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Lexicon :: Strong's H194 - 'ûlay

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אוּלַי
Transliteration
'ûlay
Pronunciation
oo-lah'ee
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 46

Strong’s Definitions

אוּלַי ʼûwlay, oo-lah'ee; or (shortened) אֻלַי ʼulay; from H176; if not; hence perhaps:—if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H194 in the following manner: if (so be), may (be), peradventure, unless.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H194 in the following manner: if (so be), may (be), peradventure, unless.

  1. perhaps, peradventure

  2. if peradventure

  3. unless

  4. suppose

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אוּלַי ʼûwlay, oo-lah'ee; or (shortened) אֻלַי ʼulay; from H176; if not; hence perhaps:—if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.
STRONGS H194: Abbreviations
II. אוּלַי 44 and (Genesis 24:39) אֻלַי adverb (perhaps from אוֺ & לַי = לֵי, לֵא, as in לוּלֵא, = or not ?).
1. peradventure, perhaps; usually expressing a hope, as Genesis 16:2; Numbers 22:6, 11; Numbers 23:3; 1 Samuel 6:5; Jeremiah 20:10; but also a fear or doubt, as Genesis 27:12; Job 1:5, followed by לֹא Genesis 24:5, 39; in mockery Isaiah 47:12; Jeremiah 51:8.
2. followed by another clause ἀσυνδέτως, it, it expresses virtually the protasis = if peradventure Genesis 18:24, 28 (compare Genesis 18:29-32) Hosea 8:7 the blade shall yield no meal; יִבְלָעֻהוּ זָרִים יַעֲשֶׂה אוּלַי if perchance it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.
3. in Numbers 22:33 לוּלֵי (which see) must be read; unless she had turned aside from me, surely, etc.

אֻלַיִ Genesis 24:39 see אוּלַי above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:2; 18:24; 18:28; 18:29; 18:30; 18:31; 18:32; 24:5; 24:39; 24:39; 24:39; 27:12

Numbers

22:6; 22:11; 22:33; 23:3

1 Samuel

6:5

Job

1:5

Isaiah

47:12

Jeremiah

20:10; 51:8

Hosea

8:7

H194

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H194 matches the Hebrew אוּלַי ('ûlay),
which occurs 45 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai said to Abram, “See here, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. I am asking you to go in to [the bed of] my maid [so that she may bear you a child]; perhaps I will [fn]obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to Sarai and did as she said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - “Suppose there are fifty righteous [people] within the city; will You really sweep it away and not spare it for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - “If five of the fifty righteous are lacking, will You destroy the entire city for lack of five?” And He said, “If I find [at least] forty-five [righteous people] there, I will not destroy it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - Abraham spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose [only] forty are found there.” And He said, “I will not do it for the sake of the forty [who are righteous].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then Abraham said [to Him], “Oh, may the Lord not be angry, and I will speak; suppose thirty [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, “Now behold, I have decided to speak to the Lord [again]. Suppose [only] twenty [righteous people] are found there?” And the Lord said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then Abraham said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry [with me], and I will speak only this once; suppose ten [righteous people] are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant said to him, “Suppose the woman will not be willing to follow me back to this country; should I take your son back to the country from which you came?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - “Then I said to my master, ‘But suppose the woman will not follow me [back to this land].’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - “Suppose my father touches me and feels my skin; then I will be seen by him as a cheat (imposter), and I will bring his curse on me and not a blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - and you shall say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he said [to himself], “I will try to appease him with the gift that is going ahead of me. Then afterward I will see him; perhaps he will accept and forgive me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - “Take double the [amount of] money with you, and take back the money that was returned in the opening of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:30 -

Then the next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now please come, curse these people for me, for they are too powerful for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know [your reputation] that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Hear this, the people who came out of Egypt cover the surface of the land; come now, curse them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - “The donkey saw Me and turned away from Me these three times. If she had not turned away from Me, I would have certainly killed you now, and let her live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me; and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a desolate hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 -

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you are living within our land; how then can we make a covenant (treaty) with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - “So now, give me this hill country about which the LORD spoke that day, for you heard on that day that the [giant-like] Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I shall drive them out just as the LORD said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - “So you shall make replicas of your tumors and of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand [of judgment] on you and your gods and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - The servant said to him, “Look here, in this city there is a man of God, and the man is held in honor; everything that he says comes true. Now let us go there; perhaps he can advise us about our journey [and tell us where we should go].”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 -

Jonathan said to his young armor bearer, “Come, let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For there is nothing to prevent the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “Now I came to speak of this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. So your maidservant thought, ‘I will just speak to the king; perhaps the king will do what his maidservant requests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - “Perhaps the LORD will look on the wrong done to me [by Shimei, if he is acting on his own]; and [in that case perhaps] the Lord will this day return good to me in place of his cursing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go into the land to all the sources of water and to all the streams; perhaps we may find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied, or he is out [at the moment], or he is on a journey. Perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 -

But his servants said to him, “We have heard that the kings of the house (royal line) of Israel are merciful kings. Please let us put sackcloth around our [fn]loins and ropes on our necks [as symbols of submission], and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘It may be that the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. So offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left [in Judah].’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and [fn]cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - ‘It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh [the commander], whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to taunt and defy the living God, and will avenge the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 -

“Persist, then, [Babylon] in your enchantments

And your many sorceries

With which you have labored from your youth;

Perhaps you will be able to profit [from them],

Perhaps you may prevail and cause trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 -

For I have heard the whispering and defaming words of many,

“Terror on every side!

Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”

All my familiar and trusted friends,

[Those who are] watching for my fall, say,

“Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will overcome him,

And take our revenge on him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please inquire of the LORD for us, because [fn]Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal [favorably] with us according to all His wonderful works and force him to withdraw from us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘It may be that they will listen and everyone will turn from his wickedness, so that I may relent and reverse [My decision concerning] the disaster which I am planning to do to them because of their malevolent deeds.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - “It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster which I plan to bring on them, so that each one will turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their wickedness and their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:7 - “It may be that their supplication [for mercy] will come before the LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 -

Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered!

Wail for her [if you care to]!

Get balm for her [incurable] pain;

Perhaps she may be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 -

Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness];

There may yet be hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - “Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for exile, and move into exile during the day when they will see you; even go into exile from your place to another place as they watch. Perhaps they will understand even though they are a rebellious people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 -

For they sow the wind [in evil]

And they reap the whirlwind [in disaster].

The standing grain has no growth;

It yields no grain.

If it were to yield, strangers would swallow it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:15 -

Hate evil and love good,

And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate.

Perhaps the LORD God of hosts

Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain came up to him and said, “How can you stay asleep? Get up! Call on your god! Perhaps your god will give a thought to us so that we will not perish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 -

Seek the LORD [search diligently for Him and regard Him as the foremost necessity of your life],

All you humble of the land

Who have practiced His ordinances and have kept His commandments;

Seek righteousness, seek humility [regard them as vital].

Perhaps you will be hidden [and pardoned and rescued]

In the day of the LORD’S anger.

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