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Lexicon :: Strong's H176 - 'av

Aa
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 321 times in 218 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 5 (Deu 22:1–Ecc 11:6)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:1 - Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or H176 his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:4 - Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or H176 his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 22:6 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or H176 on the ground, whether they be young ones, or H176 eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or H176 upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:3 - And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or H176 if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or H176 of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 27:22 - Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or H176 the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Lest there should be among you man, or H176 woman, or H176 family, or H176 tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or H176 three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:34 - And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor H176 daughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or H176 that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:13 - And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or H176 in Ramah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:22 - And it shall be, when their fathers or H176 their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:14 - And he struck it into the pan, or H176 kettle, or H176 caldron, or H176 pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 13:19 - Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or H176 spears:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or H176 by few.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or H176 small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:10 - Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or H176 what if thy father answer thee roughly?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:3 - Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or H176 what there is present.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:8 - And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or H176 sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or H176 more.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:10 - David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or H176 his day shall come to die; or H176 he shall descend into battle, and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:3 - Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or H176 these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:21 - And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or H176 to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:35 - And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or H176 ought else, till the sun be down.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or H176 in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:13 - Otherwise H176 I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:46 - If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or H176 near;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:39 - And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else H176 thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:6 - And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, H176 if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:16 - And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or H176 into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:13 - And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or H176 to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or H176 out of the winepress?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:19 - And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or H176 six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:36 - If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or H176 near;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:15 - Or H176 with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:16 - Or H176 as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:8 - Or H176 speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:22 - Then call thou, and I will answer: or H176 let me speak, and answer thou me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:3 - Shall vain words have an end? or H176 what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:11 - Or H176 darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:7 - If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or H176 what receiveth he of thine hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:5 - Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or H176 who hath stretched the line upon it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:6 - Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or H176 who laid the corner stone thereof;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:28 - Hath the rain a father? or H176 who hath begotten the drops of dew?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:31 - Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or H176 loose the bands of Orion?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:36 - Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or H176 who hath given understanding to the heart?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:31 - A greyhound; an he goat also; H176 and a king, against whom there is no rising up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or H176 a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or H176 whether they both shall be alike good.

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