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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 - so she said to Abram, “The LORD has kept me from having children. Go, sleep with my slave; perhaps I can build a family through her.” Abram agreed to what Sarai said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[fn] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?” “If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?” He said, “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, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if only thirty can be 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 - Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?” He said, “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, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if only ten can be 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 asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:39

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - “Then I asked my master, ‘What if the woman will not come back with me?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And be sure to say, ‘Your servant Jacob is coming behind us.’ ” For he thought, “I will pacify him with these gifts I am sending on ahead; later, when I see him, perhaps he will receive me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

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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 great sin. But 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 come and put a curse on these people, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps then I will be able to defeat 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 - ‘A people that has come out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps then I will be able to fight them and drive them away.’ ”

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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 it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - Then Balak said to Balaam, “Come, let me 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 Israelites said to the Hivites, “But 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 give me this hill country that the LORD promised me that day. You yourself heard then that the Anakites were there and their cities were large and fortified, but, the LORD helping me, I will drive them out just as he said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - Make models of the tumors and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But the servant replied, “Look, in this town there is a man of God; he is highly respected, and everything he says comes true. Let’s go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the outpost of those uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will act in our behalf. Nothing can hinder 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 - “And now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king; perhaps he will grant his servant’s request.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - It may be that the LORD will look upon my misery and restore to me his covenant blessing instead of his curse today.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Ahab had said to Obadiah, “Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grass to keep the horses and mules alive so we will not have to kill any of our animals.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - At noon Elijah began to taunt them. “Shout louder!” he said. “Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or traveling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - His officials said to him, “Look, we have heard that the kings of Israel are merciful. Let us go to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. 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 field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the LORD your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

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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 field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the LORD your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - “Keep on, then, with your magic spells and with your many sorceries, which you have labored at since childhood. Perhaps you will succeed, perhaps you will cause terror.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - I hear many whispering, “Terror on every side! Denounce him! Let’s denounce him!” All my friends are waiting for me to slip, saying, “Perhaps he will be deceived; then we will prevail over him and take our revenge on him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Inquire now of the LORD for us because Nebuchadnezzar[fn] king of Babylon is attacking us. Perhaps the LORD will perform wonders for us as in times past so that he will withdraw from us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - Perhaps they will listen and each will turn from their evil ways. Then I will relent and not inflict on them the disaster I was planning because of the evil they have done.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:7 - Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD and will each turn from their wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against this people by the LORD are great.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Wail over her! Get balm for her pain; 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— there may yet be hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - “Therefore, son of man, pack your belongings for exile and in the daytime, as they watch, set out and go from where you are to another place. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:15 - Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of 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, all you humble of the land, you who do what he commands. Seek righteousness, seek humility; perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.
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