Strong's #176: 'ow (pronounced o)
presumed to be the "constructive" or genitival form of -av {av}; short for 185; desire (and so probably in Prov. 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if:--also, and, either, if, at the least, X nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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'ô / 'av
1) or, rather
1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred
1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle
1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or
1d) if perchance
1e) except, or else
2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then
Part of Speech: conjunction
Relation: presumed to be the "constructive" or genitival form of ' av; short for H185
Usage:
This word is used 320 times:
Leviticus 21:20: "Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or"
Leviticus 21:20: "crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy,"
Leviticus 21:20: "or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or"
Leviticus 21:20: "in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;"
Leviticus 21:20: "be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;"
Leviticus 22:4: "What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not"
Leviticus 22:4: "until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man"
Leviticus 22:5: " Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean,"
Leviticus 22:5: "any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness,"
Leviticus 22:21: "of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beefs or"
Leviticus 22:21: "his vow, or a freewill offering in beefs or sheep, it shall be perfect"
Leviticus 22:22: "Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or"
Leviticus 22:22: "Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or"
Leviticus 22:22: "broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or"
Leviticus 22:22: "maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not"
Leviticus 22:22: "having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these"
Leviticus 22:27: "When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be"
Leviticus 22:27: "a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven"
Leviticus 22:28: "And whether it be cow or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day."
Leviticus 25:14: "thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buyest aught of thy neighbor's hand,"
Leviticus 25:47: "and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's"
Leviticus 25:49: " Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh"
Leviticus 25:49: "Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh"
Leviticus 25:49: "his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family"
Leviticus 25:49: "any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able,"
Leviticus 26:41: "them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled,"
Leviticus 27:10: "change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change"
Numbers 5:6: "of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any"
Numbers 5:14: "of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon"
Numbers 5:30: " Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous"
Numbers 6:2: "unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow"
Numbers 6:10: "he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to"
Numbers 9:10: "saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean"
Numbers 9:10: "of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off,"
Numbers 9:21: "and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud"
Numbers 9:22: " Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried"
Numbers 9:22: "Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried"
Numbers 9:22: "whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon"
Numbers 11:8: "and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans,"
Numbers 14:2: "we had died in the land or would God we had died in this wilderness!"
Numbers 15:3: "an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or"
Numbers 15:3: "a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make"
Numbers 15:3: "a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor"
Numbers 15:3: "of the herd, or of the flock:"
Numbers 15:5: "shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb."
Numbers 15:6: " Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled"
Numbers 15:8: "thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow,"
Numbers 15:8: "or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD:"
Numbers 15:11: "shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb,"
Numbers 15:11: "or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid."
