Strong's Lexicon
G3759 — οὐαί
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3759 |
|---|---|
| Word: | οὐαί |
| Part of Speech: | injunction |
| Etymology: | a primary exclamation of grief |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 46 |
| Transliteration: | ouai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ou-ai' |
| Meaning: | 1. "woe" |
| KJV Renderings: | alas, woe |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οὐαί, an interjection of grief or of denunciation; the Sept. chiefly for äåé and àåé; "Alas! Woe!" with a dat of person added, Mat 11:21; Mat 18:7; Mat 23:13-16; Mat 23:23; Mat 23:25; Mat 23:27; Mat 23:29; Mat 24:19; Mat 26:24; Mar 13:17; Mar 14:21; Luk 6:24-26; Luk 10:13; Luke 11:42-44, 46f, 52; Luk 21:23; Luk 22:22; Jud 1:11; Rev 12:12 R G L, small edition. (see below) (Num 21:29; Isa 3:9, and often in the Sept.); thrice repeated, and followed by a dative, Rev 8:13 R G L WH marginal reading (see below); the dative is omitted in Luk 17:1; twice repeated and followed by a nominative in place of a vocative, Rev 18:10; Rev 18:16; Rev 18:19 (Isa 1:24; Isa 5:8-22; Hab 2:6; Hab 2:12, etc.); exceptionally, with an accusative of the person, in Rev 8:13 T Tr WH text, and 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)), Mat 18:7; also of ἐκ, Rev 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: Rev 9:12; Rev 11:14; δύο οὐαί, Rev 9:12 (οὐαί ἐπί οὐαί ἔσται, Eze 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, 1Co 9:16, cf. Hos 9:12; (Jer 6:4); Epictetus diss. 3, 19, 1 (frequent in ecclesiastical writings).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
οὐαί (alas)
Matthew 11:21
- KJV: Woe unto thee Chorazin woe 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
- GK: ουαί σοι Χοραζίν ουαί σοι Βηθσαϊδά ότι ει εν Τύρω και Σιδώνι εγένοντο αι δυνάμεις αι γενόμεναι εν υμίν πάλαι αν εν σάκκω και σποδώ μετενόησαν
Matthew 18:7
- KJV: Woe unto the world because of offences for it must needs be that offences come but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh
- GK: ουαί τω κόσμω από των σκανδάλων ανάγκη γαρ εστιν ελθείν τα σκάνδαλα πλήν ουαί τω ανθρώπω εκείνω δι΄ ου το σκάνδαλον έρχεται
Matthew 23:13
- KJV: But woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men for ye neither go in neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι κατεσθίετε τας οικίας των χηρών και προφάσει μακρά προσευχόμενοι διά τούτο λήψεσθε περισσότερον κρίμα
Matthew 23:14
- KJV: Woe 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
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι κλείετε την βασιλείαν των ουρανών έμπροσθεν των ανθρώπων υμείς γαρ ουκ εισέρχεσθε ουδέ τους εισερχομένους αφίετε εισελθείν
Matthew 23:15
- KJV: Woe 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
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί οτι περιάγετε την θάλασσαν και την ξηράν ποιήσαι ένα προσήλυτον και όταν γένηται ποιείτε αυτόν υιόν γεέννης διπλότερον υμών
Matthew 23:16
- KJV: Woe unto you 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
- GK: ουαί υμίν οδηγοί τυφλοί οι λέγοντες ος αν ομόση εν τω ναώ ουδέν εστιν ος δ΄ αν ομόση εν τω χρυσώ του ναού οφείλει
Matthew 23:23
- KJV: Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted the weightier of the law judgment mercy and faith these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι αποδεκατούτε το ηδύοσμον και το άνηθον και το κύμινον και αφήκατε τα βαρύτερα του νόμου την κρίσιν και τον έλεον και την πίστιν ταύτα έδει ποιήσαι κακείνα μη αφίεναι
Matthew 23:25
- KJV: Woe 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
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι καθαρίζετε το έξωθεν του ποτηρίου και της παροψίδος έσωθεν δε γέμουσιν εξ αρπαγής και ακρασίας
Matthew 23:27
- KJV: Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye are like unto whited sepulchres which indeed appear beautiful outward but are within full of dead bones and of all uncleanness
- GK: ουαί υμίν γραμματείς και Φαρισαίοι υποκριταί ότι παρομοιάζετε τάφοις κεκονιαμένοις οίτινες έξωθεν μεν φαίνονται ωραίοι έσωθεν δε γέμουσιν οστέων νεκρών και πάσης ακαθαρσίας
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