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Lexicon :: Strong's H194 - 'ûlay

Aa
אוּלַי
Transliteration
'ûlay
Pronunciation
oo-lah'ee
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Part of Speech
adverb
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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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H194 matches the Hebrew אוּלַי ('ûlay),
which occurs 45 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And H559 Sarai H8297 said H559 unto H413 Abram, H87 Behold H2009 now, H4994 the LORD H3068 hath restrained me H6113 from bearing: H3205 I pray thee, H4994 go in H935 unto H413 my maid; H8198 it may be that H194 I may obtain children H1129 by her. H4480 And H8085 Abram H87 hearkened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai. H8297
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - Peradventure H194 there be H3426 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 within H8432 the city: H5892 wilt thou H5595 also H637 destroy H5595 and not H3808 spare H5375 the place H4725 for H4616 the H6662 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 that H834 are therein? H7130
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - Peradventure H194 there shall lack H2637 five H2568 of H2572 the H6662 fifty H2572 righteous: H6662 wilt thou destroy H7843 all H3605 the city H5892 for H2568 lack of five? H2568 And he said, H559 If H518 I find H4672 there H8033 forty H705 and five, H2568 I will H7843 not H3808 destroy H7843 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And H3254 he spake H1696 unto him H413 yet H5750 again, H3254 and said, H559 Peradventure H194 there shall be H4672 forty H705 found H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H6213 not H3808 do H6213 it for H5668 forty's H705 sake. H5668
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said H559 unto him, Oh H4994 let H2734 not H408 the Lord H136 be angry, H2734 and I will speak: H1696 Peradventure H194 there shall H4672 thirty H7970 be found H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H6213 not H3808 do H6213 it, if H518 I find H4672 thirty H7970 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said, H559 Behold H2009 now, H4994 I have taken upon me H2974 to speak H1696 unto H413 the Lord: H136 Peradventure H194 there shall be H4672 twenty H6242 found H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H7843 not H3808 destroy H7843 it for H5668 twenty's H6242 sake. H5668
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, H559 Oh H4994 let H2734 not H408 the Lord H136 be angry, H2734 and I will speak H1696 yet H389 but this once: H6471 Peradventure H194 ten H6235 shall be found H4672 there. H8033 And he said, H559 I will H7843 not H3808 destroy H7843 it for H5668 ten's H6235 sake. H5668
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - And H559 the servant H5650 said H559 unto him, H413 Peradventure H194 the woman H802 will H14 not H3808 be willing H14 to follow H3212 me H310 unto H413 this H2063 land: H776 must H7725 I H7725 needs H7725 bring H7725 thy son H1121 again H7725 unto H413 the land H776 from H8033 whence H834 thou camest? H3318
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - And I said H559 unto H413 my master, H113 Peradventure H194 the woman H802 will H3212 not H3808 follow H3212 me. H310
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - My father H1 peradventure H194 will feel me, H4959 and I shall seem H1961 to him H5869 as a deceiver; H8591 and I shall bring H935 a curse H7045 upon me, H5921 and not H3808 a blessing. H1293
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - And say ye H559 moreover, H1571 Behold, H2009 thy servant H5650 Jacob H3290 is behind us. H310 For H3588 he said, H559 I will appease H3722 him H6440 with the present H4503 that goeth H1980 before me, H6440 and afterward H310 H3651 I will see H7200 his face; H6440 peradventure H194 he will accept H5375 of me. H6440
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - And H3701 take H3947 double H4932 money H3701 in your hand; H3027 and H853 the money H3701 that was brought again H7725 in the mouth H6310 of your sacks, H572 carry it again H7725 in your hand; H3027 peradventure H194 it H1931 was an oversight: H4870
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:30 - And it came to pass H1961 on the morrow, H4283 that H559 Moses H4872 said H559 unto H413 the people, H5971 Ye H859 have sinned H2398 a H2401 great H1419 sin: H2401 and now H6258 I will go up H5927 unto H413 the LORD; H3068 peradventure H194 I shall make an atonement H3722 for H1157 your sin. H2403
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - Come H3212 now therefore, H6258 I pray thee, H4994 curse H779 me this H2088 people; H5971 for H3588 they H1931 are too mighty H6099 for me: H4480 peradventure H194 I shall prevail, H3201 that we may smite H5221 them, and that I may drive them H1644 out H4480 of the land: H776 for H3588 I wot H3045 that H834 he H1288 whom H834 thou blessest H1288 is blessed, H1288 and H834 he H779 whom H834 thou cursest H779 is cursed. H779
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - Behold, H2009 there is a people H5971 come out H3318 of Egypt, H4714 which covereth H3680 the face H5869 of the earth: H776 come H3212 now, H6258 curse H6895 me them; H853 peradventure H194 I shall be able H3201 to overcome H3898 them, and drive them out. H1644
