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Lexicon :: Strong's H3863 - lû'

Aa
לוּא
Transliteration
lû'
Pronunciation
loo
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Part of Speech
conjunction
Root Word (Etymology)
A conditional particle
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TWOT Reference: 1085

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: לוא (Strongs and Gesenius) לו (Strongs and Gesenius) לה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

לוּא lûwʼ, loo; or לֻא luʼ; or לוּ lûw; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!:—if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H3863 in the following manner: if (6x), would God (4x), O that (3x), Oh (2x), would it might be (1x), if haply (1x), peradventure (1x), Oh that (1x), pray thee (1x), Though (1x), would (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H3863 in the following manner: if (6x), would God (4x), O that (3x), Oh (2x), would it might be (1x), if haply (1x), peradventure (1x), Oh that (1x), pray thee (1x), Though (1x), would (1x).

  1. if, oh that!, if only!

    1. if (unlikely condition)

    2. if only!, oh that!, would that!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לוּא lûwʼ, loo; or לֻא luʼ; or לוּ lûw; a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!:—if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
STRONGS H3863: Abbreviations
† לוּ 17 and לוּא (1 Samuel 14:30; Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 63:19), also לֻא (Qr לוּ), 2 Samuel 18:12; 2 Samuel 19:7 (Arabic bdb053001, Aramaic bdb053002, לְוַי, Mishna לְוַי, Assyrian lû, with optative force, Dl§§ 78 end, 93, 145; compare Köii. 333), conjunction if, O that: —
1. if (stating a case which has not been, or is not likely to be, realized):
a. followed by perfect (so mostly), Deuteronomy 32:29 לו חכמו ישׂכילו זאת if they had been wise (which they are not), they would understand this; Micah 2:11 (apodosis וְהָיָה); Judges 8:19; Judges 13:23 להמיתנו לא לקח לו חפץ י׳ if J. had desired to slay us, he would not have taken, &c.; 1 Samuel 14:30; 2 Samuel 19:7.
b. followed by imperfect Ezekiel 14:15 if I were to send, &c. (but read probably אוֺ, compare Ezekiel 14:17; Ezekiel 14:19).
c. followed by participle, 2 Samuel 18:12 וְלֻא אָנֹכִי שֹׁקֵל and though I should be weighing 1000 pieces of silver upon my hand, I would not, &c.; Psalm 81:14-17 לו עמי שֹׁמֵעַ לי if my people were hearkening to me,... quickly would I bow down, &c.
d. followed by יֵשׁ Job 16:4. — With the apodosis omitted, Genesis 50:15 לוּ יִשְׂטְמֵנוּ if Joseph were to hate us (how should we fare then ?).
2. If only...! i.e. O that! would that! (compare εἰ γάρ, εἴθε) usually followed by perf., as Numbers 14:2 (twice in verse) לוּ מַתְנוּ if only we had died in the land of Egypt! Numbers 20:3; Joshua 7:7 וְלוּ הוֺאַלְנוּ וַנֵּשֶׁב Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 63:19; followed by יֵשׁ Numbers 22:29; followed by imperfect Genesis 17:18 לו יחיה O that Ishmael might live before thee! Job 6:2; followed by jussive Genesis 30:34 כדברך לו יהי; followed by imperative Genesis 23:13 אם אתה לוּ שׁמעני if thou — O that thou wouldst hear me! (+ probably Genesis 23:5 לאמר ׃ לוּ שׁמעני for לאמרֹ לוֺ ׃ שׁ׳, and similarly Genesis 23:15). — Read also probably לֻא for Masoretic לֹא Judges 21:22 (with כִּי עַתָּה), 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Samuel 20:14 (twice in verse); Job 9:33 (followed by יֵשׁ); and perhaps Job 14:4 (Ew Kö).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

17:18; 23:5; 23:13; 23:15; 30:34; 50:15

Numbers

14:2; 20:3; 22:29

Deuteronomy

32:29

Joshua

7:7

Judges

8:19; 13:23; 21:22

1 Samuel

13:13; 14:30; 14:30; 20:14

2 Samuel

18:12; 18:12; 19:7; 19:7

Job

6:2; 9:33; 14:4; 16:4

Isaiah

48:18; 48:18; 63:19; 63:19

Ezekiel

14:15; 14:17; 14:19

Micah

2:11

H3863

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Strong's Number H3863 matches the Hebrew לוּא (lû'),
which occurs 25 times in 22 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - And H559➔ Abraham H85 said ➔H559 unto H413 God, H430 O that H3863 Ishmael H3458 might live H2421 before thee! H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - And he spake H1696 unto H413 Ephron H6085 in the audience H241 of the people H5971 of the land, H776 saying, H559 But H389 if H518 thou H859 wilt give it, I pray thee, H3863 hear me: H8085 I will give thee H5414 money H3701 for the field; H7704 take H3947 it of me, H4480 and I will bury H6912 my dead H4191 there. H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:34 - And H559➔ Laban H3837 said, ➔H559 Behold, H2005 I would H3863 it might be H1961 according to thy word. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:15 - And when H7200➔ Joseph's H3130 brethren H251 saw ➔H7200 that H3588 their father H1 was dead, H4191 they said, H559 Joseph H3130 will peradventure H3863 hate us, H7852 and will certainly H7725 requite H7725 us all H3605 the evil H7451 which H834 we did H1580 unto him. H853

