ΟΥ̓ΑΙ, οὐαι
OUAI, ouai
Sounds Like: OO-ah-ee
Translations: Woe, alas
From the root: ΟΥ̓ΑΙ
Part of Speech: Interjection
Explanation: This word is an exclamation used to express lament, grief, or warning. It is often translated as 'woe' or 'alas' and can be used to pronounce a curse or a solemn warning of impending disaster or judgment. It is typically followed by the person or thing to whom the 'woe' is directed, often in the dative case or introduced by a preposition.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G3759 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 97:7, 97:8, 98:9, 98:11, 98:13, 98:14, 98:15, 99:1, 99:2, 99:13, 99:14, 99:15, 100:7, 100:8, 100:9, 103:8
Barnabus
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 46:8
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Trallians — 8:2
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 17:2, 17:4, 22:2, 22:4, 79:3, 114:5, 133:2, 133:4, 133:5, 136:2, 137:3
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Numbers — 21:29
- 1 Samuel — 4:7, 4:8, 4:21
- 1 Kings — 12:24, 13:30
- Judith — 16:17
- Tobit — 10:5
- Proverbs — 23:29
- Ecclesiastes — 4:10, 10:16
- Job — 31:3
- Sirach — 2:12, 2:13, 2:14, 41:8
- Isaiah — 1:4, 1:24, 3:9, 3:11, 5:8, 5:11, 5:18, 5:20, 5:21, 5:22, 10:1, 10:5, 17:12, 18:1, 24:16, 28:1, 29:1, 29:15, 30:1, 31:1, 33:1
- Jeremiah — 4:13, 6:4, 10:19, 13:27, 26:19, 27:27, 28:2, 31:1
- Lamentations — 5:16
- Ezekiel — 2:10, 7:26, 13:3, 13:18, 21:27
- Hosea — 7:13, 9:12
- Amos — 5:16, 5:18, 6:1
- Micah — 7:4
- Nahum — 3:17
- Habakkuk — 2:6, 2:12, 2:19
- Zephaniah — 2:5, 3:18
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 31:5
The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions
- Vision 4 — 2:6
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Matthew — 11:21, 18:7, 23:13, 23:15, 23:16, 23:23, 23:25, 23:27, 23:29, 24:19, 26:24
- Mark — 13:17, 14:21
- Luke — 6:24, 6:25, 6:26, 10:13, 11:42, 11:43, 11:44, 11:46, 11:47, 11:52, 17:1, 21:23, 22:22
- 1 Corinthians — 9:16
- Jude — 1:11
- Revelation — 8:13, 9:12, 11:14, 12:12, 18:10, 18:16, 18:19
Twelve Disciples
- The Didache — 1:5
From the same root
No other words from the same root, ΟΥ̓ΑΙ, appear in our texts.
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