Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H17: אֲבוֹי

ʼăbôwy · pronounced ab-o'ee · “pain!”

Definition

want

KJV translates it as: sorrow.

Word origin: from H14 (אָבָה) (in the sense of desiring);

Extended definition

Oh!, Woe!, (exclamation of pain - indicates desire or uneasiness)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H17 is translated

  • woe! ×1

Bible verses with H17 (ʼăbôwy)

ʼăbôwy appears in 1 verse.

  • Proverbs 23:29

    Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?