אוֹ
ʾô
desire
Strong's H176ConjunctionHebrewTWOT 36

אוֹ (ʾô) is a Hebrew conjunction meaning desire. It appears 321 times in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H176).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 36)

Range of meaning (TWOT 36)or rather; or if; if perchance; except; or; desire, if; also, and, either, at the least, otherwise, then, whether
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אוֹ conjunction

Strong's H176 אוֹ: desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
KJV:also, and, either, if, at the least, × nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 24:49Exodus 4:11Leviticus 1:10

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