176 - o

Strong's Concordance

Original word: אַו
Transliteration: o
Definition (short): or
Definition (full): desire, if

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: or
NASB Translation: also (1), either (1), if (2), if* (1), nor (1), or (294), otherwise (1), say (1), whether (8).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Presumed to be the "constructive" or genitival form of -av {av}; short for 'avvah; desire (and so probably in Prov. 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if -- also, and, either, if, at the least, X nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.

see HEBREW 'avvah

KJV: 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.
NASB: "So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left."
KJV: Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good.
NASB: Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "The matter comes from the LORD; so we cannot speak to you bad or good.
KJV: And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
NASB: But her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go."
KJV: And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
NASB: Then Laban replied to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne?
KJV: Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
NASB: "Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?