TBESH · H0188
אוֹי · oy · woe!
1) woe! alas! oh! 1a) passionate cry of grief or despair
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oy H188
אוֹי (oy) means “woe!” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
אוֹי Hebrew · H188 24 tagged occurrences in 23 verses
Pronunciation guide: o'-ee Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
probably from H183 (אָוָה) (in the sense of crying out after); lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!
KJV glosses: alas, woe.
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How translators render H188
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| woe | 19 |
| ah | 1 |
| has woe | 1 |
| woe be | 1 |
| woe is | 1 |
| woe is me | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| woe | 19 |
| alas | 1 |
| i woe | 1 |
| not woe | 1 |
| who hath woe | 1 |
| yea woe | 1 |
Verses containing H188
Page 1 of 1. 23 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Numbers 21:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Numbers 24:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 4:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
Read word by word - 1 Samuel 4:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Proverbs 23:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
Read word by word - Isaiah 3:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Isaiah 3:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
Read word by word - Isaiah 6:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.”
Read word by word - Isaiah 24:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I hear a cry like a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like one bearing her first child—the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands to say, “Woe is me, for my soul faints before the murderers!”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 6:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Prepare for battle against her; rise up, let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the daylight is fading; the evening shadows grow long.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 10:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 13:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
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?”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 15:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 45:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 48:46
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.
Read word by word - Lamentations 5:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Read word by word - Ezekiel 16:23
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 24:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 24:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Yes, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed! I, too, will pile the kindling high.
Read word by word - Hosea 7:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.
Read word by word - Hosea 9:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them!
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