אוֹי

woe!

Strong’s H188Interjection24 times in the Hebrew Bible

woe24

In the text

Numbers 21:29אוֹי
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.
1 Samuel 4:7אוֹי
the Philistines were afraid. “The gods have entered their camp!” they said. “Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.
Isaiah 3:9אוֹי
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.
Jeremiah 4:13אוֹי
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind. His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Ezekiel 16:23אוֹי
Woe! Woe to you, declares the Lord GOD. And in addition to all your other wickedness,
Hosea 7:13אוֹי
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.

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

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.