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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.
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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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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 - And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, Jehovah has shut me up, that I do not bear. Go in, I pray thee, to my maidservant: it may be that I shall be built up by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - There are perhaps fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not forgive the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are therein?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And he continued yet to speak with him, and said, Perhaps there may be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry that I speak! Perhaps there may be thirty 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, Behold now, I have ventured to speak with the Lord. Perhaps there may be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, that I speak yet but this time! Perhaps there may be ten found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And the servant said to him, Perhaps the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I, then, bring thy son again in any case to the land from which thou hast removed?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - And I said to my master, Perhaps the woman will not follow me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks him, and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And, moreover, ye shall say, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will propitiate him with the gift that goes before me, and afterwards I will see his face: perhaps he will accept me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacks, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:30 - And it came to pass the next day, that Moses said to the people, Ye have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to Jehovah: perhaps I shall make atonement for your sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the land. Now come, curse me them: 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 - And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times; had she not turned from me, I had now certainly slain thee, and saved her alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - And the men of Israel said to the Hivite, Perhaps thou dwellest in the midst of us, and how should I make a covenant with thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - And now give me this mountain, of which Jehovah spoke in that day; for thou heardest in that day that Anakim are there, and great fortified cities. If so be Jehovah shall be with me, then I shall dispossess them, as Jehovah said.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - And ye shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that destroy the land, and give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - And he said to him, Behold now, a man of God is in this city, and the man is held in honour; all that he says comes surely to pass. Let us now go thither: perhaps he will shew us the way that we should go.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: perhaps Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - And now that I am come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid; and thy bondmaid said, I will now speak to the king; perhaps the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - It may be that Jehovah will look on mine affliction, and that Jehovah will requite me good for my being cursed this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - and Ahab said to Obadiah, Go through the land, to all the fountains of water and to all the torrents, perhaps we may find grass to save the horses and the mules alive, so that we may not have to destroy some of our beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god; for he is meditating, or gone aside, or he is on a journey; perhaps he sleeps, and will awake.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save thy life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - It may be Jehovah thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - It may be Jehovah thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which Jehovah thy God hath heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Stand now with thine enchantments and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to turn them to profit, if so be thou mayest cause terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that Jehovah will deal with us according to all his marvellous works, that he may go up from us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - Peradventure they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the wickedness of their doings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - It may be the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:7 - It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and that they will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - Babylon is suddenly fallen and ruined. Howl over her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - he putteth his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - And thou, son of man, prepare thee a captive's baggage, and go captive by day in their sight; and thou shalt go captive from thy place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall 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 judgment in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - And the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, sleeper? arise, call upon thy God; perhaps God will think upon us, that we perish not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek Jehovah, all ye meek of the land, who have performed his ordinance; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.
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