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Lexicon :: Strong's H176 - 'av

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אַו
Transliteration
'av
Pronunciation
o
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Part of Speech
conjunction
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TWOT Reference: 36

Strong’s Definitions

אוֹ ʼôw, o; presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ʼav ; short for H185; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if:—also, and, either, if, at the least, × nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 261x

The KJV translates Strong's H176 in the following manner: also (1x), and (2x), at the least (1x), either (7x), if (1x), nor (2x), or (236x), Or if (2x), Otherwise (1x), should (1x), whether (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 261x
The KJV translates Strong's H176 in the following manner: also (1x), and (2x), at the least (1x), either (7x), if (1x), nor (2x), or (236x), Or if (2x), Otherwise (1x), should (1x), whether (7x).

  1. or, rather

    1. implying that the latter choice is preferred

    2. or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle

    3. (in series) either...or, whether...or

    4. if perchance

    5. except, or else

  2. whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוֹ ʼôw, o; presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ʼav ; short for H185; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if:—also, and, either, if, at the least, × nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
STRONGS H176: Abbreviations
אוֺ 320 (أَوْ, vaf , ኦው፡), conjunction or (whether aut or vel).
1. Genesis 24:49; Genesis 31:43; Exodus 4:11; Songs 2:9; Leviticus 13:24; Numbers 5:30 + often (especially in laws); sometimes implying a preference, nearly = or rather Genesis 24:55 יָמִים אוֺ עָשׂוֺר a few days or ten Judges 18:19; 1 Samuel 29:3. Prefixed to the first as well as to the second alternative (rare) either (whether)... or Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 13:48, 51; = or, if not Ezekiel 21:15 (si vera lectio) Ke Malachi 2:17; Job 16:3; Job 22:11.
2. introducing a sentence, especially a particular case under a general principle, or = or if Exodus 21:31 אוֺ־בֵן יִגַּח וג׳ or if he gore a son, etc. Exodus 21:36; Leviticus 4:23, 28 (see Di) Leviticus 5:21 [Leviticus 6:2]; Leviticus 5:22 [Leviticus 6:3]; Leviticus 25:49b; Numbers 5:14; 2 Samuel 18:13 or if I had dealt falsely against his life, then, etc., Ezekiel 14:17, 19 or if I send, etc.
3. if perchance, 1 Samuel 20:10 if perchance thy father answer thee with something hard, Leviticus 26:41.
4. once, with the jussive (as in Arabic with the subjunctive see Dr§ 175) = except: Isaiah 27:5 I would burn them together, אוֺ יַחֲזֵק בְּמָעֻזִּי or else let him take hold (= except he take hold) of my strong-hold, etc.

[אַו] noun masculine construct אוֺ, Kt Proverbs 31:4 desire, so Thes MV; but < Qr אֵי which see H335.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

24:49; 24:55; 31:43

Exodus

4:11; 21:31; 21:36

Leviticus

4:23; 4:28; 5:1; 6:2; 6:3; 13:24; 13:48; 13:51; 25:49; 26:41

Numbers

5:14; 5:30

Judges

18:19

1 Samuel

20:10; 29:3

2 Samuel

18:13

Job

16:3; 22:11

Proverbs

31:4

Song of Songs

2:9

Isaiah

27:5

Ezekiel

14:17; 14:19; 21:15

Malachi

2:17

H176

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Strong's Number H176 matches the Hebrew אַו ('av),
which occurs 321 times in 218 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Lev 25:49–Deu 19:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or H176 his uncle or H176 his uncle’s son may redeem him, or H176 one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or H176 [fn]if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - I also was walking in hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or H176 if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make up for their iniquity,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - ‘He shall not replace it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or H176 a bad for a good; or if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, ‘When a man or H176 woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against Yahweh, and that person is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - [fn]if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife and she has defiled herself, or H176 if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife but she has not defiled herself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or H176 when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before Yahweh, and the priest shall apply all this law to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or H176 woman makes a [fn]special vow, the vow of a [fn]Nazirite, to dedicate himself as a Nazirite to Yahweh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or H176 two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or H176 of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead [fn]person, or H176 is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:21 - If [fn]sometimes the cloud [fn]remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or H176 if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether H176 it was two days or H176 a month or H176 a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, dwelling above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people would go about and gather it and grind it [fn]between two millstones or H176 beat it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste was as the taste of [fn]cakes baked with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or H176 would that we had died in this wilderness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - then make an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering or H176 a sacrifice to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or H176 as a freewill offering or H176 in your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to Yahweh, from the herd or H176 from the flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5 - and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one-fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or H176 for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:6 - ‘Or H176 for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - ‘And when you prepare a bull from the herd as a burnt offering or H176 a sacrifice, to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or H176 for peace offerings to Yahweh,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11 -

‘Thus it shall be done for each ox, or H176 for each ram, or H176 for each of the male lambs, or H176 of the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - ‘And if a sojourner sojourns with you, or H176 one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he [fn]offers an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to Yahweh, just as you do so he shall do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “But the firstborn of an ox or H176 the firstborn of a sheep or H176 the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall splash their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - ‘Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or H176 who has died naturally, or H176 a human bone or H176 a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - ‘And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on the one who touched the bone or H176 the one slain or H176 the one dying naturally or H176 the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - And Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or H176 great, to trespass the [fn]command of Yahweh my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything to trespass the [fn]command of Yahweh, either good or H176 bad, of my own [fn]accord. What Yahweh speaks, that I will speak’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - “If a man makes a vow to Yahweh or H176 swears an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 -

“However, if she should [fn]marry while [fn]under her vows or H176 the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - “However, if she vowed in her husband’s house or H176 bound herself by an obligation with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14 - “But if her husband indeed says nothing to her from day to day, then he causes all her vows or H176 all her obligations which are on her to stand; he has caused them to stand because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or H176 if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - ‘And if he pushed him of hatred or H176 threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or H176 if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 -

‘But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity or H176 threw something at him without lying in wait,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or H176 with any stone—by which one might die, yet without seeing—and it fell upon him, and he died, but he was not his enemy nor seeking his injury,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - lest you act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or H176 female,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 -

“Indeed, ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the day that God created [fn]man on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or H176 has anything been heard like it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or H176 has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation with trials, with signs and wonders and with war and with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terrors, [fn]as Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 -

“[fn]If a prophet or H176 a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or H176 a wonder,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or H176 that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you to find out if you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - “But that prophet or H176 that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death because he has [fn]counseled [fn]rebellion against Yahweh your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, to drive you from the way in which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 -

“If your brother, your mother’s son, or H176 your son or H176 daughter, or H176 the wife [fn]you cherish, or H176 your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7 - of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or H176 far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end),

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your gates, so that he may eat it, or H176 you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 -

“If your brother, a Hebrew man or H176 woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall [fn]let him go to be free from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - “But if it has any defect, such as lameness or H176 blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 -

“If there is found in your midst, in any of your gates of the towns which Yahweh your God is giving you, a man or H176 a woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, by trespassing against His covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or H176 the moon or H176 any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:5 - then you shall bring out that man or H176 that woman who has done this evil deed to your gates, that is, the man or H176 the woman, and you shall stone them, and they will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “On the mouth of two witnesses or H176 three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the mouth of one witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - “And the man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the priest who stands there to minister to Yahweh your God, or H176 to the judge, that man shall die; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 -

“A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin [fn]which he has committed; at the mouth of two or H176 three witnesses a matter shall be established.


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