אוֹ

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

• or H0176A 321
• desire H0176B 0

Strong's dictionary

presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for אַוָּה; desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if; also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Every occurrence

1. Genesis 24:49 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

   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.

2. Genesis 24:50 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

   Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from Jehovah: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.

3. Genesis 24:55 א֣וֹ 'o · Small word: or

   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.

4. Genesis 31:43 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

   And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children whom they have borne?

5. Genesis 44:8 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

   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?

6. Genesis 44:19 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

   My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.