Lexicon
אוֹ
o
H0176A
H:Conj Hebrew

or

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o is a conjunction that links stated alternatives, choices, and paired possibilities in biblical clauses.

As a conjunction, o connects alternatives or equivalent possibilities within a clause: choices of action, paired persons or objects, locations, quantities, and possible outcomes.

Senses in use

  1. Connector of alternatives and paired possibilities · dominant

    The supplied morphology consistently identifies the form as a conjunction. In 1 Samuel 26:10, it joins the possible outcomes that the LORD may strike Saul, his day may come, or he may perish in battle; in Deuteronomy 17:5, the APB renders paired alternatives as “that man or that woman.” It also links locations in 2 Kings 2:16 and quantities in Deuteronomy 17:6.

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB commonly reflects the conjunction with “or,” and sometimes with “whether,” as in the alternatives and paired possibilities of the cited clauses. Because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, these English connectors show the clause-level presentation rather than a fixed token-by-token rendering.

Across Scripture