particle
ō
Greekὦ (ō)
Strong’sG5599
O, an exclamation
stem ō-17 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
ὦ
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5599 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saido
as a sign of the vocative case, O; as a note of exclamation, oh
Froma primary interjection;
King JamesO.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Words built on the same stem
Where it appears
17 occurrences, every one of them listed
Ō9×
Matthew 15:28“o”tote apokriniratos tos Iēsus legata auta; Ō gunaikar, megas su tas pistias; ginitar si hōs thelasō. kai iita tas thugatēras autau apo tau hōrau ekeinau.“O woman,” Jesus answered, “your faith is great! Let it be done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.
Matthew 17:17“o”apokriniratos de tos Iēsus legata; Ō genear apistar kai diastrefirētar, heōs pote meta vu emi? heōs pote anechemi vu? feravōr mi auton hōde.“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
Mark 9:19“o”tos de apokriniratos autoi legatō; Ō genear apistar, heōs pote pros vin emi? heōs pote anechemi vu? feravōr auton pros min.“O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”
Luke 9:41“o”apokriniratos de tos Iēsus legata; Ō genear apistar kai diastrefirētar, heōs pote emi pros vin kai anechemi vu? prosagasar hōde ton huion su.“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
Luke 24:25“o”kai autos legata pros autoin; Ō anoētoir kai braduoir ta kardia teu pisteuarō epi pantei hei lalala tois profētois;Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Acts 13:10“o”legata; Ō plēror pantou dolou kai pantau radiourgiau, huior diabolou, echthror pantau dikaiosunau, ouk pauesi diastrefarōtos tain hodain kuriou tain euthuain?and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
Romans 11:33“oh”Ō bathem ploutou kai sofiau kai gnōsiau theou; hōs anexeraunēteim teim krimeim autou kai anexichniastais tais hodais autou.O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!
Galatians 3:1“o”Ō anoētoir Galatoir, tinos vin baskainata, hoi kata ofthalmoin Iēsus Christos prografita staurirētos?O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.
1 Timothy 6:20“o”Ō Timotheor, tan parathēkan fulassasar, ektreperōtos tain bebēlain kenofōniain kai antithesiain tau pseudōnumau gnōsiau,O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you. Avoid irreverent, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of so-called “knowledge,”
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Acts 1:1“o”Ton men prōton logon poiema peri panteiu, ō Theofilor, heiu archeta tos Iēsus poiarō tē kai didaskarōIn my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach,
Acts 18:14“o”mellarōtou de tou Paulou anoigarō tem stomem legata tos Galliōnos pros toin Ioudaioin; Ei men ate adikēmem tinem ē radiourgēmem ponērem, ō Ioudaioir, kata logon an anechema vu;But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio told the Jews, “If this matter involved a wrongdoing or vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to hear your complaint.
Acts 27:21“o”Pollau tē asitiau huparcharōtau tote histaniratos tos Paulos en mese autoiu legata; Date men, ō anēroir, peitharcharatoin mi mē anagirō apo tau Krētau kerdainara tē tan hubrian houtan kai tan zēmian.After the men had gone a long time without food, Paul stood up among them and said, “Men, you should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete. Then you would have averted this disaster and loss.
Romans 2:1“o”Dio anapologētos asō, ō anthrōpor pantor tor krinarōtor; en he gar krinasō ton heteron, siauton katakrinasō, teim gar auteim prassasō tos krinarōtos;You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on another. For on whatever grounds you judge the other, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things.
Romans 2:3“o”logizesō de houtem, ō anthrōpor tor krinarōtor toin teim toiouteim prassarōtoin kai poiarōtor auteim, hoti sis ekfeugesi tem krimem tou theou?So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?
Romans 9:20“o”ō anthrōpor, menounge sis tinos asō tos antapokrinerōtos to theo? mē legati tem plasmem to plassarato Tinem min poiasa houtōs?But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, “Why did You make me like this?”
1 Timothy 6:11“o”Sis de, ō anthrōpor theou, houteim feugasōr; diōkasōr de dikaiosunan, eusebeian, pistian, agapan, hupomonan, praupathian.But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
James 2:20“o”thelasō de gnōskara, ō anthrōpor kenor, hoti tas pistias chōris teiu ergeiu argas atō?O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?