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אוֹ

o · or

Hebrew · Strong's H176 · Conjunction · Sounds like: o · 321 occurrences

English

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)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
אוֹ 320 conj. or
1. sometimes implying a preference, nearly or rather
2. introducing a sentence, esp. a particular case under a general principle, or = or if
3. if perchance
4. once, with the juss. = except
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
[אֵו] n.m. אוֹ, Kt Pr 31:4 desire, so Thes MV; but < Qr אֵי q.v.

Every occurrence

  1. Isaiah 7:11 א֖וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.

  2. Isaiah 27:5 א֚וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea, let him make peace with me.

  3. Isaiah 41:22 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    Let them bring forth, and declare unto us what shall happen: declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

  4. Isaiah 50:1 א֚וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.

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