Definition

lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!

Etymology

probably from H183 (אָוָה) (in the sense of crying out after);

Word family

• אָוָה ʼâvâh

How the KJV renders it

• alas
• woe

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.