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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 Box Exo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - And Yahweh said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or H176 who makes him mute or H176 deaf, or H176 seeing or H176 blind? Is it not I, Yahweh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days’ journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to Yahweh our God, lest He confront us with pestilence or H176 with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - ‘No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or H176 surely [fn]shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live.’ When the ram’s horn 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 H176 daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out [fn]alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master shall bring him to [fn]God, and he shall bring him to the door or H176 the doorpost. Then his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 -

“And if men contend with each other and one strikes the other with a stone or H176 with his fist, and he does not die but [fn]remains in bed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 -

“And if a man strikes his male or H176 female slave with a rod and he dies [fn]at his hand, he shall surely [fn]be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - “But if for a day or H176 two he is able to stand, no punishment shall be taken; for he is his [fn]property.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 -

“And if a man strikes the eye of his male or H176 female slave and ruins it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - “And if he [fn]knocks out a tooth of his male or H176 female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 -

“And if an ox gores a man or H176 a woman [fn]to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - “If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it puts a man or H176 a woman to death, 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 - “Whether H176 it gores a son or H176 [fn]a daughter, it shall be done to him according to [fn]the same judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - “If the ox gores a male or H176 female slave, [fn]the owner shall give his or her master [fn]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 -

“And if a man opens a pit, or H176 if a man digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or H176 a donkey falls into it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - “Or H176 if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 -

“[fn]If a man steals an ox or H176 a sheep and slaughters it or H176 sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 -

“If a man lets a field or H176 vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man’s field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 -

“If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or H176 the standing grain or H176 the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 -

“If a man gives his neighbor money or H176 goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is [fn]caught, he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 -

“If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or H176 any animal to keep for him, and it dies or H176 is injured or H176 is driven away while no one is looking,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 -

“If a man [fn]borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or H176 dies while its owner is not 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 H176 his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - “They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tent of meeting or H176 when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur [fn]guilt and die. It shall be a perpetual statute to him and to his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - when they come into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or H176 when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to Yahweh.
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