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Lexicon :: Strong's H3884 - lûlē'

Aa
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 BoxGen 31:42 - “If H3884 the God H430 of my father H1, the God H430 of Abraham H85 and the fear H6343 of Isaac H3327, had H1961 not been H1961 for me, surely H3588 now H6258 you would have sent H7971 me away H7971 empty-handed H7387. God H430 has seen H7200 my affliction H6040 and the labor H3018 of my hands H3709, so He rendered H3198 judgment H3198 last H570 night H570.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:10 - “For if H3884 we had not delayed H4102, surely H3588 by now H6258 we could have returned H7725 twice H6471.”

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Had I not feared H1481 the provocation H3708 by the enemy H340,

That their adversaries H6862 would misjudge H5234,

That they would say H559, “Our hand H3027 is H7311 [fn]triumphant H7311,

And the LORD H3068 has not performed H6466 all H3605 this H2088.”’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:18 - So the men H376 of the city H5892 said H559 to him on the seventh H7637 day H3117 before H2962 the sun H2775 went H935 down,

“What H4100 is sweeter H4966 than H4480 honey H1706?

And what H4100 is stronger H5794 than H4480 a lion H738?”

And he said H559 to them,

“If H3884 you had not plowed H2790 with my heifer H5697,

You would not have found H4672 out H4672 my riddle H2420.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “Nevertheless H199, as the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 lives H2416, who H834 has restrained H4513 me from harming H7489 you, if H3588 H3884 you had not come H935 quickly H4116 to meet H7122 me, there certainly H3588 H518 would not have been left H3498 to Nabal H5037 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216 as much as one [fn]male H8366 H7023.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - Joab H3097 said H559, “As God H430 lives H2416, if H3588 H3884 you had not spoken H1696, then H227 the people H5971 of Judah certainly H3588 would have withdrawn H5927 in the morning H1242, each H376 from pursuing H310 his brother H251.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:14 - Elisha H477 said H559, “As surely as the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 lives H2416, before H6440 whom H834 I stand H5975, if I did not respect H5375 H6440 Jehoshaphat H3092 the king H4428 of Judah H3063, I would not look H5027 at you nor H518 see H7200 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:13 -

I certainly H3884 believed H539 that I would see H7200 the goodness H2898 of the LORD H3068

In the land H776 of the living H2416.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:17

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If H3884 the LORD H3068 had not been H1961 my help H5833,

My soul H5315 would soon H4592 have dwelt H7931 in the land of silence H1745.

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Therefore He said H559 that He would destroy H8045 them,

If Moses H4872, His chosen H972 one, had not stood H5975 in the gap H6556 before H6440 Him,

To turn H7725 away H7725 His wrath H2534 from destroying H7843 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:92

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:92 -

If H3884 Your Law H8451 had not been my delight H8191,

Then H227 I would have perished H6 in my misery H6040.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 124:1 -

A Song of Ascents, of David.

“Had it not been H1961 the LORD H3068 who H7945 was on our side,”

Let Israel H3478 say H559,

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“Had it not been H1961 the LORD H3068 who H7945 was on our side

When people H120 rose H6965 up H5927 against H5921 us,

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If H3884 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635

Had not left H3498 us a few H4592 survivors H8300,

We would be like Sodom H5467,

We would be H1819 like H1819 Gomorrah H6017.

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