KJV dictionary & concordance

or

Meaning of “or”

Sense 1: A conjunction expressing an alternative, distinction, or explanation. Sense 2: In the phrase ‘or ever,’ before or ere.

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1,122 occurrences856 verses53 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 13:9

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Psalms 139:7

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Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

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1611 witness · Psalms 139:7 · retained source text

Whither shall I goe from thy spirit? or whither shall I flie from thy presence?

Psalms 144:3

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Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

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1611 witness · Psalms 144:3 · retained source text

LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the sonne of man, that thou makest account of him?

1611 marginal noteIob 7.17. psal.8.5. heb.2.6.

Proverbs 6:7

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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

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1611 witness · Proverbs 6:7 · retained source text

Which hauing no guide, ouerseer, or ruler,

Proverbs 7:22

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He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

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1611 witness · Proverbs 7:22 · retained source text

He goeth after her straightway, as an oxe goeth to the slaughter, or as a foole to the correction of the stocks,

1611 marginal noteHeb. suddenly.

Proverbs 8:8

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All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 8:8 · retained source text

All the words of my mouth are in righteousnes, there is nothing froward or peruerse in them.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wreathed.

Proverbs 8:23

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I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 8:23 · retained source text

I was set vp from euerlasting, from the beginning, or euer the earth was.

Proverbs 20:20

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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 20:20 · retained source text

Who so curseth his father or his mother, his lampe shall be put out in obscure darkenesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, candle.

1611 marginal noteExod.21.17. leuit.20.9. matt.15.4.

Proverbs 22:26

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Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 22:26 · retained source text

Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

1611 marginal noteChap.6.1. and 11.15.

Proverbs 23:34

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Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 23:34 · retained source text

Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.

1611 marginal noteHeb. in the heart of the sea.

Proverbs 28:24

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Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.

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1611 witness · Proverbs 28:24 · retained source text

Who so robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, it is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a man destroying.

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Acts 23:15 Daniel 6:24 Ecclesiastes 12:6 Proverbs 8:23 Psalms 90:2 Song of Solomon 6:12