We won’t end well, because we’ve sinned. (LAM 5:16)

ISA 6:5

OET-LV: 5 And_I _said woe to_me if/because I _am _destroyed if/because am_a _man unclean _of lips I and_among _of a _people unclean _of lips I am_dwelling if/because DOM the_king YHWH hosts eyes _of_my they _have _seen. (ISA_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 and I said,
⇔ “This isn’t going to end well for me. Yes, I’m doomed because I am a man with unclean lips,
⇔ and I live among a people with unclean lips,
⇔ and yet my eyes have seen the king: army commander Yahweh.” (ISA 6:5)

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