Strong’s G5599 · Greek

ō

Definition

as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh

Etymology

a primary interjection;

Where the KJV renders it

  • O

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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