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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 BoxExo 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:11 - The LORD said to him, "Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - No hand will touch him - but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - If his master gave him a wife, and she bore sons or daughters, the wife and the children will belong to her master, and he will go out by himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - then his master must bring him to the judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorposts, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:18 - "If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - "If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - "If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - "If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:31 - If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - "If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - (21:37) "If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - "If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - "If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - "If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is carried away without anyone seeing it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - "If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - "If you encounter your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - These must be on Aaron and his sons when they enter to the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they bear no iniquity and die. It is to be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - When they enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water so that they do not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made by fire to the LORD,
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