Occurrences
ʼôwy occurs 24 times in 23 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (2), 1 Samuel (2), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (8), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (3), Hosea (2)
- Numbers 21:29 — Woe (אוֹי) to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.
- Numbers 24:23 — And he took up his parable, and said, Alas (א֕וֹי), who shall live when God doeth this!
- 1 Samuel 4:7 — And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe (א֣וֹי) unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
- 1 Samuel 4:8 — Woe (א֣וֹי) unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
- Proverbs 23:29 — Who hath woe (א֥וֹי)? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?
- Isaiah 3:9 — The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe (א֣וֹי) unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.
- Isaiah 3:11 — Woe (א֖וֹי) unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Isaiah 6:5 — Then said I, Woe (אֽוֹי) is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
- Isaiah 24:16 — From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe (א֣וֹי) unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously.
- Jeremiah 4:13 — Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe (א֥וֹי) unto us! for we are spoiled.
- Jeremiah 4:31 — For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe (אֽוֹי) is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers.
- Jeremiah 6:4 — Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe (א֥וֹי) unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.
- Jeremiah 10:19 — Woe (א֥וֹי) is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.
- Jeremiah 13:27 — I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe (א֥וֹי) unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?
- Jeremiah 15:10 — Woe (אֽוֹי) is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
- Jeremiah 45:3 — Thou didst say, Woe (אֽוֹי) is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
- Jeremiah 48:46 — Woe (אוֹי) be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives.
- Lamentations 5:16 — The crown is fallen from our head: woe (אֽוֹי) unto us, that we have sinned!
- Ezekiel 16:23 — And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe (א֣וֹי), woe unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
- Ezekiel 16:23 — And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe (א֣וֹי) unto thee! saith the Lord GOD;)
- Ezekiel 24:6 — Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe (אוֹי֮) to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.
- Ezekiel 24:9 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe (א֖וֹי) to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great.
- Hosea 7:13 — Woe (א֤וֹי) unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
- Hosea 9:12 — Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe (א֥וֹי) also to them when I depart from them!