- Original: אוי - Transliteration: 'owy - Phonetic: o'-ee - Definition: 1. woe! alas! oh! a. passionate cry of grief or despair - Origin: probably from H183 (in the sense of crying out after) - TWOT entry: 42 - Part(s) of speech: Interjection - Strong's: Probably from H183 (in the sense of crying out after); lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!: - alas woe. Total KJV Occurrences: 24 • Alas, 1 Numbers 24:23 • woe, 23 Numbers 21:29; 1 Samuel 4:7; 1 Samuel 4:8; Proverbs 23:29; Isaiah 3:9; Isaiah 3:11; Isaiah 6:5; Isaiah 24:16; Jeremiah 4:13; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 10:19; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 15:10; Jeremiah 45:3; Jeremiah 48:46; Lamentations 5:16; Ezekiel 16:23(2); Ezekiel 24:6; Ezekiel 24:9; Hosea 7:13; Hosea 9:12