Strong’s definition
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
KJV gloss list in the source
also, and, either, if, at the least, [idiom] nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
Source pronunciation notation: o
Derivation recorded by Strong
presumed to be the 'constructive' or genitival form of אַו ; short for H185 (אַוָּה);
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