אוֹ (o) means “or” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: o Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
אוֹ · o · or
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
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אוֹ · o · desire
desire
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presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה); desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
KJV glosses: also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| or | 239 |
| whether | 5 |
| and | 4 |
| if | 4 |
| either | 2 |
| a man or | 1 |
| but | 1 |
| but if | 1 |
| even | 1 |
| of mine or | 1 |
| of you or | 1 |
| or if | 1 |
| or longer | 1 |
| or so | 1 |
| to crave | 1 |
| with you or | 1 |
| you or | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| or | 9 |
| and | 2 |
| either | 2 |
| also | 1 |
| at the least | 1 |
| if then | 1 |
| nor | 1 |
| nor for | 1 |
| otherwise | 1 |
| should | 1 |
| whether | 1 |
Page 1 of 5. 217 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; but if not, let me know, so that I may go elsewhere.”
Read word by wordLaban and Bethuel answered, “This is from the LORD; we have no choice in the matter.
Read word by wordBut her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
Read word by wordBut Laban answered Jacob, “These daughters are my daughters, these sons are my sons, and these flocks are my flocks! Everything you see is mine! Yet what can I do today about these daughters of mine or the children they have borne?
Read word by wordWe even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
Read word by wordMy lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
Read word by wordAnd the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
Read word by word“The God of the Hebrews has met with us,” they answered. “Please let us go on a three-day journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to the LORD our God, or He may strike us with plagues or with the sword.”
Read word by wordNo hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
Read word by wordIf his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.
Read word by wordthen his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.
Read word by wordIf men are quarreling and one strikes the other with a stone or a fist, and he does not die but is confined to bed,
Read word by wordIf a man strikes his manservant or maidservant with a rod, and the servant dies by his hand, he shall surely be punished.
Read word by wordHowever, if the servant gets up after a day or two, the owner shall not be punished, since the servant is his property.
Read word by wordIf a man strikes and blinds the eye of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the eye.
Read word by wordAnd if he knocks out the tooth of his manservant or maidservant, he must let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth.
Read word by wordIf an ox gores a man or woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its meat must not be eaten. But the owner of the ox shall not be held responsible.
Read word by wordBut if the ox has a habit of goring, and its owner has been warned yet does not restrain it, and it kills a man or woman, then the ox must be stoned and its owner must also be put to death.
Read word by wordIf the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
Read word by wordIf the ox gores a manservant or maidservant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver to the master of that servant, and the ox must be stoned.
Read word by wordIf a man opens or digs a pit and fails to cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it,
Read word by wordBut if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
Read word by word“If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.37
If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.4
If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.5
If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.6
If a man gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any other animal to be cared for by his neighbor, but it dies or is injured or stolen while no one is watching,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.9
If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 22.13
If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
Read word by wordAaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.
Read word by wordWhenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
Read word by wordIf, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
Read word by wordIf, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
Read word by wordIf, however, one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
Read word by wordWhen he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
Read word by wordWhen he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin.
Read word by word“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
Read word by wordOr if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
Read word by wordOr if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.
Read word by wordOr if someone swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do anything good or evil—in whatever matter a man may rashly pronounce an oath—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty in the matter.
Read word by wordand 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.
Read word by wordIf, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
Read word by wordBut if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.
Read word by word“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.21
or finds lost property and lies about it and swears falsely, or if he commits any such sin that a man might commit—
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.22
once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.23
or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.24
If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.
Read word by wordIf one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the LORD, that person must be cut off from his people.”
Read word by wordWhen one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.
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