אוֹ o

Hebrew word for “or” · Strong’s H176 · used 320 times in 217 verses

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Meaning

1) or, rather; 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred;

How it is translated

Glosses given for o in context, with how often each is used:

• or 314
• or? 6

Where it is used

Also in 9 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 13 (20), Exodus 21 (13), Leviticus 5 (7), Exodus 22 (6), Leviticus 22 (6), Numbers 15 (6), Leviticus 15 (5), Numbers 35 (5), Deuteronomy 13 (5), Deuteronomy 17 (5)

Forms

• או 320

Words used with it

Words that share verses with o more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אִם im “if” 36
• נֶגַע nega “plague” 16
• מוּת mut “to die” 25
• שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 15
• עוֹר or “skin” 15
• מִן־ min “from” 26
• תֹּר tor “turtledove” 10
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 20
• שְׁתִי sheti “warp” 9
• יוֹנָה yonah “dove” 10
• עֵרֶב erev “mixture” 9
• אֶחָד echad “one” 19

Key verses

The verses using o that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 5:1 — And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his…
• Leviticus 26:41 — And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they…
• Numbers 30:2 — If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out…
• Deuteronomy 4:34 — Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand,…
• Deuteronomy 13:1 — If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
• Deuteronomy 13:5 — And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of…
• Deuteronomy 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly,…
• Deuteronomy 29:18 — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these…
• 1 Samuel 14:6 — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work…
• 1 Kings 8:46 — If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away…
• Isaiah 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for…
• Malachi 2:17 — Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.