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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Page 4 / 5 (Deu 22:1–Ecc 11:6)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 -

“You shall not see your brother’s ox or H176 his sheep straying away and [fn]ignore them; you shall certainly bring them back to your brother.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4 - “You shall not see your brother’s donkey or H176 his ox fallen down on the way and [fn]ignore them; you shall certainly help him to raise them up.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 -

“If you happen to come upon a bird’s nest along the way, in any tree or H176 on the ground, with young ones or H176 eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or H176 on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:3 - and if the latter husband [fn]turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or H176 if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 -

“You shall not oppress a hired person who is afflicted and needy, whether he is one of your brothers or H176 one of your sojourners who is in your land within your gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 -

‘Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or H176 the daughter of his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - lest there be among you a man or H176 woman, or H176 family or H176 tribe, whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - Then they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up; only about two or H176 three thousand men need go up to strike down Ai; do not have all the people toil up there, for they are few.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 -

Then Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah. And behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or H176 daughter.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said to him, “Be silent; put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man or H176 to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - Then he said to his young man, “Come and let us draw near to one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or H176 Ramah.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - “And it will be when their fathers or H176 their brothers come to contend with us, that we shall say to them, ‘Be gracious to us concerning them because we did not take for each man of Benjamin [fn]a wife in the battle, [fn]and you did not give your daughters to them; otherwise you would now be guilty.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:14 - Then he would thrust it into the pan or H176 kettle or H176 caldron or H176 pot; all that the fork would bring up the priest would take for himself. Thus they would do in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 -

Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make [fn]swords or H176 spears.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 -

Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, “Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps Yahweh will work for us, for Yahweh is not restrained to save by many or H176 by few.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And he said to him, “Far from it, you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or H176 small without revealing it in my ear. So why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me [fn]if H176 your father answers you harshly?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:3 - “So now, what [fn]do you have on hand? Give five loaves of bread into my hand, or H176 whatever can be found.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 -

And David said to Ahimelech, “Now is there not a spear or H176 a sword [fn]on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons in my hand because the king’s matter was urgent.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I just begin to ask of God on his behalf today? Far be it from me! Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any of the household of my father, for your servant knows nothing small or great of this whole affair.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10 - David also said, “As Yahweh lives, surely Yahweh will smite him, or H176 his day will come that he dies, or H176 he will go down into battle and be swept away.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then the commanders of the Philistines said, “What are these Hebrews doing here?” And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, “Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or H176 rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he [fn]deserted to me to this day?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - So Abner said to him, “[fn]Turn to your right or H176 to your left, and seize one of the young men for yourself, and take for yourself his spoil.” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - Then all the people came to [fn]persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David swore an oath, saying, “May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or H176 anything else before the sun goes down.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the [fn]caves or H176 in another place; and it will be [fn]when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:13 - “Otherwise H176, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 -

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and give them over to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or H176 near;

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - Now it happened that as the king was passing by, he cried out to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or H176 else you shall pay a [fn]talent of silver.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:6 - So he said to her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Give me your vineyard for money; or H176 else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.’ But he said, ‘I will not give you my vineyard.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - Then they said to him, “Behold now, there are with your servants fifty excellent men, please let them go and search for your master, lest the Spirit of Yahweh has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or H176 into some valley.” And he said, “You shall not send.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have been [fn]careful for us with all this [fn]care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or H176 to the commander of the army?’” And she [fn]answered, “I live among my own people.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - He said, “[fn]If Yahweh does not save you, from where shall I save you? From the threshing floor, or H176 from the wine press?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - So the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or H176 six times, then you would have struck Aram until you would have consumed it. But now you shall strike Aram only three times.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 -

“When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and give them over to an enemy, so that [fn]they take them away captive to a land far off or H176 near,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:15 -

Or H176 with princes who had gold,

Who were filling their houses with silver.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 -

“Or H176 why was I not like a miscarriage hidden away,

As infants that never saw light?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 -

“Or H176 muse to the earth, and let it instruct you;

And let the fish of the sea recount it to you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:22 -

“Then call, and I will answer;

Or H176 let me speak, then respond to me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:3 -

“Is there no end to windy words?

Or H176 what pains you that you answer?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 -

Or H176 darkness, so that you cannot see,

And an abundance of water covers you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:7 -

“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him,

Or H176 what does He receive from your hand?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 -

Who set its measurements? Since you know.

Or H176 who stretched the line on it?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 -

“On what were its bases sunk?

Or H176 who laid its cornerstone,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 -

“Has the rain a father?

Or H176 who has begotten the drops of dew?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 -

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,

Or H176 loose the cords of Orion?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 -

“Who has given wisdom in the [fn]innermost being

Or H176 given understanding to the [fn]mind?

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31 -

The [fn]strutting rooster, the male goat also H176,

And a king when his army is with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 -

It is not for kings, O Lemuel,

It is not for kings to drink wine,

Or for rulers to desire strong drink,

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be a wise man or H176 a man of simpleminded folly? Yet he will have [fn]power over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored and for which I have acted wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 -

Sow your seed in the morning and do not put your hands down in the evening, for you do not know whether [fn]morning or H176 evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.


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