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Or

אוֹStrong’s H0176

o

Appears in 218 verses of the Old Testament

In short

O is the Hebrew word usually translated “or”. It appears in 218 verses of the Old Testament.

“And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left.”
Genesis 24:49 KJV
Meaning
  1. Or, ratherimplying that the latter choice is preferred · or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle · (in series) either...or, whether...or · if perchance · except, or else
  2. Whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then
How it's translated
  • or 321

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

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 72
  • Numbers 30
  • Exodus 25
  • Deuteronomy 24
  • Job 12
  • 1 Samuel 11

21 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 218 verses, by book
Joshua 1
7:3
1 Kings 3
8:4620:3921:6
2 Chronicles 1
6:36
Proverbs 1
30:31
Ecclesiastes 2
2:1911:6
Song of Solomon 5
2:72:92:173:58:14
Jeremiah 2
23:3340:5
Amos 1
3:12
Malachi 2
1:82:17
Hebrew dictionary

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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

OR, conjunction

[It seems that or is a mere contraction of other.]

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

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.