Strong's H188 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אוֹי (ʼôwy)

Pronunciation: o'-ee

Morphology: inj

Derivation: probably from אָוָה (ʼâvâh) [H183] (in the sense of crying out after);

Definition: lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!

KJV Renderings: alas, woe.

Senses

1. woe! alas! oh!
1. passionate cry of grief or despair

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.