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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
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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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “See H2009 now H4994, the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 have H935 relations H935 with H935 my slave H8198 woman H8198; perhaps H194 I will [fn]obtain H1129 children H1129 through H4480 her.” And Abram H87 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai H8297.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:24 - “Suppose H194 there H3426 are H3426 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 people H6662 within H8432 the city H5892; will You indeed H637 sweep H5595 it away H5595 and not [fn]spare H5375 the place H4725 for the sake H4616 of the fifty H2572 righteous H6662 who H834 are in it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - “Suppose H194 the fifty H2572 righteous H6662 are lacking H2637 five H2568, will You destroy H7843 the entire H3605 city H5892 because of five H2568?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it if H518 I find H4672 forty-five H705 H2568 there H8033.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:29 - And he spoke H1696 to Him yet H5750 again H3254 and said H559, “Suppose H194 forty H705 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not do H6213 it on account H5668 of the forty H705.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696; suppose H194 thirty H7970 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not do H6213 it if H518 I find H4672 thirty H7970 there H8033.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:31 - And he said H559, “Now H4994 behold H2009, I have [fn]ventured H2974 to speak H1696 to the Lord H136; suppose H194 twenty H6242 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the twenty H6242.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - Then he said H559, “Oh H4994 may H4994 the Lord H136 not be H2734 angry H2734, and I shall speak H1696 only H389 this H6471 once H6471: suppose H194 ten H6235 are found H4672 there H8033?” And He said H559, “I will not destroy H7843 it on account H5668 of the ten H6235.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:5 - The servant H5650 said H559 to him, “Suppose H194 the woman H802 is H14 not willing H14 to follow H1980 H310 me to this H2088 land H776; should I take H7725 your son H1121 back H7725 to the land H776 from where H834 H8033 you came H3318?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:39 - “Then I said H559 to my master H113, ‘Suppose H194 the woman H802 does not follow H1980 H310 me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 - “Perhaps H194 my father H1 will touch H4959 me, then I will be like a [fn]deceiver H8591 in his sight H5869, and I will bring H935 upon myself a curse H7045 and not a blessing H1293.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:20 - and you shall say H559, ‘Behold H2009, your servant H5650 Jacob H3290 also H1571 is behind H310 us.’” For he said H559, “I will appease H3722 H6440 him with the gift H4503 that goes H1980 ahead H6440 of me. Then afterward H310 H3651 I will see H7200 his face H6440; perhaps H194 he will accept H5375 H6440 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:12 - “And take H3947 double H4932 the money H3701 in your hand H3027, and take H7725 back H7725 in your hand H3027 the money H3701 that was returned H7725 in the opening H6310 of your sacks H572; perhaps H194 it was a mistake H4870.

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And on the next H4283 day H4283 Moses H4872 said H559 to the people H5971, “You yourselves H859 have [fn]committed H2398 a great H1419 sin H2401; and now H6258 I am going H5927 up H5927 to the LORD H3068; perhaps H194 I can make H3722 atonement H3722 for your sin H2403.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:6 - “Now H6258, therefore, please H4994 come H1980, curse H779 this H2088 people H5971 for me since H3588 they are too H4480 [fn]mighty H6099 for me; perhaps H194 I will be H3201 able H3201 to [fn]defeat H5221 them and drive H1644 them out H1644 of the land H776. For I know H3045 that he whom H834 you bless H1288 is blessed H1288, and he whom H834 you curse H779 is cursed H779.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:11 - ‘Behold H2009, there is a people H5971 who came H3318 out H3318 of Egypt H4714, and they cover H3680 the surface H5869 of the land H776; now H6258 come H1980, curse H6895 them for me; perhaps H194 I will be H3201 able H3201 to fight H3898 against them and drive H1644 them out H1644.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:33 - “But the donkey H860 saw H7200 me and turned H5186 away H5186 from me these H2088 three H7969 times H7272. If H194 she had not turned H5186 away H5186 from me, I certainly H3588 would have killed H2026 you just now H6258, and let her live H2421.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 23:3 - Then Balaam H1109 said H559 to Balak H1111, “Stand H3320 beside H5921 your burnt H5930 offering H5930, and I will go H1980; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will come H7136 to meet H7122 me, and whatever H4100 H1697 He shows H7200 me I will tell H5046 you.” So he went H1980 to a bare H8205 hill H8205.

