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

281. 1 Kings 20:39 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     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 thou shalt pay a talent of silver.

282. 1 Kings 21:6 א֚וֹ 'o · Small word: or

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

283. 2 Kings 2:16 א֖וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

284. 2 Kings 4:13 א֖וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     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 to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

285. 2 Kings 6:27 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     And he said, If Jehovah do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the threshing-floor, or out of the winepress?

286. 2 Kings 13:19 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

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

287. 2 Chronicles 6:36 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     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 captive unto a land far off or near;

288. Job 3:15 א֣וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:

289. Job 3:16 א֤וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

290. Job 12:8 א֤וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

291. Job 13:22 אֽוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

     Then call thou, and I will answer; Or let me speak, and answer thou me.

292. Job 16:3 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Shall vain words have an end? Or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

293. Job 22:11 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

     Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

294. Job 35:7 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? Or what receiveth he of thy hand?

295. Job 38:5 א֤וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Who determined the measures thereof, if thou knowest? Or who stretched the line upon it?

296. Job 38:6 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

297. Job 38:28 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Hath the rain a father? Or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

298. Job 38:31 אֽוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

     Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

299. Job 38:36 א֤וֹ 'o · Small word: or

     Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who hath given understanding to the mind?

300. Proverbs 30:31 אוֹ־ 'ov- · Small word: or

     The greyhound; The he-goat also; And the king against whom there is no rising up.

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