Hebrew word study

אוֹיʼôwy — lamentation

Pronounced “o'-ee”

lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!

Translated in the King James as: alas, woe.

Appears 24 times in Scripture

Origin: probably from H183 (אָוָה) (in the sense of crying out after);

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Where it appears

Numbers — 2×
Numbers 21:29Numbers 24:23
1 Samuel — 2×
1 Sam 4:71 Sam 4:8
Proverbs — 1×
Proverbs 23:29
Isaiah — 4×
Isaiah 3:9Isaiah 3:11Isaiah 6:5Isaiah 24:16
Jeremiah — 8×
Jeremiah 4:13Jeremiah 4:31Jeremiah 6:4Jeremiah 10:19Jeremiah 13:27Jeremiah 15:10Jeremiah 45:3Jeremiah 48:46
Lamentations — 1×
Lam 5:16
Ezekiel — 4×
Ezekiel 16:23Ezekiel 24:6Ezekiel 24:9+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Hosea — 2×
Hosea 7:13Hosea 9:12

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