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Then Balak H1111 said H559 to Balaam H1109, “Please H4994 come H1980, I will take H3947 you to another H312 place H4725; perhaps H194 it will be H3474 [fn]agreeable H3474 with God H430 that you curse H6895 them for me from there H8033.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:7 - But the men H376 of Israel H3478 said H559 to the Hivites H2340, “Perhaps H194 you are living H3427 [fn]within H7130 our land H7130; how H349 then are we to make H3772 a covenant H1285 with you?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:12 - “Now H6258 then, give H5414 me this H2088 hill H2022 country H2022 about which H834 the LORD H3068 spoke H1696 on that day H3117, for you heard H8085 on that day H3117 that Anakim H6062 were there H8033, with great H1419 fortified H1219 cities H5892; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will be with me, and I will [fn]drive H3423 them out H3423 just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 has spoken H1696.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:5 - “So you shall make H6213 likenesses H6754 of your tumors H6076 and likenesses H6754 of your mice H5909 that are ruining H7843 the land H776, and you shall give H5414 glory H3519 to the God H430 of Israel H3478; perhaps H194 He will lighten H7043 His hand H3027 from you, your gods H430, and your land H776.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:6 - But he said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now H4994, there is a man H376 of God H430 in this H2088 city H5892, and the man H376 is held H3513 in H3513 honor H3513; everything H3605 that he says H1696 definitely H935 comes H935 true. Now H6258 let’s go H1980 there H8033, perhaps H194 he can tell H5046 us about our journey H1870 on which H834 we have set H1980 out.”

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Then Jonathan H3083 said H559 to the young H5288 man H5288 who was carrying H5375 his armor H3627, “Come H1980, and let’s cross H5674 over H5674 to the garrison H4673 of these H428 uncircumcised H6189 men; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will work H6213 for us, because H3588 the LORD H3068 is not limited H4622 to saving H3467 by many H7227 or H176 by few H4592!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “Now H6258 then, [fn]the reason H834 I have come H935 to speak H1696 this H2088 word H1697 to my lord H113 the king H4428 is that the people H5971 have made H3372 me afraid H3372; so your servant H8198 said H559, ‘Let me now H4994 speak H1696 to the king H4428, perhaps H194 the king H4428 will perform H6213 the [fn]request H1697 of his slave H519.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:12 - “Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will look H7200 on my [fn]misery H6040 and [fn]return H7725 good H2896 to me instead H8478 of H8478 his cursing H7045 this H2088 day H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - Then Ahab H256 said H559 to Obadiah H5662, “Go H1980 through the land H776 to all H3605 the springs H4599 of water H4325 and to all H3605 the river H5158 valleys H5158; perhaps H194 we will find H4672 grass H2682 and keep H2421 the horses H5483 and mules H6505 alive H2421, and not have to kill H3772 some H4480 of the cattle H929.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:27 - And at noon H6672 Elijah H452 ridiculed H2048 them and said H559, “Call H7121 out H7121 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, since H3588 he is a god H430; undoubtedly H3588 he is attending H7879 to H7879 business H7879, or is on the way H5509, or is on a journey H1870. Perhaps H194 he is asleep H3463, and will awaken H3364.”

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But his servants H5650 said H559 to him, “Behold H2009 now H4994, we have heard H8085 that the kings H4428 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 are merciful H2617 kings H4428. Please H4994 let’s put H7760 sackcloth H8242 [fn]around our waists H4975 and ropes H2256 on our heads H7218, and go H3318 out H3318 to the king H4428 of Israel H3478; perhaps H194 he will let H2421 [fn]you live H2421.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:4 - ‘Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will hear H8085 all H3605 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh H7262, whom H834 his master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 has sent H7971 to taunt H2778 the living H2416 God H430, and will avenge H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has heard H8085. Therefore, offer H5375 a prayer H8605 for the remnant H7611 that is [fn]left H4672.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When H3588 the days H3117 of feasting H4960 had completed H5362 their cycle H5362, Job H347 would send H7971 word to them and consecrate H6942 them, getting H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and offering H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 according to the number H4557 of them all H3605; for Job H347 said H559, “Perhaps H194 my sons H1121 have sinned H2398 and cursed H1288 God H430 in their hearts H3824.” Job H347 did H6213 so H3602 continually H3605 H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:4 - ‘Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 your God H430 will hear H8085 the words H1697 of Rabshakeh H7262, whom H834 his master H113 the king H4428 of Assyria H804 has sent H7971 to taunt H2778 the living H2416 God H430, and will avenge H3198 the words H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has heard H8085. Therefore, offer H5375 a prayer H8605 for the remnant H7611 that is left H4672.’”

