οὐαί

ouai

a primary exclamation of grief; "woe":--alas, woe.

G3759

Matthew 11:21 · Word #1

Lexicon G3759

Lemmaοὐαί
Transliterationouaí
Strong'sG3759

Morphology EXCL All morphology codes

Part of Speech EXCL — Exclamation — Emphatic expression

Lexical Info

Lemmaοὐαί
Strong'sG3759

SIBI-P1 G3759-01

Woe!

Morphological NotesGr,IE — Greek interjection; indeclinable exclamation with no tense, voice, mood, person, number, gender, or case distinctions.
Rendering Rationaleοὐαί is an indeclinable interjection expressing grief, lament, or denunciatory sorrow. Rendering it as "Woe!" preserves its force as a direct exclamatory outcry without adding grammatical elements not present in the Greek.

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Word Usage (47 occurrences of G3759)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 11:21 οὐαί ouai
Matthew 11:21 οὐαί ouai-2
Matthew 18:7 οὐαὶ ouai