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Lexicon :: Strong's H3863 - lû'

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לוּא
Transliteration
lû'
Pronunciation
loo
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Part of Speech
conjunction
Root Word (Etymology)
A conditional particle
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TWOT Reference: 1085

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: לוא (Strongs and Gesenius) לו (Strongs and Gesenius) לה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

לוּא lûwʼ, loo; or לֻא luʼ; or לוּ lûw; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!:—if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3863 in the following manner: if (6x), would God (4x), O that (3x), Oh (2x), would it might be (1x), if haply (1x), peradventure (1x), Oh that (1x), pray thee (1x), Though (1x), would (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H3863 in the following manner: if (6x), would God (4x), O that (3x), Oh (2x), would it might be (1x), if haply (1x), peradventure (1x), Oh that (1x), pray thee (1x), Though (1x), would (1x).

  1. if, oh that!, if only!

    1. if (unlikely condition)

    2. if only!, oh that!, would that!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּא lûwʼ, loo; or לֻא luʼ; or לוּ lûw; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!:—if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
STRONGS H3863: Abbreviations
† לוּ 17 and לוּא (1 Samuel 14:30; Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 63:19), also לֻא (Qr לוּ), 2 Samuel 18:12; 2 Samuel 19:7 (Arabic bdb053001, Aramaic bdb053002, לְוַי, Mishna לְוַי, Assyrian lû, with optative force, Dl§§ 78 end, 93, 145; compare Köii. 333), conjunction if, O that: —
1. if (stating a case which has not been, or is not likely to be, realized):
a. followed by perfect (so mostly), Deuteronomy 32:29 לו חכמו ישׂכילו זאת if they had been wise (which they are not), they would understand this; Micah 2:11 (apodosis וְהָיָה); Judges 8:19; Judges 13:23 להמיתנו לא לקח לו חפץ י׳ if J. had desired to slay us, he would not have taken, &c.; 1 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 19:7.
b. followed by imperfect Ezekiel 14:15 if I were to send, &c. (but read probably אוֺ, compare Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 14:19).
c. followed by participle, 2 Samuel 18:12 וְלֻא אָנֹכִי שֹׁקֵל and though I should be weighing 1000 pieces of silver upon my hand, I would not, &c.; Psalm 81:14-17 לו עמי שֹׁמֵעַ לי if my people were hearkening to me,... quickly would I bow down, &c.
d. followed by יֵשׁ Job 16:4. — With the apodosis omitted, Genesis 50:15 לוּ יִשְׂטְמֵנוּ if Joseph were to hate us (how should we fare then ?).
2. If only...! i.e. O that! would that! (compare εἰ γάρ, εἴθε) usually followed by perf., as Numbers 14:2 (twice in verse) לוּ מַתְנוּ if only we had died in the land of Egypt! Numbers 20:3; Joshua 7:7 וְלוּ הוֺאַלְנוּ וַנֵּשֶׁב Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 63:19; followed by יֵשׁ Numbers 22:29; followed by imperfect Genesis 17:18 לו יחיה O that Ishmael might live before thee! Job 6:2; followed by jussive Genesis 30:34 כדברך לו יהי; followed by imperative Genesis 23:13 אם אתה לוּ שׁמעני if thou — O that thou wouldst hear me! (+ probably Genesis 23:5 לאמר ׃ לוּ שׁמעני for לאמרֹ לוֺ ׃ שׁ׳, and similarly Genesis 23:15). — Read also probably לֻא for Masoretic לֹא Judges 21:22 (with כִּי עַתָּה), 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 20:14 (twice in verse); Job 9:33 (followed by יֵשׁ); and perhaps Job 14:4 (Ew Kö).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:18; 23:5; 23:13; 23:15; 30:34; 50:15

