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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

H176

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Strong's Number H176 matches the Hebrew אַו ('av),
which occurs 35 times in 25 verses in 'Exo' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - And Jehovah said to him, Who gave man a mouth? or who maketh dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? have not I, Jehovah?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - not a hand shall touch it, but it shall certainly be stoned, or shot through; whether it be a beast or a man, it shall not live. When the long drawn note of the trumpet soundeth, they shall come up to the mountain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - If his master have given him a wife, and she have borne 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 BoxExo 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master shall bring him before the judges, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall be his bondman for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - And if men dispute, and one strike the other with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but take to his bed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - Only, if he continue to live a day or two days, he shall not be avenged; for he is his money.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - And if he knock out his bondman's tooth or his handmaid's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - And if an ox gore a man or a woman, so that they die, then the ox shall certainly be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be guiltless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - But if the ox have gored heretofore, and it have been testified to its owner, and he have not kept it in, and it kill 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 BoxExo 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:31 - Whether it gore a son or gore a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - -- And if a man open a pit, or if a man dig a pit, and do not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall into it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - Or if it be known that the ox have gored heretofore, and its owner have not kept him in, he shall in any case restore ox for ox; and the dead shall be his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall restore five oxen for the ox, and four sheep for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and put in his cattle, and pasture in another man's field, of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard shall he make it good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - -- If fire break out, and seize the thorns, and the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field be consumed, he that kindled the fire shall fully make it good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - -- If a man deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him restore double;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any cattle, to keep, and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, and no man see it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - -- And if a man borrow anything of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, its owner not being with it, he shall fully make it good;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - -- If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt certainly bring it back to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - And they shall be upon Aaron and his sons when they enter into the tent of meeting, or when they come near to the altar to serve in the sanctuary; that they may not bear iniquity and die -- an everlasting statute for him and his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - When they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they may not die; or when they come near to the altar to serve, to burn an offering by fire to Jehovah.
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