Usually translated as
or, either, whether, also, nor, and, if, at the least, otherwise, then
Occurrences
ʼôw occurs 320 times in 218 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (25), Leviticus (72), Numbers (30), Deuteronomy (24), Joshua (1), Judges (4), 1 Samuel (10), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (4), 2 Chronicles (1), Job (12), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (2), Song of Songs (5), Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (2), Ezekiel (4), Amos (1), Malachi (2)
- Genesis 24:49 — 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 (א֥וֹ) to the left.
- Genesis 24:50 — Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or (אוֹ) good.
- Genesis 24:55 — And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least (א֣וֹ) ten; after that she shall go.
- Genesis 31:43 — 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 (א֥וֹ) unto their children which they have born?
- Genesis 44:8 — 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 (א֥וֹ) gold?
- Genesis 44:19 — My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or (אוֹ) a brother?
- Exodus 4:11 — And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or (א֚וֹ) who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Exodus 4:11 — And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or (א֣וֹ) deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Exodus 4:11 — And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or (א֥וֹ) the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Exodus 4:11 — And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or (א֣וֹ) the blind? have not I the LORD?
- Exodus 5:3 — And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or (א֥וֹ) with the sword.
- Exodus 19:13 — There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or (אוֹ) shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.
- Exodus 21:4 — If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or (א֣וֹ) daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master’s, and he shall go out by himself.
- Exodus 21:6 — Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or (א֖וֹ) unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
- Exodus 21:18 — And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or (א֣וֹ) with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
- Exodus 21:20 — And if a man smite his servant, or (א֤וֹ) his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
- Exodus 21:21 — Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or (א֥וֹ) two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money.
- Exodus 21:26 — And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or (אֽוֹ) the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
- Exodus 21:27 — And if he smite out his manservant’s tooth, or (אֽוֹ) his maidservant’s tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
- Exodus 21:28 — If an ox gore a man or (א֥וֹ) a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
- Exodus 21:29 — But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or (א֣וֹ) a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death.
- Exodus 21:31 — Whether (אוֹ) he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
- Exodus 21:31 — Whether he have gored a son, or (אוֹ) have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.
- Exodus 21:32 — If the ox shall push a manservant or (א֣וֹ) a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
- Exodus 21:33 — And if a man shall open a pit, or (א֠וֹ) if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein;
- Exodus 21:33 — And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or (א֥וֹ) an ass fall therein;
- Exodus 21:36 — Or (א֣וֹ) if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
- Exodus 22:1 — If a man shall steal an ox, or (אוֹ) a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 22:1 — If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or (א֣וֹ) sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
- Exodus 22:5 — If a man shall cause a field or (אוֹ) vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
- Exodus 22:6 — If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or (א֥וֹ) the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Exodus 22:6 — If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or (א֣וֹ) the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
- Exodus 22:7 — If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or (אֽוֹ) stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
- Exodus 22:10 — If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or (אוֹ) an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Exodus 22:10 — If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or (אוֹ) a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Exodus 22:10 — If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or (אוֹ) be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it:
- Exodus 22:10 — If a man deliver unto his neighbour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or (אוֹ) driven away, no man seeing it:
- Exodus 22:14 — And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or (אוֹ) die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
- Exodus 23:4 — If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or (א֥וֹ) his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
- Exodus 28:43 — And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or (א֣וֹ) when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.
- Exodus 30:20 — When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or (א֣וֹ) when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
- Leviticus 1:10 — And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or (א֥וֹ) of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
- Leviticus 1:14 — And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or (א֛וֹ) of young pigeons.
- Leviticus 3:6 — And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or (א֣וֹ) female, he shall offer it without blemish.
- Leviticus 4:23 — Or (אֽוֹ) if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
- Leviticus 4:28 — Or (א֚וֹ) if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.
- Leviticus 5:1 — And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether (א֥וֹ) he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 5:1 — And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or (א֣וֹ) known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 5:2 — Or (א֣וֹ) if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.
- Leviticus 5:2 — Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether (אוֹ֩) it be a carcase of an unclean beast, or a carcase of unclean cattle, or the carcase of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty.