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אוֹ

o · or

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

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. Numbers 5:6 אֽוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, so as to trespass against Jehovah, and that soul shall be guilty;

  2. Numbers 5:14 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    and the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled:

  3. Numbers 5:30 א֣וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon a man, and he is jealous of his wife; then shall he set the woman before Jehovah, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law.

  4. Numbers 6:2 אֽוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself unto Jehovah,

  5. Numbers 6:10 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtle-doves, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tent of meeting:

  6. Numbers 9:10 אוֹ֩ 'o · Small word: or

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.

  7. Numbers 9:10 א֚וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your generations shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be on a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto Jehovah.

  8. Numbers 9:21 א֚וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    And sometimes the cloud was from evening until morning; and when the cloud was taken up in the morning, they journeyed: or if it continued by day and by night, when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed.

  9. Numbers 9:22 אֽוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  10. Numbers 9:22 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  11. Numbers 9:22 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    Whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, abiding thereon, the children of Israel remained encamped, and journeyed not; but when it was taken up, they journeyed.

  12. Numbers 11:8 א֤וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

  13. Numbers 14:2 א֛וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

  14. Numbers 15:3 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;

  15. Numbers 15:3 א֣וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;

  16. Numbers 15:3 א֖וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;

  17. Numbers 15:3 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;

  18. Numbers 15:5 א֣וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

  19. Numbers 15:6 א֤וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meal-offering two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil:

  20. Numbers 15:8 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

    And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace-offerings unto Jehovah;

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