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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 2 / 5 (Lev 12:6–Lev 25:47)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:6 - ‘When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or H176 for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or H176 a turtledove for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:7 - ‘Then he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the [fn]flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or H176 a female.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 12:8 - ‘But if [fn]she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or H176 two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:2 - “When a man has on the skin of his [fn]body a swelling or H176 a scab or H176 a bright spot, and it becomes [fn]an infection of leprosy on the skin of his [fn]body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or H176 to one of his sons the priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:16 - “Or H176 if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:19 - and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or H176 a reddish-white, bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:24 - “Or H176 if the [fn]body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or H176 white,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:29 - “Now if a man or H176 woman has an infection on the head or H176 on the beard,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:30 - then the priest shall look at the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and there is thin yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale, it is leprosy of the head or H176 of the beard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:38 - “When a man or H176 a woman has bright spots on the skin of the [fn]body, even white bright spots,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:42 - “But if on the bald head or H176 the bald forehead, there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or H176 on his bald forehead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:43 - “Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or H176 on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the [fn]body,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:47 - “When a garment has a [fn]mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or H176 a linen garment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:48

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:48 - whether H176 in [fn]warp or H176 woof, of linen or H176 of wool, whether H176 in leather or H176 in any article made of leather,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:49 - if the mark is greenish or H176 reddish in the garment or H176 in the leather, or H176 in the [fn]warp or H176 in the woof, or H176 in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:51 - “He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether H176 in the warp or H176 in the woof, or H176 in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a [fn]leprous malignancy, it is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:52 - “So he shall burn the garment, whether H176 the warp or H176 the woof, in wool or H176 in linen, or H176 any article of leather in which the mark occurs, for it is a [fn]leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:53 - “But if the priest shall look, and indeed the mark has not spread in the garment, either H176 in the warp or H176 in the woof, or H176 in any article of leather,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:55 - “After the article with the mark has been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the top or H176 on the front of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:56 - “Then if the priest looks, and if the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or H176 out of the leather, whether H176 from the warp or H176 from the woof;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:57

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:57 - and if it appears again in the garment, whether H176 in the warp or H176 in the woof, or H176 in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:58

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:58 - “The garment, whether H176 the warp or H176 the woof, or H176 any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, it shall then be washed a second time and will be clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:59

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:59 - This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or H176 linen, whether H176 in the warp or H176 in the woof, or H176 in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or H176 unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:22 - and two turtledoves or H176 two young pigeons which [fn]are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:30 - “He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or H176 young pigeons, [fn]which are within his means.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 14:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:37 - “So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or H176 reddish depressions and appears deeper than the [fn]surface,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:3 - ‘This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or H176 whether his body obstructs its discharge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:14 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or H176 two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:23 - ‘Whether it be on the bed or H176 on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:25 - ‘Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or H176 if she has a discharge beyond [fn]that period, all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though [fn]in her menstrual impurity; she is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 15:29 - ‘Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or H176 two young pigeons and bring them in to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:3 - “Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or H176 a lamb or H176 a goat in the camp, or H176 who slaughters it outside the camp,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:8 - “Then you shall say to them, ‘Any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or H176 sacrifice,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:13 - “So when any man from the sons of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, [fn]in hunting catches a beast or H176 a bird which may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:9 - ‘The nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or H176 your mother’s daughter, whether born at home or H176 born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 18:10 - ‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter or H176 your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for [fn]their nakedness is yours.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - ‘Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - ‘If there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or H176 his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 20:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:27 - ‘Now a man or H176 a woman who is a medium or H176 a [fn]spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:18 - ‘For no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or H176 a lame man, or H176 he who has a [fn]disfigured face, or H176 any deformed limb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:19 - or H176 a man who has a broken foot or H176 broken hand,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 21:20 - or H176 a hunchback or H176 a dwarf, or H176 one who has a [fn]defect in his eye or H176 eczema or H176 scabs or H176 crushed testicles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:4 - ‘No man of the [fn]descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or H176 who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or H176 if a man has a seminal emission,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:5 - or H176 if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or H176 any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:21 - ‘When a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to [fn]fulfill a special vow or H176 for a freewill offering, of the herd or H176 of the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:22 - ‘Those that are blind or H176 fractured or H176 maimed or H176 having a running sore or H176 eczema or H176 scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:27 - “When an ox or H176 a sheep or H176 a goat is born, it shall [fn]remain seven days [fn]with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:28 - “But, whether it is an ox or H176 a sheep, you shall not kill both it and its young in one day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:14 - ‘If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or H176 buy from your friend’s hand, you shall not wrong one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:47 - ‘Now if the [fn]means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a [fn]countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or H176 to the descendants of a stranger’s family,

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