Lexical Definition

‎οὐαί‎ ouaí (oo-ah'-ee) woe! G:INJ
a primary exclamation of grief

alas, woe.

Usage: 3 forms in 112 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ουαί Woe LXX.Num.21.29 • LXX.1Sam.4.8 • LXX.1Sam.4.8 • LXX.1Kgs.13.30 • LXX.Job.31.3 • LXX.Prov.23.29 • LXX.Eccl.4.10 • LXX.Eccl.10.16 • LXX.Isa.1.4 • LXX.Isa.1.24 • LXX.Isa.3.9 • LXX.Isa.3.11 • LXX.Isa.5.8 • LXX.Isa.5.11 • LXX.Isa.5.18 • LXX.Isa.5.20 • LXX.Isa.5.21 • LXX.Isa.5.22 • LXX.Isa.10.1 • LXX.Isa.10.5 • LXX.Isa.17.12 • LXX.Isa.18.1 • LXX.Isa.24.16 • LXX.Isa.28.1 • LXX.Isa.29.1 • LXX.Isa.29.15 • LXX.Isa.30.1 • LXX.Isa.31.1 • LXX.Isa.33.1 • LXX.Isa.45.10 • LXX.Isa.55.1 • LXX.Jer.4.13 • LXX.Jer.6.4 • LXX.Jer.10.19 • LXX.Jer.13.27 • LXX.Jer.22.18 • LXX.Jer.30.7 • LXX.Jer.46.19 • LXX.Jer.48.1 • LXX.Jer.48.46 • LXX.Jer.50.27 • LXX.Jer.51.2 • LXX.Ezek.7.26 • LXX.Ezek.7.26 • LXX.Ezek.13.3 • LXX.Ezek.13.18 • LXX.Ezek.16.23 • LXX.Ezek.16.23 • LXX.Ezek.24.9 • LXX.Hos.7.13 • LXX.Amos.5.16 • LXX.Amos.5.16 • LXX.Amos.5.18 • LXX.Amos.6.1 • LXX.Mic.7.4 • LXX.Nah.3.17 • LXX.Hab.2.6 • LXX.Hab.2.12 • LXX.Hab.2.19 • LXX.Zeph.2.5 • LXX.Zeph.3.18
Woe to LXX.Isa.29.15
a woe LXX.Ezek.2.10 • LXX.Hos.9.12
and woe LXX.Lam.5.16
Οὐαὶ But woe Luke.21.23
Woe Matt.18.7 • Matt.18.7 • Matt.23.13 • Matt.23.14 • Matt.23.15 • Matt.23.16 • Matt.23.23 • Matt.23.25 • Matt.23.27 • Matt.23.29 • Matt.24.19 • Matt.26.24 • Mark.13.17 • Mark.14.21 • Luke.6.24 • Luke.6.25 • Luke.11.42 • Luke.11.43 • Luke.11.44 • Luke.11.47 • Luke.11.52 • Luke.17.1 • Luke.22.22 • 1Cor.9.16 • Jude.1.11 • Rev.8.13 • Rev.8.13 • Rev.8.13 • Rev.9.12 • Rev.11.14 • Rev.11.14 • Rev.12.12 • Rev.18.10 • Rev.18.10 • Rev.18.16 • Rev.18.16 • Rev.18.19 • Rev.18.19
Woe to Luke.6.25
Woe to you Luke.6.26
woes Rev.9.12
Οὐαί Woe Matt.11.21 • Matt.11.21 • Luke.10.13 • Luke.10.13 • Luke.11.46

Abbott-Smith

† οὐαί, interj. of grief or denunciation, [in LXX for הוֹי, אוֹי etc.;]
alas! woe! most freq. c. dat. pers.. Mt 11:21 23:14, Mk 13:17 14:21, Lk 6:24-26, Ju 11, al.; c. vocat. (nom.), Re 18:10, 16, 19 (cf. Is 1:24, al.); c. acc., Re 12:12, seq. ἐκ, 8:13; c. dat. seq. ἀπό (v. M, Pr., 246), Mt 18:7. As subst., I Co 9:16 (cf. Je 6:4); ἡ οὐ., Re 9:12 11:14; pl., Re 9:12; οὐ., οὐ., οὐ., Re 8:13.

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Isaiah 1:24
Jeremiah 6:4
Matthew 11:21 · 18:7 · 23:14
Mark 13:17 · 14:21
Luke 6:24
1 Corinthians 9:16
Jude 1:11
Revelation 8:13 · 9:12 · 11:14 · 12:12 · 18:10 · 18:16 · 18:19

Liddell-Scott-Jones

οὐαί,

exclamation of pain and anger, ah! woe! with nominative, [οὐαί μοι, οὐαί σοι">LXX], woe is me! woe to thee![LXX+2nd c.AD+]

__II οὐαί· φυλαί [Refs 5th c.AD+]

LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Amos.5.18 ☩ LXX.1Kgs.13.30 ☩ LXX.Num.21.29 ☩ Rev.8.13