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Lexicon :: Strong's H3884 - lûlē'

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לוּלֵא
Transliteration
lûlē'
Pronunciation
loo-lay'
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Part of Speech
conjunction, preposition
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1085a

Strong’s Definitions

לוּלֵא lûwlêʼ, loo-lay'; or לוּלֵי lûwlêy; from H3863 and H3808; if not:—except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3884 in the following manner: except (4x), unless (4x), If (3x), had not (1x), were it not (1x), were it not that (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3884 in the following manner: except (4x), unless (4x), If (3x), had not (1x), were it not (1x), were it not that (1x).

  1. unless, if not, except

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּלֵא lûwlêʼ, loo-lay'; or לוּלֵי lûwlêy; from H3863 and H3808; if not:—except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.
STRONGS H3884: Abbreviations
† לוּלֵא Genesis 43:10; Judges 14:18; 2 Samuel 2:27; Psalm 27:13, elsewhere לוּלֵי 10 if not, unless (from לוּ if, and לֵא, by dissimilation (Köii. 236, 489) for לֹא not; compare Arabic bdb053003), the negative of לוּ, and used similarly: —
a. followed by perfect, Judges 14:18 לולא חרשׁתם ֗֗֗ לא מצאתם unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have found out my riddle, 1 Samuel 25:34 (second כי resumptive: כִּי 1d), Psalm 106:23; with apod, introd. by כִּי עַתָּה Genesis 31:42; Genesis 43:10; by אָז 2 Samuel 2:27 (כי resumptive); by כִּמְעַט Isaiah 1:9; with an aposiop. Psalm 27:13 if I had not believed...!
b. followed by imperfect Deuteronomy 32:27 אמרתי ֗֗֗ לולי אגור I should have said, &c.... except I dreaded, &c.
c. followed by participle, 2 Kings 3:14.
d. without a verb, Psalm 94:17 (apodosis כמעט), Psalm 119:92 (apodosis אָז). In the later language, Psalm 124:1; Psalm 124:2 -שֶׁ לוּלֵי י׳ (apodosis אֲזַי except that... (compare Aramaic, bdb053004 Psalm 106:23, אִילּוּלֵי ֗֗֗ דִּי Psalm 27:13 Targum). — Read also לוּלֵי for אוּלַי in Numbers 22:33 (apodosis כִּי עַתָּה). See further on לוּ and לוּלֵא Dr§§ 139-145 Köiii. 487f; 565.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

31:42; 43:10; 43:10

Numbers

22:33

Deuteronomy

32:27

Judges

14:18; 14:18

1 Samuel

25:34

2 Samuel

2:27; 2:27

2 Kings

3:14

Psalms

27:13; 27:13; 27:13; 94:17; 106:23; 106:23; 119:92; 124:1; 124:2

Isaiah

1:9

H3884

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3884 matches the Hebrew לוּלֵא (lûlē'),
which occurs 14 times in 14 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:42

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:10 - As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:27 - but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed; the LORD has not done all this.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him, “What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?” Samson said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - Otherwise, as surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - Joab answered, “As surely as God lives, if you had not spoken, the men would have continued pursuing them until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD Almighty lives, whom I serve, if I did not have respect for the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would not pay any attention to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13 - I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17 - Unless the LORD had given me help, I would soon have dwelt in the silence of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:23 - So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:92

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:92 - If your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 - A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel say—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 124:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:2 - if the LORD had not been on our side when people attacked us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:9 - Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
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