אוֹ
o
“or”
Definition
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה);
- 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
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Conj
H:Conj
H:Conj
Occurrences
אוֹ appears 195 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
“Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the LORD?’ you are to say to them, ‘What burden? I will forsake you, declares the LORD.’
If the mildew disappears from the fabric, weave, or knit, or any leather article after washing, then it is to be washed again, and it will be clean.
and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
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