Or

Usually translated “or”, “than” and “either”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• or 301
• than 47
• either 4
• rather than 3
• nor 2
• rather 1
• and 1
• otherwise 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• Matthew 49
• Luke 41
• 1 Corinthians 41
• Acts 33
• Mark 27
• Romans 23

24 books in all.

• Or (o)
• Whether (eite)

• 1 Timothy 1:4In contextNeither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
• 1 Timothy 2:9In contextIn like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
• 1 Timothy 5:4In contextBut if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
• 1 Timothy 5:16In contextIf any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.
• 1 Timothy 5:19In contextAgainst an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
• Titus 1:6In contextIf any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “or” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.