DMS_GL_my_tw/bible/kt/woe/01.md

# woe

## Definition

The term "woe" refers to a feeling of great distress or signals a warning that someone will experience severe trouble.

* The phrase "woe to" is followed by a warning to a person or group of people (as in a city) that they will experience suffering as punishment for their sins.
* In several places in the Bible, the word "woe" is repeated, to emphasize an especially terrible judgment.
* The phrase "woe is me" or "woe to me" expresses sorrow because of severe suffering that someone is experiencing.


## Translation Suggestions



* Depending on the context, the term "woe" could also be translated as "great sorrow" or "sadness" or "calamity" or "disaster."
* Other ways to translate the phrase, "Woe to