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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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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, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children[fn] by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you then sweep away the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous who are in it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - Suppose five of the fifty righteous are lacking. Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” And he said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - Again he spoke to him and said, “Suppose forty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of forty I will not do it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Suppose thirty are found there.” He answered, “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 - He said, “Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord. Suppose twenty are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of twenty I will not destroy it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said, “Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again but this once. Suppose ten are found there.” He answered, “For the sake of ten I will not destroy it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land. Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - 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 - Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall seem to be mocking him and bring a curse upon myself and not a blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - and you shall say, ‘Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us.’” For he thought, “I may appease him[fn] with the present that goes ahead of me, and afterward I shall see his face. Perhaps he will accept me.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:30 - The next day Moses said to the people, “You have sinned a great sin. And 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 - Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know 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 - ‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall 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 aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - And 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.” And he went to a bare height,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may 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 live among us; then how can we make a covenant with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - So now give me this hill country of which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day how the Anakim were there, with great fortified cities. It may be that 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 must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But he said to him, “Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work for us, for nothing can hinder the LORD from saving by many or by few.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid, and your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - It may be that the LORD will look on the wrong done to me,[fn] and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing today.”

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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 springs of water and to all the valleys. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”

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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 put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads 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 heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed[fn] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

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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, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Stand fast in your enchantments
and your many sorceries,
with which you have labored from your youth;
perhaps you may be able to succeed;
perhaps you may inspire terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For I hear many whispering.
Terror is on every side!
“Denounce him! Let us denounce him!”
say all my close friends,
watching for my fall.
“Perhaps he will be deceived;
then we can overcome him
and take our revenge on him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar[fn] king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - It may be they will listen, and every one turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the disaster that I intend to do to them because of their evil 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 that I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn 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 that their plea for mercy will come before the LORD, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken;
wail for her!
Take balm for her 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—
there may yet be hope;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself an exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day in their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand, though[fn] they are a rebellious house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For they sow the wind,
and they shall reap the whirlwind.
The standing grain has no heads;
it shall yield no flour;
if it were to yield,
strangers would devour it.

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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 gate;
it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain came and said to him, “What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call out to your god! Perhaps the god will give a thought to us, that we may not perish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land,
who do his just commands;[fn]
seek righteousness; seek humility;
perhaps you may be hidden
on the day of the anger of the LORD.
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