Dictionary entry

οὐαί

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

οὐαί,

interj. of grief or denunciation,

[in LXX for הוֹי, אוֹי etc.;]

alas! woe! most freq. c. dat. pers.. Mt 11:2123:14, Mk 13:1714:21, Lk 6:24-26, Ju 11, al.; c. vocat. (nom.), Re 18:10, 16, 19 (cf. Is 1:24, al.); c. acc., Re 12:12, seq. ἐκ, 8:13; c. dat. seq. ἀπό (v. M, Pr., 246), Mt 18:7. As subst., I Co 9:16 (cf. Je 6:4); ἡ οὐ., Re 9:1211:14; pl., Re 9:12; οὐ., οὐ., οὐ., Re 8:13.