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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 34 times in 24 verses in 'Deu' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - lest you act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or H176 female,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 -

“Indeed, ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the day that God created [fn]man on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or H176 has anything been heard like it?

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or H176 has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation with trials, with signs and wonders and with war and with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terrors, [fn]as Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 -

[fn]If a prophet or H176 a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or H176 a wonder,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or H176 that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you to find out if you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - “But that prophet or H176 that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death because he has [fn]counseled [fn]rebellion against Yahweh your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, to drive you from the way in which Yahweh your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 -

“If your brother, your mother’s son, or H176 your son or H176 daughter, or H176 the wife [fn]you cherish, or H176 your friend who is as your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7 - of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or H176 far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end),
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the sojourner who is within your gates, so that he may eat it, or H176 you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 -

“If your brother, a Hebrew man or H176 woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall [fn]let him go to be free from you.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - “But if it has any defect, such as lameness or H176 blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 -

“If there is found in your midst, in any of your gates of the towns which Yahweh your God is giving you, a man or H176 a woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God, by trespassing against His covenant,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or H176 the moon or H176 any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:5 - then you shall bring out that man or H176 that woman who has done this evil deed to your gates, that is, the man or H176 the woman, and you shall stone them, and they will die.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “On the mouth of two witnesses or H176 three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the mouth of one witness.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - “And the man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the priest who stands there to minister to Yahweh your God, or H176 to the judge, that man shall die; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 -

“A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin [fn]which he has committed; at the mouth of two or H176 three witnesses a matter shall be established.

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.
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