{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H176",
  "lemma": "אוֹ",
  "transliteration": "ʼôw",
  "definition": "desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if",
  "kjv": "also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.",
  "occurrences": 321,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[אֵו] n.m. אוֹ, Kt Pr 31:4 desire, so Thes MV; but < Qr אֵי q.v.",
    "אוֹ conj",
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:49",
      "text": "Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=49"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:50",
      "text": "Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing proceeds from the LORD. We can’t speak to you bad or good.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=50"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 24:55",
      "text": "Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=55"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 31:43",
      "text": "Laban answered Jacob, “The daughters are my daughters, the children are my children, the flocks are my flocks, and all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/31?v=43"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:8",
      "text": "Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:19",
      "text": "My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 4:11",
      "text": "The LORD said to him, “Who made man’s mouth? Or who makes one mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Isn’t it I, the LORD?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/4?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 5:3",
      "text": "They said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days’ journey into the wilderness, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/5?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 19:13",
      "text": "No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether it is animal or man, he shall not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/19?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 21:4",
      "text": "If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master’s…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/21?v=4"
    }
  ],
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