ὦ ō

Greek word for “oh!” · Strong’s G5599 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

ὦ; interj., with vocat.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ō in context, with how often each is used:

• o 17

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Romans 2 (2), 1 Timothy 6 (2), Matthew 15 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Mark 9 (1), Luke 9 (1), Luke 24 (1), Acts 1 (1), Acts 13 (1), Acts 18 (1)

Forms

• ὦ 14
• Ὦ 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀνέχω anechō “to endure” 4
• διαστρέφω diastrephō “to pervert” 3
• πότε pote “when?” 3
• ἄπιστος apistos “unbelieving” 3
• γενεά genea “generation” 3
• ἀνόητος anoētos “foolish” 2
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 4
• ἕως heōs “until” 3
• μέν men “on the other hand” 3
• κρίμα krima “judgment” 2
• γνῶσις gnōsis “knowledge” 2
• πράσσω prassō “to do/require” 2

Key verses

The verses using ō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 15:28 — Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
• Matthew 17:17 — Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
• Mark 9:19 — He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
• Luke 9:41 — And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
• Luke 24:25 — Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
• Acts 13:10 — And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of…
• Romans 2:1 — Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest…
• Romans 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
• Romans 11:33 — O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
• Galatians 3:1 — O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among…
• 1 Timothy 6:11 — But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
• 1 Timothy 6:20 — O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.