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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 321 times in 218 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Lev 25:49–Deu 19:15)

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or H176 his uncle, or H176 his uncle’s son may redeem him, or H176 one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or H176 [fn]if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies—or H176 if their uncircumcised heart is humbled so that they then make amends for their wrongdoing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - ‘He shall not replace it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or H176 a bad for a good; yet if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Speak to the sons of Israel: ‘When a man or H176 woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against the LORD, and that person is guilty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - [fn]if [fn]an attitude of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself, or H176 if [fn]an attitude of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or H176 when [fn]an attitude of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest shall apply all of this law to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When a man or H176 woman makes [fn]a special vow, namely, the vow of a [fn]Nazirite, to live as a Nazirite for the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or H176 two young doves to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - “Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If any one of you or H176 of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead [fn]person, or H176 is on a distant journey, he may, however, celebrate the Passover to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:21 - If [fn]sometimes the cloud [fn]remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning they would set out; or H176 if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether H176 it was two days, a month, or H176 a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people would roam about and gather it and grind it [fn]between two millstones, or H176 pound it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make loaves with it; and its taste was like the taste of [fn]cake baked with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the entire congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or H176 even if we had died in this wilderness!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - and you make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering or H176 a sacrifice to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or H176 as a [fn]voluntary offering or H176 at your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to the LORD from the herd or H176 from the flock,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5 - and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, a fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or H176 for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:6 - ‘Or H176 for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - ‘And when you prepare a bull as a burnt offering or H176 a sacrifice, to [fn]fulfill a special vow, or H176 for peace offerings to the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11 -

‘This is how it shall be done for each ox, or H176 for each ram, or H176 for each of the male lambs, or H176 of the goats.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - ‘Now if a stranger resides among you, or H176 one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he wants to make an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD, just as you do so shall he do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “But the firstborn of an ox, the firstborn of a sheep, or H176 the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - ‘Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been killed with a sword or H176 one who has died naturally, or H176 touches a human bone or H176 a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - ‘And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the furnishings, on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or H176 the one who was killed or H176 the one who died naturally, or H176 the grave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or H176 great, contrary to the [fn]command of the LORD my God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the [fn]command of the LORD, either good or H176 bad, of my own [fn]accord. What the LORD speaks, I will [fn]speak’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - “If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or H176 takes an oath to [fn]put himself under a binding obligation, he shall not break his word; he shall act in accordance with everything that comes out of his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 -

“However, if she happens to [fn]marry while [fn]under her vows or H176 the impulsive statement of her lips by which she has obligated herself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - “However, if a married woman vowed in her husband’s house, or H176 put herself under a binding obligation with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14 - “But if her husband in fact says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or H176 all her binding obligations which are on her; he has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or H176 if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he would die, and as a result he did die, he is a murderer; the murderer must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - ‘Now if he pushed him in hatred, or H176 he threw something at him [fn]with malicious intent, and as a result he died,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or H176 if he struck him with his hand with hostility, and as a result he died, the one who struck him must be put to death; he is a murderer. The blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 -

‘But if he pushed him suddenly, without hostility, or H176 threw any object at him without [fn]malicious intent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 35:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or H176 had any [fn]deadly stone, and without looking he dropped it on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor was he seeking [fn]to harm him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - so that you do not act corruptly and make a carved image for yourselves in the form of any figure, a representation of male or H176 female,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 -

“Indeed, ask now about the earlier days that were [fn]before your time, since the day that God created [fn]mankind 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?

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:34

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:1

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or H176 dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - “But that prophet or H176 that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of [fn]slavery, to drive you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:6

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 like your own soul, entices you secretly, saying, ‘Let’s go and serve other gods’ (whom neither you nor your fathers have known,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:7

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),

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 -

“You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger who is in your [fn]town, so that he may eat it, or H176 you may sell it to a stranger; for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 -

“If your fellow countryman, a Hebrew man or H176 woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you for six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him [fn]free.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - “But if it has any impairment, such as a limp, or H176 blindness, or any serious impairment, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 -

“If there is found in your midst, in any of your [fn]towns which the LORD your God is giving you, a man or H176 a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, by violating His covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and that person has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun, the moon, or H176 any of the heavenly [fn]lights, which I have commanded not to do,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:5 - then you are to bring out to your gates that man or H176 woman who has done this evil deed, that is, the man or H176 the woman, and you shall stone them to [fn]death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “On the [fn]testimony of two witnesses or H176 three witnesses, the [fn]condemned shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the [fn]testimony of only one witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - “But the person who acts insolently by not listening to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, nor H176 to the judge, that person shall die; so you shall eliminate the evil from Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 -

“A single witness shall not rise up against a person regarding any wrongdoing or any sin [fn]that he commits; on the [fn]testimony of two or H176 three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed.


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