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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.
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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 320 times in 217 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Lev 25:49–Deu 19:15)

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or H176 his uncle, H1730 or H176 his uncle’s H1730 son, H1121 may redeem H1350 him, or H176 one of his blood H7607 relatives H7607 from his family H4940 may redeem H1350 him; or H176 [fn]if he prospers, H5381 he may redeem H1350 himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:41 - I also H637 was acting H1980 with hostility H7147 against H5973 them, to bring H935 them into the land H776 of their enemies H340—or H176 if H227 their uncircumcised H6189 heart H3824 becomes H3665 humbled H3665 so that they then H227 make H7521 amends H7521 for their iniquity, H5771
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:10 - ‘He shall not replace H2498 it or exchange H4171 it, a good H2896 for a bad, H7451 or H176 a bad H7451 for a good; H2896 or if H518 he does H4171 exchange H4171 animal H929 for animal, H929 then both it and its substitute H8545 shall become H1961 holy. H6944
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:6 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 ‘When H3588 a man H376 or H176 woman H802 commits H6213 any H4480 H3605 of the sins H2403 of mankind, H120 acting H4603 unfaithfully H4604 against the LORD, H3068 and that person H5315 is guilty, H816
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:14 - [fn]if a spirit H7307 of jealousy H7068 comes H5674 over H5921 him and he is jealous H7065 of his wife H802 when she has defiled H2930 herself, or H176 if a spirit H7307 of jealousy H7068 comes H5674 over H5921 him and he is jealous H7065 of his wife H802 when she has not defiled H2930 herself,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:30 - or H176 when H834 a spirit H7307 of jealousy H7068 comes H5674 over H5921 a man H376 and he is jealous H7065 of his wife, H802 he shall then make the woman H802 stand H5975 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 and the priest H3548 shall apply H6213 all H3605 this H2088 law H8451 to her.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:2 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and say H559 to them, ‘When H3588 a man H376 or H176 woman H802 makes H6381 a [fn]special H6381 vow, H5087 the vow H5088 of a [fn]Nazirite, H5139 to [fn]dedicate H5144 himself to the LORD, H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:10 - ‘Then on the eighth H8066 day H3117 he shall bring H935 two H8147 turtledoves H8449 or H176 two H8147 young H1121 pigeons H3123 to the priest, H3548 to the doorway H6607 of the tent H168 of meeting. H4150
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:10 - “Speak H1696 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 saying, H559 ‘If H3588 any H376 one H376 of you or H176 of your generations H1755 becomes H1961 unclean H2931 because of a dead [fn]person, H5315 or H176 is on a distant H7350 journey, H1870 he may, however, observe H6213 the Passover H6453 to the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:21 - If [fn]sometimes H3426 the cloud H6051 [fn]remained H1961 from evening H6153 until H5704 morning, H1242 when the cloud H6051 was lifted H5927 in the morning, H1242 they would move H5265 out; or H176 if it remained in the daytime H3119 and at night, H3915 whenever the cloud H6051 was lifted, H5927 they would set H5265 out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:22 - Whether H176 it was two days H3117 or H176 a month H2320 or H176 a year H3117 that the cloud H6051 lingered H748 over H5921 the tabernacle, H4908 staying H7931 above H5921 it, the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 remained H2583 camped H2583 and did not set H5265 out; but when it was lifted, H5927 they did set H5265 out.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people H5971 would go H7751 about H7751 and gather H3950 it and grind H2912 it [fn]between two millstones H7347 or H176 beat H1743 it in the mortar, H4085 and boil H1310 it in the pot H6517 and make H6213 cakes H5692 with it; and its taste H2940 was as the taste H2940 of [fn]cakes H3955 baked H3955 with oil. H8081
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - All H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 grumbled H3885 against H5921 Moses H4872 and Aaron; H175 and the whole H3605 congregation H5712 said H559 to them, “Would H3863 that we had died H4191 in the land H776 of Egypt! H4714 Or H176 would H3863 that we had died H4191 in this H2088 wilderness! H4057
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:3 - then make H6213 an offering H801 by fire H801 to the LORD, H3068 a burnt H5930 offering H5930 or H176 a sacrifice H2077 to [fn]fulfill H6381 a special H6381 vow, H5088 or H176 as a freewill H5071 offering H5071 or H176 in your appointed H4150 times, H4150 to make H6213 a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 to the LORD, H3068 from the herd H1241 or H176 from the flock. H6629
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5 - and you shall prepare H6213 wine H3196 for the drink H5262 offering, H5262 one-fourth of a hin, H1969 with the burnt H5930 offering H5930 or H176 for the sacrifice, H2077 for each H259 lamb. H3532
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:6 - ‘Or H176 for a ram H352 you shall prepare H6213 as a grain offering H4503 two-tenths H8147 H6241 of an ephah of fine H5560 flour H5560 mixed H1101 with one-third of a hin H1969 of oil; H8081