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - And H7200 the ass H860 saw me, H7200 and turned H5186 from me H6440 these H2088 three H7969 times: H7272 unless H194 she had turned H5186 from me, H6440 surely H3588 now H6258 also H1571 I had slain H2026 thee, H853 and H853 saved H2421 her H853 alive. H2421
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - And H559 Balaam H1109 said H559 unto Balak, H1111 Stand H3320 by H5921 thy burnt offering, H5930 and I will go: H3212 peradventure H194 the LORD H3068 will come H7136 to meet me: H7125 and whatsoever H1697 H4100 he sheweth me H7200 I will tell H5046 thee. And he went H3212 to an high place. H8205
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:27 - And H559 Balak H1111 said H559 unto H413 Balaam, H1109 Come, H3212 I pray thee, H4994 I will bring thee H3947 unto H413 another H312 place; H4725 peradventure H194 it will please H3474 H5869 God H430 that thou mayest curse H6895 me H589 them H6895 from thence. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - And H559 the men H376 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto H413 the Hivites, H2340 Peradventure H194 ye H859 dwell H3427 among us; H7130 and how H349 shall we make H3772 a league H1285 with you? H3772
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - Now therefore H6258 give H5414 me this H2088 mountain, H2022 whereof H834 the LORD H3068 spake H1696 in H3117 that H1931 day; H3117 for H3588 thou H859 heardest H8085 in H3117 that H1931 day H3117 how H3588 the Anakims H6062 were there, H8033 and that the cities H5892 were great H1419 and fenced: H1219 if so be H194 the LORD H3068 will be with me, H854 then I shall be able to drive them out, H3423 as H834 the LORD H3068 said. H1696
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - Wherefore ye shall make H6213 images H6754 of your emerods, H2914 and images H6754 of your mice H5909 that mar H7843 the land; H776 and ye shall give H5414 glory H3519 unto the God H430 of Israel: H3478 peradventure H194 he will lighten H7043 his hand H3027 from off you, H5921 and from off H5921 your gods, H430 and from off H5921 your land. H776
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - And he said H559 unto him, Behold H2009 now, H4994 there is in H5892 this H2063 city H5892 a man H376 of God, H430 and H376 he is an honourable H3513 man; H376 all H3605 that H834 he saith H1696 cometh H935 surely H935 to pass: H935 now H6258 let us go H3212 thither; H8033 peradventure H194 he can shew H5046 us our way H1870 that H834 we should go. H1980
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:6 - And H559 Jonathan H3083 said H559 to H413 the young man H5288 that bare H5375 his armour, H3627 Come, H3212 and let us go over H5674 unto H413 the garrison H4673 of H6189 these H428 uncircumcised: H6189 it may be that H194 the LORD H3068 will work H6213 for us: for H3588 there is no H369 restraint H4622 to the LORD H3068 to save H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few. H4592
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - Now therefore H6258 that H834 I am come H935 to speak H1696 of H1697 this H2088 thing H1697 unto H413 my lord H113 the king, H4428 it is because H3588 the people H5971 have made me afraid: H3372 and H559 thy handmaid H8198 said, H559 I will H1696 now H4994 speak H1696 unto H413 the king; H4428 it may be that H194 the king H4428 will perform H6213 the request H1697 of his handmaid. H519
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - It may be that H194 the LORD H3068 will look H7200 on mine affliction, H5869 and that H7725 the LORD H3068 will requite H7725 me H589 good H2896 for H8478 his cursing H7045 this H2088 day. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - And H559 Ahab H256 said H559 unto H413 Obadiah, H5662 Go H3212 into the land, H776 unto H413 all H3605 fountains H4599 of water, H4325 and unto H413 all H3605 brooks: H5158 peradventure H194 we may find H4672 grass H2682 to save H2421 the horses H5483 and mules H6505 alive, H2421 that H3808 we lose H3772 not H3808 all the beasts. H929
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - And it came to pass H1961 at noon, H6672 that H2048 Elijah H452 mocked H2048 them, and said, H559 Cry H7121 aloud: H1419 H6963 for H3588 he H1931 is a god; H430 either H3588 he is talking, H7879 or H3588 he is pursuing, H7873 or H3588 he is in a journey, H1870 or peradventure H194 he H1931 sleepeth, H3463 and must be awaked. H3364
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:31 - And H559 his servants H5650 said H559 unto him, H413 Behold H2009 now, H4994 we have heard H8085 that H3588 the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are merciful H2617 kings: H4428 let us, H7760 I pray thee, H4994 put H7760 sackcloth H8242 on our loins, H4975 and ropes H2256 upon our heads, H7218 and go out H3318 to H413 the king H4428 of Israel: H3478 peradventure H194 he will save H2421 thy life. H5315
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - It may be H194 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will hear H8085 all H3605 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh, H7262 H7262 whom H834 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 his master H113 hath sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the H430 living H2416 God; H430 and will reprove H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath heard: H8085 wherefore lift up H5375 thy prayer H8605 for H1157 the remnant H7611 that are left. H4672
