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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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Ecclesiastes 12:2
While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:2 · retained source text

While the Sunne, or the light, or the moone, or the starres be not darkened, nor the cloudes returne after the raine:

Ecclesiastes 12:6
or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern.
4 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:6 · retained source text

Or euer the siluer corde be loosed, or the golden bowle be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountaine, or the wheele broken at the cisterne.

Ecclesiastes 12:14
For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 12:14 · retained source text

For God shal bring euery worke into iudgement, with euer secret thing, whether it bee good, or whether it bee euill.

1611 marginal noteRom.2.16 and 14.10. 1.cor.5.10.

Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:9 · retained source text

My beloued is like a Roe, or a yong Hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh foorth at the windowe, shewing himselfe through the lattesse.

1611 marginal noteVerse 17.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flourishing.

Song of Solomon 2:17
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 2:17 · retained source text

Untill the day breake, and the shadowes flee away: turne my beloued and be thou like a Roe, or a yong Hart, vpon the mountaines of Bether.

1611 marginal noteOr, of diuision.

1611 marginal noteChap.4.6

1611 marginal noteChap.8.14.

Song of Solomon 6:12
or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 6:12 · retained source text

Or euer I was aware, my soule made me like the chariots of Amminadib.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I knew not.

1611 marginal noteOr, set me on the chariot of my willing people.

Song of Solomon 8:14
¶ Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 8:14 · retained source text

¶ Make haste, my beloued, and be thou like to a Roe, or to a yong Hart vpon the mountaines of spices.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flee away.

Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 1:11 · retained source text

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices vnto me, sayth the LORD? I am full of the burnt offerings of rammes, and the fat of fedde beasts, and I delight not in the blood of bullockes, or of lambes, or of hee goates.

1611 marginal noteHeb. great hee goats.

1611 marginal noteProu. 15.8 and 21.7. chap. 66.3. iere. 6.20. amos 5.21.

Isaiah 7:11
Ask thee a sign of the Lord thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 7:11 · retained source text

Aske thee a signe of the LORD thy God; aske it either in the depth, or in the height aboue.

1611 marginal noteOr, make thy petition deepe.

Isaiah 10:14
And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 10:14 · retained source text

And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth egges that are left, haue I gathered all the earth, and there was none that moued the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

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Where “or” appears

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Genesis22 occurrences
22 verses
Exodus56 occurrences
42 verses
Leviticus177 occurrences
110 verses
Numbers72 occurrences
51 verses
Deuteronomy94 occurrences
59 verses
Joshua16 occurrences
14 verses
Judges12 occurrences
12 verses
Ruth2 occurrences
2 verses
1 Samuel26 occurrences
21 verses
2 Samuel15 occurrences
11 verses
1 Kings17 occurrences
15 verses
2 Kings12 occurrences
11 verses
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
1 verse
2 Chronicles22 occurrences
15 verses
Ezra7 occurrences
4 verses
Nehemiah6 occurrences
5 verses
Esther4 occurrences
4 verses
Job77 occurrences
75 verses
Psalms18 occurrences
18 verses
Proverbs12 occurrences
12 verses
Ecclesiastes15 occurrences
9 verses
Song of Solomon4 occurrences
4 verses
Isaiah33 occurrences
28 verses
Jeremiah31 occurrences
26 verses
Ezekiel23 occurrences
18 verses
Daniel9 occurrences
8 verses
Joel1 occurrence
1 verse
Amos4 occurrences
4 verses
Micah1 occurrence
1 verse
Haggai4 occurrences
1 verse
Zechariah1 occurrence
1 verse
Malachi3 occurrences
3 verses
Matthew58 occurrences
41 verses
Mark28 occurrences
18 verses
Luke36 occurrences
31 verses
John11 occurrences
11 verses
Acts30 occurrences
26 verses
Romans26 occurrences
19 verses
1 Corinthians51 occurrences
34 verses
2 Corinthians18 occurrences
16 verses
Galatians8 occurrences
7 verses
Ephesians5 occurrences
4 verses
Philippians4 occurrences
4 verses
Colossians9 occurrences
4 verses
1 Thessalonians3 occurrences
2 verses
2 Thessalonians3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Timothy6 occurrences
4 verses
Titus2 occurrences
2 verses
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews4 occurrences
4 verses
James4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Peter7 occurrences
5 verses
Revelation10 occurrences
8 verses

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