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:8 - ‘When H3588 you prepare H6213 a bull H1121 H1241 as a burnt H5930 offering H5930 or H176 a sacrifice, H2077 to [fn]fulfill H6381 a special H6381 vow, H5088 or H176 for peace H8002 offerings H8002 to the LORD, H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11 - ‘Thus H3602 it shall be done H6213 for each H259 ox, H7794 or H176 for each H259 ram, H352 or H176 for each of the male H3532 lambs, H7716 or H176 of the goats. H5795
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:14 - ‘If H3588 an alien H1616 sojourns H1481 with you, or H176 one who H834 may be among H8432 you throughout your generations, H1755 and he wishes to make H6213 an offering H801 by fire, H801 as a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 to the LORD, H3068 just H834 as you do H6213 so H3651 he shall do. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:17 - “But the firstborn H1060 of an ox H7794 or H176 the firstborn H1060 of a sheep H3775 or H176 the firstborn H1060 of a goat, H5795 you shall not redeem; H6299 they are holy. H6944 You shall sprinkle H2236 their blood H1818 on the altar H4196 and shall offer H6999 up their fat H2459 in smoke H6999 as an offering H801 by fire, H801 for a soothing H5207 aroma H7381 to the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:16 - ‘Also, anyone H3605 who H834 in the open H6440 field H7704 touches H5060 one H2491 who H2491 has been slain H2491 with a sword H2719 or H176 who has died H4191 naturally, or H176 a human H120 bone H6106 or H176 a grave, H6913 shall be unclean H2930 for seven H7651 days. H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:18 - ‘A clean H2889 person H376 shall take H3947 hyssop H231 and dip H2881 it in the water, H4325 and sprinkle H5137 it on the tent H168 and on all H3605 the furnishings H3627 and on the persons H5315 who H834 were there, H8033 and on the one who touched H5060 the bone H6106 or H176 the one H2491 slain H2491 or H176 the one dying H4191 naturally or H176 the grave. H6913
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:18 - Balaam H1109 replied H6030 to the servants H5650 of Balak, H1111 “Though H518 Balak H1111 were to give H5414 me his house H1004 full H4393 of silver H3701 and gold, H2091 I could H3201 not do H6213 anything, either small H6996 or H176 great, H1419 contrary H5674 to the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD H3068 my God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘Though H518 Balak H1111 were to give H5414 me his house H1004 full H4393 of silver H3701 and gold, H2091 I could H3201 not do H6213 anything contrary H5674 to the [fn]command H6310 of the LORD, H3068 either good H2896 or H176 bad, H7451 of my own [fn]accord. H3820 What H834 the LORD H3068 speaks, H1696 that I will speak’? H1696
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - “If H3588 a man H376 makes H5087 a vow H5088 to the LORD, H3068 or H176 takes H7650 an oath H7621 to bind H631 himself H5315 with a binding H632 obligation, H632 he shall not violate H2490 his word; H1697 he shall do H6213 according to all H3605 that proceeds H3318 out of his mouth. H6310
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:6 - “However, if H518 she should [fn]marry H1961 H376 while [fn]under H5921 her vows H5088 or H176 the rash H4008 statement H4008 of her lips H8193 by which H834 she has bound H631 herself, H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - “However, if H518 she vowed H5087 in her husband’s H376 house, H1004 or H176 bound H631 herself H5315 by an obligation H632 with an oath, H7621
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:14 - “But if H518 her husband H376 indeed H2790 says H2790 nothing H2790 to her from day H3117 to day, H3117 then he confirms H6965 all H3605 her vows H5088 or H176 all H3605 her obligations H632 which H834 are on her; he has confirmed H6965 them, because H3588 he said H2790 nothing H2790 to her on the day H3117 he heard H8085 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:18 - ‘Or H176 if he struck H5221 him with a wooden H6086 object H3627 in the hand, H3027 by which H834 he might die, H4191 and as a result he died, H4191 he is a murderer; H7523 the murderer H7523 shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:20 - ‘If H518 he pushed H1920 him of hatred, H8135 or H176 threw H7993 something at him lying H6660 in wait H6660 and as a result he died, H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:21 - or H176 if he struck H5221 him down H5221 with his hand H3027 in enmity, H342 and as a result he died, H4191 the one who struck H5221 him shall surely H4191 be put H4191 to death, H4191 he is a murderer; H7523 the blood H1818 avenger H1350 shall put H4191 the murderer H7523 to death H4191 when he meets H6293 him.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:22 - ‘But if H518 he pushed H1920 him suddenly H6621 without H3808 enmity, H342 or H176 threw H7993 something H3605 H3627 at him without H3808 lying H6660 in wait, H6660
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:23 - or H176 with any H3605 [fn]deadly H834 H4191 object of stone, H68 and without H3808 seeing H7200 it dropped H5307 on him so that he died, H4191 while he was not his enemy H340 nor H3808 seeking H1245 his injury, H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:16 - so H6435 that you do not act H7843 corruptly H7843 and make H6213 a graven H6459 image H6459 for yourselves in the form H8544 of any H3605 figure, H5566 the likeness H8403 of male H2145 or H176 female, H5347
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:32 - “Indeed, H3588 ask H7592 now H4994 concerning the former H7223 days H3117 which H834 were before H6440 you, since H4480 the day H3117 that God H430 created H1254 [fn]man H120 on the earth, H776 and inquire from one end H7097 of the heavens H8064 to the other. H7097 H8064 Has anything been done H1961 like this H2088 great H1419 thing, H1697 or H176 has anything been heard H8085 like H3644 it?
