Strong's Hebrew · H176

אוֹ

ʼôw · o

Definitiondesire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
Derivationpresumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה);
KJV usagealso, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
Occurrences320 in the KJV · 218 verses

אוֹ in Scripture

Genesis 24:49 And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. Genesis 24:50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. Genesis 24:55 And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. Genesis 31:43 And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? Genesis 44:8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold? Genesis 44:19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man' s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? Exodus 5:3 And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. Exodus 19:13 There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. Exodus 21:4 If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master' s, and he shall go out by himself. Exodus 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever. Exodus 21:18 And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
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