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:2 - And H3885➔ all H3605 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 murmured ➔H3885 against H5921 Moses H4872 and against H5921 Aaron: H175 and H559➔ the H5712➔ whole H3605 congregation ➔H5712 said ➔H559 unto them, H413 Would God H3863 that we had died H4191 in the land H776 of Egypt! H4714 or H176 would God H3863 we had died H4191 in H4057➔ this H2088 wilderness! ➔H4057

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:3 - And H7378➔ the people H5971 chode ➔H7378 with H5973 Moses, H4872 and spake, H559 saying, H559 Would God that H3863 we had died H1478 when H1478➔ our brethren H251 died ➔H1478 before H6440 the LORD! H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - And H559➔ Balaam H1109 said ➔H559 unto the ass, H860 Because H3588 thou hast mocked H5953 me: I would H3863 there were H3426 a sword H2719 in mine hand, H3027 for H3588 now H6258 would I kill thee. H2026

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - O that H3863 they were wise, H2449 that they understood H7919 this, H2063 that they would consider H995 their latter end! H319

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - And H559➔ Joshua H3091 said, ➔H559 Alas, O H162 Lord H136 GOD, H3069 wherefore H4100 hast thou H5674➔ at all H5674 brought ➔H5674➔ this H2088 people H5971 over ➔H5674 Jordan, H3383 to deliver H5414 us H853 into the hand H3027 of the Amorites, H567 to destroy us? H6 would to God H3863 we had been content, H2974 and dwelt H3427 on the other side H5676 Jordan! H3383

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:19 - And he said, H559 They H1992 were my brethren, H251 even the sons H1121 of my mother: H517 as the LORD H3068 liveth, H2416 if H3863 ye had saved H2421➔ them H853 alive, ➔H2421 I would H2026➔ not H3808 slay ➔H2026 you. H853

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But H559➔ his wife H802 said ➔H559 unto him, If H3863 the LORD H3068 were pleased H2654 to kill us, H4191 he would H3947➔ not H3808 have received ➔H3947 a burnt offering H5930 and a meat offering H4503 at our hands, H3027 neither H3808 would he have shewed us H7200 all H3605 these H428 things, nor H3808 would H8085➔ as at this time H6256 have told us ➔H8085 such things as these. H2063

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:30 - How much more, H637 if haply H3588 H3863 the people H5971 had eaten H398 freely H398 to day H3117 of the spoil H7998 of their enemies H341 which H834 they found? H4672 for H3588 had there H7235➔ not H3808 been ➔H7235➔ now H6258 a much greater ➔H7235 slaughter H4347 among the Philistines? H6430

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - And H559➔ the man H376 said ➔H559 unto H413 Joab, H3097 Though H3863 I H595 should receive H8254 a thousand H505 shekels of silver H3701 in H5921 mine hand, H3709 yet would I H7971➔ not H3808 put forth ➔H7971 mine hand H3027 against H413 the king's H4428 son: H1121 for H3588 in our hearing H241 the king H4428 charged H6680 thee H853 and H853 Abishai H52 and H853 Ittai, H863 saying, H559 Beware H8104 that none H4310 touch the young man H5288 Absalom. H53

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - In that thou lovest H157 thine enemies, H8130 and hatest H8130 thy friends. H157 For H3588 thou hast declared H5046 this day, H3117 that H3588 thou regardest neither H369 princes H8269 nor servants: H5650 for H3588 this day H3117 I perceive, H3045 that H3588 if H3863 Absalom H53 had lived, H2416 and all we H3605 had died H4191 this day, H3117 then H3588 it had pleased thee H5869 well. H3477

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - Oh that H3863 my grief H3708 were H8254➔ throughly H8254 weighed, ➔H8254 and my calamity H1942 laid H5375 in the balances H3976 together! H3162

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:33 - Neither H3863 is there H3426 any daysman H3198 betwixt us, H996 that might lay H7896 his hand H3027 upon H5921 us both. H8147

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:4 - I H595 also H1571 could speak H1696 as ye do: if H3863 your soul H5315 were H3426 in H8478➔ my soul's H5315 stead, ➔H8478 I could heap up H2266 words H4405 against you, H5921 and shake H5128 mine head H7218 at you. H5921

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:13 - Oh that H3863 my people H5971 had hearkened H8085 unto me, H589 and Israel H3478 had walked H1980 in my ways! H1870

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:18 - O that H3863 thou hadst hearkened H7181 to my commandments! H4687 then had H1961➔ thy peace H7965 been ➔H1961 as a river, H5104 and thy righteousness H6666 as the waves H1530 of the sea: H3220

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:1 - Oh H3863 that thou wouldest rend H7167 the heavens, H8064 that thou wouldest come down, H3381 that H2151➔ the mountains H2022 might flow down ➔H2151 at thy presence, H6440

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:15 - If H3863 I cause H5674➔ noisome H7451 beasts H2416 to pass through ➔H5674 the land, H776 and they spoil it, H7921 so that it be H1961 desolate, H8077 that no man H1097 may pass through H5674 because H6440 of the beasts: H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 2:11 - If H3863 a man H376 walking H1980 in the spirit H7307 and falsehood H8267 do lie, H3576 saying, I will prophesy H5197 unto thee of wine H3196 and of strong drink; H7941 he shall even be H1961 the prophet H5197 of H5971➔ this H2088 people. ➔H5971
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