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:
Ecclesiastes 11:6: "whether shall prosper, either this or or whether they both"
Song of Solomon 2:7: "you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,"
Song of Solomon 2:9: "My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he"
Song of Solomon 2:17: "turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon"
Song of Solomon 3:5: "you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up,"
Song of Solomon 8:14: "my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains"
Isaiah 7:11: "the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
Isaiah 27:5: " Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace"
Isaiah 41:22: "be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come."
Isaiah 50:1: "divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom"
Jeremiah 23:33: "And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask"
Jeremiah 23:33: "people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What"
Jeremiah 40:5: "with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth"
Ezekiel 14:17: " Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword,"
Ezekiel 14:19: " Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury"
Ezekiel 21:10: "make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth"
Ezekiel 46:12: "shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open"
Amos 3:12: "out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so"
Malachi 1:8: "it now unto thy governor; with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD"
Malachi 2:17: "of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?"