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And it was so, H1961 when H3588 the days H3117 of their feasting H4960 were gone about, H5362 that H7971 Job H347 sent H7971 and sanctified them, H6942 and rose up early H7925 in the morning, H1242 and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 according to the number H4557 of them all: H3605 for H3588 Job H347 said, H559 It may be H194 that H2398 my sons H1121 have sinned, H2398 and cursed H1288 God H430 in their hearts. H3824 Thus H3602 did H6213 Job H347 continually. H3605 H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - It may be H194 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 will hear H8085 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh, H7262 H7262 whom H834 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 his master H113 hath sent H7971 to reproach H2778 the H430 living H2416 God, H430 and will reprove H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath heard: H8085 wherefore lift up H5375 thy prayer H8605 for H1157 the remnant H7611 that is left. H4672
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:12 - Stand H5975 now H4994 with thine enchantments, H2267 and with the multitude H7230 of thy sorceries, H3785 wherein H834 thou hast laboured H3021 from thy youth; H5271 if so be H194 thou shalt be able H3201 to profit, H3276 if so be H194 thou mayest prevail. H6206
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 - For H3588 I heard H8085 the defaming H1681 of many, H7227 fear H4032 on every side. H5439 Report, H5046 say they, and we will report it. H5046 All H3605 my familiars H582 H7965 watched for H8104 my halting, H6761 saying, Peradventure H194 he will be enticed, H6601 and we shall prevail H3201 against him, and we shall take H3947 our revenge H5360 on him. H4480
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - Enquire, H1875 I pray thee, H4994 of the LORD H3068 for us; H1157 for H3588 Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 maketh war H3898 against us; H5921 if so be H194 that H6213 the LORD H3068 will deal H6213 with us H854 according to all H3605 his wondrous works, H6381 that he may go up H5927 from us. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - If so be H194 they will hearken, H8085 and turn H7725 every man H376 from his H1870 evil H7451 way, H1870 that I may repent me H5162 of H413 the evil, H7451 which H834 I H595 purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them because H6440 of the evil H7455 of their doings. H4611
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - It may be H194 that H8085 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 will hear H8085 all H3605 the evil H7451 which H834 I H595 purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them; that H4616 they may return H7725 every man H376 from his H1870 evil H7451 way; H1870 that I may forgive H5545 their iniquity H5771 and their sin. H2403
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:7 - It may be H194 they will present H5307 their supplication H8467 before H6440 the LORD, H3068 and will return H7725 every one H376 from his H1870 evil H7451 way: H1870 for H3588 great H1419 is the anger H639 and the fury H2534 that H834 the LORD H3068 hath pronounced H1696 against H413 this H2088 people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:8 - Babylon H894 is H5307 suddenly H6597 fallen H5307 and destroyed: H7665 howl H3213 for her; H5921 take H3947 balm H6875 for her pain, H4341 if so be H194 she may be healed. H7495
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:29 - He putteth H5414 his mouth H6310 in the dust; H6083 if so be H194 there may be H3426 hope. H8615
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - Therefore, thou H859 son H1121 of man, H120 prepare H6213 thee stuff H3627 for removing, H1473 and remove H1540 by day H3119 in their sight; H5869 and thou shalt remove H1540 from thy place H4725 to H413 another H312 place H4725 in their sight: H5869 it may be H194 they will consider, H7200 though H3588 they H1992 be a H1004 rebellious H4805 house. H1004
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:7 - For H3588 they have sown H2232 the wind, H7307 and H5492 they shall reap H7114 the whirlwind: H5492 it hath no H369 stalk: H7054 the bud H6780 shall yield H6213 no H1097 meal: H7058 if so be H194 it yield, H6213 the strangers H2114 shall swallow it up. H1104
Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:15 - Hate H8130 the evil, H7451 and love H157 the good, H2896 and establish H3322 judgment H4941 in the gate: H8179 it may be that H194 the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 will be gracious H2603 unto the remnant H7611 of Joseph. H3130
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So H7126 the H2259 shipmaster H7227 H2259 came H7126 to him, H413 and said H559 unto him, What meanest H4100 thou, O sleeper? H7290 arise, H6965 call H7121 upon H413 thy God, H430 if so be H194 that God H430 will think H6245 upon us, that H3808 we perish H6 not. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:3 - Seek ye H1245 the LORD, H3068 all H3605 ye meek H6035 of the earth, H776 which H834 have wrought H6466 his judgment; H4941 seek H1245 righteousness, H6664 seek H1245 meekness: H6038 it may be H194 ye shall be hid H5641 in the day H3117 of the H639 LORD'S H3068 anger. H639
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