οὐαίouaí
"woe"
Greek (New Testament) · G3759
Meanings
alas! woe! most frequently with dative of person. Matthew 11:21, Matthew 23:14, Mark 13:17, Mark 14:21, Luke 6:24-26, Jude 1:11, and elsewhere; with vocat. (nom.), Revelation 18:10, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 18:19 (cf. Isaiah 1:24, and elsewhere); with accusative, Revelation 12:12, followed by ἐκ, Revelation 8:13; with dative followed by ἀπό, Matthew 18:7. As as a noun, 1 Corinthians 9:16 (cf. Jeremiah 6:4); ἡ οὐ., Revelation 9:12, Revelation 11:14; plural, Revelation 9:12; οὐ., οὐ., οὐ., Revelation 8:13.
Where it appears
Appears 46 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 11:21 “What sorrow awaits you, Korazin and Bethsaida! For if the miracles I did in you had been done in wicked Tyre and Sidon, their people would have repented of their sins long ago, clothing themselves in burlap and throwing ashes on their heads to show their remorse.
- Matthew 18:7 “What sorrow awaits the world, because it tempts people to sin. Temptations are inevitable, but what sorrow awaits the person who does the tempting.
- Matthew 23:13 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You won’t go in yourselves, and you don’t let others enter either.
- Matthew 23:15 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you cross land and sea to make one convert, and then you turn that person into twice the child of hell you yourselves are!
- Matthew 23:16 “Blind guides! What sorrow awaits you! For you say that it means nothing to swear ‘by God’s Temple,’ but that it is binding to swear ‘by the gold in the Temple.’
- Matthew 23:23 “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you are careful to tithe even the tiniest income from your herb gardens, but you ignore the more important aspects of the law—justice, mercy, and faith. You should tithe, yes, but do not neglect the more important things.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.