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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 1 / 5 (Gen 24:49–Lev 11:32)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:49 - Now then, if you will deal loyally and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand or to the left."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:50 - Then Laban and Bethu'el answered, "The thing comes from the LORD; we cannot speak to you bad or good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:55 - Her brother and her mother said, "Let the maiden remain with us a while, at least ten days; after that she may go."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:43 - Then Laban answered and said to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children whom they have borne?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father, or a brother?'

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - Then the LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Who makes him dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, we pray, a three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest he fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - no hand shall touch him, but he shall be stoned or shot; whether beast or man, he shall not live.' When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's and he shall go out alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master shall bring him to God, and he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - "When men quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist and the man does not die but keeps his bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - "When a man strikes his slave, male or female, with a rod and the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - But if the slave survives a day or two, he is not to be punished; for the slave is his money.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - "When a man strikes the eye of his slave, male or female, and destroys it, he shall let the slave go free for the eye's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - If he knocks out the tooth of his slave, male or female, he shall let the slave go free for the tooth's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - "When an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - But if the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it in, and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and its owner also shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:31 - If it gores a man's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the ox gores a slave, male or female, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - "When a man leaves a pit open, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or an ass falls into it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - Or if it is known that the ox has been accustomed to gore in the past, and its owner has not kept it in, he shall pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - "If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. He shall make restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - "When a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over, or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best in his own field and in his own vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - "When fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he that kindled the fire shall make full restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - "If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep, and it is stolen out of the man's house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - "If a man delivers to his neighbor an ass or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away, without any one seeing it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - "If a man borrows anything of his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies, the owner not being with it, he shall make full restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - "If you meet your enemy's ox or his ass going astray, you shall bring it back to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place; lest they bring guilt upon themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:10 - "If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall offer a male without blemish;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:14 - "If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or of young pigeons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 3:6 - "If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:23 - if the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:28 - when the sin which he has committed is made known to him he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:1 - "If any one sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:2 - Or if any one touches an unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean beast or a carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, and it is hidden from him, and he has become unclean, he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:3 - Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort the uncleanness may be with which one becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - Or if any one utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that men swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it he shall in any of these be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:6 - and he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:7 - "But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring, as his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin which he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:11 - "But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring, as his offering for the sin which he has committed, a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, and shall put no frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:2 - "If any one sins and commits a breach of faith against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in a matter of deposit or security, or through robbery, or if he has oppressed his neighbor

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:3 - or has found what was lost and lied about it, swearing falsely--in any of all the things which men do and sin therein,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:4 - when one has sinned and become guilty, he shall restore what he took by robbery, or what he got by oppression, or the deposit which was committed to him, or the lost thing which he found,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5 - or anything about which he has sworn falsely; he shall restore it in full, and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to him to whom it belongs, on the day of his guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:16 - But if the sacrifice of his offering is a votive offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the morrow what remains of it shall be eaten,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:21 - And if any one touches an unclean thing, whether the uncleanness of man or an unclean beast or any unclean abomination, and then eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the LORD's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:32 - And anything upon which any of them falls when they are dead shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or a garment or a skin or a sack, any vessel that is used for any purpose; it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it shall be clean.

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