Strong's #188: 'owy (pronounced o'-ee)
probably from 183 (in the sense of crying out after); lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!:--alas, woe.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'ôy
1) woe! alas! oh!
1a) passionate cry of grief or despair
Part of Speech: interjection
Relation: probably from H183 (in the sense of crying out after)
Usage:
This word is used 24 times:
Numbers 21:29: " Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped,"
Numbers 24:23: "his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth"
1 Samuel 4:7: "into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing"
1 Samuel 4:8: " Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods?"
Proverbs 23:29: " hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling?"
Isaiah 3:9: "as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil"
Isaiah 3:11: " Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given"
Isaiah 6:5: " I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean"
Isaiah 24:16: "to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers"
Jeremiah 4:13: "his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled."
Jeremiah 4:31: "that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied"
Jeremiah 6:4: "her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for"
Jeremiah 10:19: " Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly"
Jeremiah 13:27: "on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when"
Jeremiah 15:10: " Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention"
Jeremiah 45:3: " Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to"
Jeremiah 48:46: " Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken"
Lamentations 5:16: "is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"
Ezekiel 16:23: "after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)"
Ezekiel 16:23: "all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)"
Ezekiel 24:6: "saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose"
Ezekiel 24:9: "saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even"
Hosea 7:13: " Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I"
Hosea 9:12: "their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart"
