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G3758 οὐά (ouá)
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Quick Definition

οὐά Ij. ah!, aha!

Strong's Definition

a primary exclamation of surprise; "ah"

KJV Usage: ah

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

intj.

33.411 · Communication · Mock, Ridicule

aha an exclamation of mocking and ridicule Almost all languages have interjections or exclamatory expressions indicating ridicule. If such does not exist in a language, one can always translate this expression in MRK 15:29 as ‘now what about you, you who are going to destroy the sanctuary and in three days build it up again!’

MRK 15:29

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

οὐά oua 1x

expressive of insult and derision, Ah! Ah!, Mk. 15:29*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† οὐά, interj. of wonder or irony, ah! ha!: Mk 15:29.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

οὐά. For this interjection denoting wonder real or ironical (Mk 157%), not commiseration, as ovat (g.v.), cf. Epict. ili. 23. 24 ἐπαίνεσόν pe. . . εἰπέ μοι ‘ova’ καὶ “θαυμαστῶς, οὐαί. This word, which is not found in class. Greek, but is common in the LXX and NT, occurs in a farce of date rather earlier than the Roman period, P Oxy III. 413!4f oval cot, ταλαίπωρε, ἄκληρε, ἀϊλγ]εινέ, ἀναφρόδιτε' otal σοι" οὐαί μοι, ““Νῆος to thee wretched, hapless, miserable, loveless one! Woe to you, woe to me!” (Edd.). Cf. also Epict. ili. 19. I, 22. 32 ovat por.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

οὐά (oua) — aha!. οὐά or οὐᾶ, Latin vah! exclamation of admiration, or of astonishment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of irony, [NT]

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