Luke 21:23:1Luke.21.23.W1TAB
οὐαὶ
ouai
“woe”
- Transliteration
- ou-AI
- Extended
- oo-AI
- IPA
- /uːˈai/
Meaning by language
- English
- woe
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Alphabet Analysis
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ou-AI
- sentence
ou-AI tais en gas-TRI e-KHOU-sais kai tais thê-la-DZOU-sais en e-KEI-nais tais hê-ME-rais ES-tai gar a-NAN-gkê me-GA-lê e-PI tês gês kai or-GÊ tôi la-ÔI TOU-tôi
Exegesis
The verse opens with ouai {οὐαί | ouaí} ‘woe’, a prophetic lament formula that frames the whole saying as a warning of coming misery.
In context — Luke 21:23
Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing in those days, for there will be great distress on the land and wrath on this people.
About this coordinate
Luke 21:23:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Luke 21:23, so the Greek word οὐαὶ (ouai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.21.23.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.21.23.W1.S1) and character.