Numbers

14:2; 20:3; 22:29

Deuteronomy

32:29

Joshua

7:7

Judges

8:19; 13:23; 21:22

1 Samuel

13:13; 14:30; 14:30; 20:14

2 Samuel

18:12; 18:12; 19:7; 19:7

Job

6:2; 9:33; 14:4; 16:4

Isaiah

48:18; 48:18; 63:19; 63:19

Ezekiel

14:15; 14:17; 14:19

Micah

2:11

H3863

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Strong's Number H3863 matches the Hebrew לוּא (lû'),
which occurs 23 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - And Abraham H85 said H559 to God, H430 “Oh H3863 that Ishmael H3458 might live H2421 before H6440 You!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - He spoke H1696 to Ephron H6085 in the hearing H241 of the people H5971 of the land, H776 saying, H559 “If H518 you will only H389 please H3863 listen H8085 to me; I will give H5414 the price H3701 of the field, H7704 accept H3947 it from me that I may bury H6912 my dead H4191 there.” H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:34 - Laban H3837 said, H559 “[fn]Good, H2005 let it be according to your word.” H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - When Joseph’s H3130 brothers H251 saw H7200 that their father H1 was dead, H4191 they said, H559 “What if Joseph H3130 bears H7852 a grudge H7852 against H7852 us and pays H7725 us back H7725 in full H7725 for all H3605 the wrong H7451 which H834 we did H1580 to him!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - All H3605 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 grumbled H3885 against H5921 Moses H4872 and Aaron; H175 and the whole H3605 congregation H5712 said H559 to them, “Would H3863 that we had died H4191 in the land H776 of Egypt! H4714 Or H176 would H3863 that we had died H4191 in this H2088 wilderness! H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - The people H5971 thus contended H7378 with Moses H4872 and spoke, H559 saying, H559 “If H3863 only H3863 we had perished H1478 when our brothers H251 perished H1478 before H6440 the LORD! H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - Then Balaam H1109 said H559 to the donkey, H860 “Because H3588 you have made H5953 a mockery H5953 of me! If H3863 there H3426 had H1426 been H3426 a sword H2719 in my hand, H3027 I would have killed H2026 you by now.” H6258

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - “Would H3863 that they were wise, H2449 that they understood H7919 this, H2088
That they would discern H995 their [fn]future! H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - Joshua H3091 said, H559 “Alas, H162 O Lord H136 [fn]GOD, H3068 why H4100 did You ever H5674 bring H5674 this H2088 people H5971 over H5674 the Jordan, H3383 only to deliver H5414 us into the hand H3027 of the Amorites, H567 to destroy H6 us? If H3863 only H3863 we had been willing H2974 [fn]to dwell H3427 beyond H5676 the Jordan! H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - He said, H559 “They were my brothers, H251 the sons H1121 of my mother. H517 As the LORD H3068 lives, H2416 if H3863 only H3863 you had let them live, H2421 I would not kill H2026 you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife H802 said H559 to him, “If H3863 the LORD H3068 had desired H2654 to kill H4191 us, He would not have accepted H3947 a burnt H5930 offering H5930 and a grain offering H4503 from our hands, H3027 nor H3808 would He have shown H7200 us all H3605 these H428 things, H428 nor H3808 would He have let us hear H8085 things like this H2088 at this time.” H6256

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - “How H637 much H637 H3588 more, H637 H3588 if H3863 only the people H5971 had eaten H398 freely H398 today H3117 of the spoil H7998 of their enemies H340 which H834 they found! H4672 For now H6258 the slaughter H4347 among the Philistines H6430 has not been great.” H7235

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - The man H376 said H559 to Joab, H3097 “Even if H3863 I should receive H8254 a thousand H505 pieces of silver H3701 in my hand, H3709 I would not put H7971 out my hand H3027 against H413 the king’s H4428 son; H1121 for in our hearing H241 the king H4428 charged H6680 you and Abishai H52 and Ittai, H863 saying, H559 ‘[fn]Protect H8104 for me the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom!’ H53

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - by loving H157 those who hate H8130 you, and by hating H8130 those who love H157 you. For you have shown H5046 today H3117 that [fn]princes H8269 and servants H5650 are nothing H369 to you; for I know H3045 this day H3117 that if H3863 Absalom H53 were alive H2416 and all H3605 of us were dead H4191 today, H3117 then H227 [fn]you would be pleased. H3474 H5869

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - “Oh H3863 that my grief H3708 were actually H8254 weighed H8254
And laid H5375 in the balances H3976 together H3162 with my calamity! H1942

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - “There H3426 is no H3808 umpire H3198 between H996 us,
Who may lay H7896 his hand H3027 upon us both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - “I too H1571 could speak H1696 like you,
If H3863 [fn]I were in your place. H8478
I could compose H2266 words H4405 against H5921 you
And shake H5128 my head H7218 at you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13 - “Oh H3863 that My people H5971 would listen H8085 to Me,
That Israel H3478 would walk H1980 in My ways! H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - “If H3863 only H3863 you had paid H7181 attention H7181 to My commandments! H4687
Then your [fn]well-being H7965 would have been H1961 like a river, H5104
And your righteousness H6666 like the waves H1530 of the sea. H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:1 - [fn]Oh, H3863 that You would rend H7167 the heavens H8064 and come H3381 down, H3381
That the mountains H2022 might quake H2151 at Your presence H6440—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - “If H3863 I were to cause wild H7451 beasts H2416 to pass H5674 through the land H776 and they [fn]depopulated H7921 it, and it became H1961 desolate H8077 so H4480 H1097 that no H1097 one H1097 would pass H5674 through H5674 it because H4480 H6440 of the beasts, H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11 - “If H3863 a man H376 walking H1980 after wind H7307 and falsehood H8267
Had told H3576 lies H3576 and said,
‘I will [fn]speak H5197 out to you concerning wine H3196 and liquor,’ H7941
He would be [fn]spokesman H5197 to this H2088 people. H5971
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