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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 - So Sarai said to Abram, "Since the LORD has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her." Abram did what Sarai told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "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 - Abraham spoke to him again, "What if forty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it for the sake of the forty."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?" He replied, "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 - Abraham said, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?" He replied, "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 - Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "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 asked him, "What if the woman is not willing to come back with 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 - But I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not want to go with me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - My father may touch me! Then he'll think I'm mocking him and I'll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - You must also say, 'In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.'" Jacob thought, "I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths 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 committed a very serious sin, but now I will go up to the LORD - perhaps I can make atonement on behalf of your sin."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - "Look, a nation has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Come now and put a curse on them for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat 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 from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - Balak said to Balaam, "Come, please; 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 - The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - Now, assign me this hill country which the LORD promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the LORD is with me, I will conquer them, as the LORD promised."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - You should make images of the sores and images of the mice that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But the servant said to him, "Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. Now let's go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come on, let's go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will intervene for us. Nothing can prevent the LORD from delivering, whether by many or by a few."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said, 'I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - Perhaps the LORD will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Ahab told Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - At noon Elijah mocked them, "Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - His advisers said to him, "Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 19:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the LORD your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's customary practice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 37:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the LORD your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful - maybe you will scare away disaster.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - "Please ask the LORD to come and help us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the LORD will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:7 - Perhaps then they will ask the LORD for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the LORD has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - "Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:15 - Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the LORD, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek the LORD's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the LORD's angry judgment.
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