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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 - So the LORD said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes the mute, the deaf, the seeing, or the blind? Have not I, the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:3 - So they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go three days’ journey into the desert and sacrifice to the LORD our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:13 - ‘Not a hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with an arrow; whether man or beast, he shall not live.’ When the trumpet sounds long, they shall come near the mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:4 - “If his master has given him a wife, and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:6 - “then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall 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 contend with each other, and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but is confined to his bed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - “And if a man beats his male or female servant with a rod, so that he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:21 - “Notwithstanding, if he remains alive a day or two, he shall not be punished; for he is his property.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female servant, and destroys it, he shall let him go free for the sake of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - “And if he knocks out the tooth of his male or female servant, he shall let him go free for the sake of his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:28 - “If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be acquitted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:29 - “But if the ox tended to thrust with its horn in times past, and it has been made known to his owner, and he has not kept it confined, so that it has killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:31 - “Whether it has gored a son or gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - “If the ox gores a male or female servant, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:33 - “And 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 in it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - “Or if it was known that the ox tended to thrust in time past, and its owner has not kept it confined, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall be his own.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - “If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and slaughters it or sells it, he shall restore five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - “If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed, and lets loose his animal, and it feeds 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 BoxExo 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - “If fire breaks out and catches in thorns, so that stacked grain, standing grain, or the field is consumed, he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - “If a man delivers to his neighbor money or articles to keep, and it is stolen out of the man’s house, if the thief is found, he shall pay double.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:10 - “If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep, and it dies, is hurt, or driven away, no one seeing it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - “And if a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it becomes injured or dies, the owner of it not being with it, he shall surely make it good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:4 - “If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - “They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place, that they do not incur iniquity and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - “When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.
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