woe Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
woe in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
WOE . Num 21:29. This term often denotes a feeling of compassion or sympathy, Matt 24:19, or a simple lamentation as, "Alas for me!" Ps 120:5. In other connections it is equivalent to the threatening of punishment. Hab 2:6, Gal 1:9, 2 Sam 20:15, Acts 1:19; Zech 11:17.