אוֹי
Lamentation ; also interjectionally Oh!
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What does אוֹי (ʾôy) mean in the Bible?
אוֹי (ʾôy) is a Hebrew word meaning "lamentation ; also interjectionally Oh!". lamentation; also interjectionally Oh! The prophetic woe underscores the seriousness of divine warning and impending accountability.
Meaning
Exclamatory lament expressing grief, distress, or prophetic warning of impending judgment or calamity
lamentation; also interjectionally Oh! BDB: woe! Usage: alas, woe.
Why This Word Matters
The prophetic woe underscores the seriousness of divine warning and impending accountability. Isaiah 3:1-12
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Biblical Occurrences
Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.
Old Testament Witnesses
Showing 8 of 24 occurrences in the biblical text.