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אוֹ

o · or

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

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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. Malachi 2:17 א֥וֹ 'o · Small word: or

    Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? In that ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or where is the God of justice?

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