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:34 - “Or H176 has a god H430 tried H5254 to go H935 to take H3947 for himself a nation H1471 from within H7130 another nation H1471 by trials, H4531 by signs H226 and wonders H4159 and by war H4421 and by a mighty H2389 hand H3027 and by an outstretched H5186 arm H2220 and by great H1419 terrors, H4172 [fn]as the LORD H3068 your God H430 did H6213 for you in Egypt H4714 before your eyes? H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:1 - [fn]If H3588 a prophet H5030 or H176 a dreamer H2492 of dreams H2472 arises H6965 among H7130 you and gives H5414 you a sign H226 or H176 a wonder, H4159
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:3 - you shall not listen H8085 to the words H1697 of that prophet H5030 or H176 that dreamer H2492 of dreams; H2472 for the LORD H3068 your God H430 is testing H5254 you to find H3045 out if you love H157 the LORD H3068 your God H430 with all H3605 your heart H3824 and with all H3605 your soul. H5315
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:5 - “But that prophet H5030 or H176 that dreamer H2492 of dreams H2472 shall be put H4191 to death, H4191 because H3588 he has [fn]counseled H1696 [fn]rebellion H5627 against H5921 the LORD H3068 your God H430 who brought H3318 you from the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and redeemed H6299 you from the house H1004 of [fn]slavery, H5650 to seduce H5080 you from the way H1870 in which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 commanded H6680 you to walk. H1980 So you shall purge H1197 the evil H7451 from among H7130 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:6 - “If H3588 your brother, H251 your mother’s H517 son, H1121 or H176 your son H1121 or H176 daughter, H1323 or H176 the wife H802 [fn]you cherish, H2436 or H176 your friend H7453 who H834 is as your own soul, H5315 entice H5496 you secretly, H5643 saying, H559 ‘Let us go H1980 and serve H5647 other H312 gods’ H430 (whom H834 neither H3808 you nor H3808 your fathers H1 have known, H3045
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:7 - of the gods H430 of the peoples H5971 who H834 are around H5439 you, near H7138 you or H176 far H7350 from you, from one end H7097 of the earth H776 to the other end), H7097
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:21 - “You shall not eat H398 anything H3605 which H5038 dies H5038 of itself. You may give H5414 it to the alien H1616 who H834 is in your [fn]town, H8179 so that he may eat H398 it, or H176 you may sell H4376 it to a foreigner, H5237 for you are a holy H6918 people H5971 to the LORD H3068 your God. H430 You shall not boil H1310 a young H1423 goat H1423 in its mother’s H517 milk. H2461
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:12 - “If H3588 your [fn]kinsman, H251 a Hebrew H5680 man H5680 or H176 woman, H5680 is sold H4376 to you, then he shall serve H5647 you six H8337 years, H8141 but in the seventh H7637 year H8141 you shall set H7971 him [fn]free. H2670
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:21 - “But if H3588 it has H1961 any [fn]defect, H3971 such as lameness H6455 or H176 blindness, H5787 or any H3605 serious H7451 [fn]defect, H3971 you shall not sacrifice H2076 it to the LORD H3068 your God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:2 - “If H3588 there is found H4672 in your midst, H7130 in any H259 of your [fn]towns, H8179 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 is giving H5414 you, a man H376 or H176 a woman H802 who H834 does H6213 what H7451 is evil H7451 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 by transgressing H5674 His covenant, H1285
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:3 - and has gone H1980 and served H5647 other H312 gods H430 and worshiped H7812 them, or the sun H8121 or H176 the moon H3394 or H176 any H3605 of the heavenly H8064 host, H6635 which H834 I have not commanded, H6680
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:5 - then you shall bring H3318 out that man H376 or H176 that woman H802 who H834 has done H6213 this H2088 evil H7451 deed H1697 to your gates, H8179 that is, the man H376 or H176 the woman, H802 and you shall stone H5619 them to [fn]death. H4191
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:6 - “On the [fn]evidence H6310 of two H8147 witnesses H5707 or H176 three H7969 witnesses, H5707 he who is to die H4191 shall be put H4191 to death; H4191 he shall not be put H4191 to death H4191 on the [fn]evidence H6310 of one H259 witness. H5707
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:12 - “The man H376 who H834 acts H6213 presumptuously H2087 by not listening H8085 to the priest H3548 who stands H5975 there H8033 to serve H8334 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 nor H176 to the judge, H8199 that man H376 shall die; H4191 thus you shall purge H1197 the evil H7451 from Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:15 - “A single H259 witness H5707 shall not rise H6965 up against a man H376 on account of any H3605 iniquity H5771 or any H3605 sin H2399 [fn]which H834 he has committed; H2398 on the [fn]evidence H6310 of two H8147 or H176 three H7969 witnesses H5707 a matter H1697 shall be confirmed. H6965

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