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“Persist H5975 now H4994 in your spells H2267

And in your many H7230 sorceries H3785

With which H834 you have labored H3021 from your youth H5271;

Perhaps H194 you will be H3201 able H3201 to benefit H3276,

Perhaps H194 you may cause H6206 trembling H6206.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:10 -

For I have heard H8085 the whispering H1681 of many H7227,

“Terror H4032 on every H5439 side H5439!

Denounce H5046 him; let’s denounce H5046 him!”

[fn]All H3605 my trusted H7965 friends H582 H7965,

Watching H8104 for my fall H6761, say:

“Perhaps H194 he will be persuaded H6601, so that we may prevail H3201 against him

And take H3947 our revenge H5360 on him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:2 - “Please H4994 inquire H1875 of the LORD H3068 in our behalf H1157, because H3588 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 is making H3898 war H3898 against H5921 us; perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 will deal H6213 with us in accordance with all H3605 His [fn]wonderful H6381 acts H6381, so that the enemy will withdraw H5927 from us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:3 - ‘Perhaps H194 they will listen H8085 and everyone H376 will turn H7725 from his evil H7451 way H1870, and I will relent H5162 of the disaster H7451 which H834 I am planning H2803 to inflict H6213 on them because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of their deeds H4611.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - “Perhaps H194 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 will listen H8085 to all H3605 the disaster H7451 which H834 I plan H2803 to carry H6213 out H6213 against them, so H4616 that H4616 every H376 person H376 will turn H7725 from his evil H7451 way H1870; then I will forgive H5545 their wrongdoing H5771 and their sin H2403.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:7 - “Perhaps H194 their pleading H8467 will [fn]come H5307 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and everyone H376 will turn H7725 from his evil H7451 way H1870; for great H1419 is the anger H639 and the wrath H2534 that the LORD H3068 has pronounced H1696 against H413 this H2088 people H5971.”

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Suddenly H6597 Babylon H894 has fallen H5307 and been broken H7665;

Wail H3213 over H5921 her!

Bring H3947 [fn]balm H6875 for her pain H4341;

Perhaps H194 she may be healed H7495.

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Let him [fn]put H5414 his mouth H6310 in the dust H6083;

Perhaps H194 there H3426 is H3426 hope H8615.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:3 - “So as for you, son H1121 of man H120, prepare H6213 for yourself baggage H3627 for exile H1473 and go H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 by day H3119 in their sight H5869; that is, go H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 from your place H4725 to another H312 place H4725 in their sight H5869. Perhaps H194 they will [fn]understand H7200, though H3588 they are a rebellious H4805 house H1004.

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For they sow H2232 wind H7307

And they harvest H7114 a storm H5492.

The standing H7054 grain H7054 has H369 no H369 [fn]kernels H6780;

It yields H6213 no H1097 [fn]grain H7058.

If H194 it were to yield H6213, strangers H2114 would swallow H1104 it.

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Hate H8130 evil H7451, love H157 good H2896,

And establish H3322 justice H4941 in the [fn]gate H8179!

Perhaps H194 the LORD H3068 God H430 of armies H6635

Will be H2603 gracious H2603 to the remnant H7611 of Joseph H3130.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:6 - So the captain H7227 H2259 approached H7126 him and said H559, “How H4100 is it that you are sleeping H7290? Get H6965 up H6965, call H7121 on your god H430! Perhaps H194 your god H430 will be concerned H6245 about us so that we will not perish H6.”

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Seek H1245 the LORD H3068,

All H3605 you humble H6035 of the [fn]earth H776

Who H834 have practiced H6466 His [fn]ordinances H4941;

Seek H1245 righteousness H6664, seek H1245 humility H6038.

Perhaps H194 you will remain H5641 hidden H5641

On the day H3117 of the LORD’S H3068 anger H639.

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