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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H176 matches the Hebrew אַו ('av),
which occurs 44 times in 30 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 -

“Tell the Israelites: When a man or woman commits any sin against another, that person acts unfaithfully toward the LORD and is guilty.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 -

“and if a feeling of jealousy comes over the husband and he becomes jealous because of his wife who has defiled herself ​— ​or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he becomes jealous of her though she has not defiled herself ​— ​

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 -

“or when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he becomes jealous of his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest will carry out all these instructions for her.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 -

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When a man or woman makes a special vow, a Nazirite vow, to consecrate himself to the LORD,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 -

“On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 -

“Tell the Israelites: When any one of you or your descendants is unclean because of a corpse or is on a distant journey, he may still observe the Passover to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:21 -

Sometimes the cloud remained only from evening until morning; when the cloud lifted in the morning, they set out. Or if it remained a day and a night, they moved out when the cloud lifted.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 -

Whether it was two days, a month, or longer,[fn] the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud stayed over the tabernacle. But when it was lifted, they set out.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 -

The people walked around and gathered it. They ground it on a pair of grinding stones or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a pastry cooked with the finest oil.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 -

All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 -

“and you make a food offering to the LORD from the herd or flock ​— ​either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed festivals ​— ​to produce a pleasing aroma for the LORD,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5 -

“Prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering with the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:6 -

“If you prepare a grain offering with a ram, it is to be four quarts[fn] of fine flour mixed with a third of a gallon[fn] of oil.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 -

“If you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice, to fulfill a vow, or as a fellowship offering to the LORD,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11 -

“This is to be done for each ox, ram, lamb, or goat.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 -

“When an alien resides with you or someone else is among you and wants to prepare a food offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is to do exactly as you do throughout your generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 -

“However, you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 -

“Anyone in the open field who touches a person who has been killed by the sword or has died, or who even touches a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 -

“A person who is clean is to take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, a corpse, or a person who had been killed.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 -

But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 -

“If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the LORD’s command, to do anything good or bad of my own will? I will say whatever the LORD says.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 -

“When a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 -

“If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 -

“If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14 -

“If her husband says nothing at all to her from day to day, he confirms all her vows and obligations, which are binding. He has confirmed them because he said nothing to her when he heard about them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 -

“If anyone has in his hand a wooden object capable of causing death and strikes another person and he dies, the murderer must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 -

“Likewise, if anyone in hatred pushes a person or throws an object at him with malicious intent and he dies,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 -

“or if in hostility he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood is to kill the murderer when he finds him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 -

“But if anyone suddenly pushes a person without hostility or throws any object at him without malicious intent

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 -

“or without looking drops a stone that could kill a person and he dies, but he was not his enemy and didn’t intend to harm him,

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