Lexicon :: Strong's H194 - 'ûlay

אוּלַי

Transliteration

'ûlay

Pronunciation

oo-lah'ee

Part of Speech

adverb

Root Word (Etymology)

From אַו (H176)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 46

Strong's Info

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.

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

perhaps, peradventure
if peradventure
unless
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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

Gen 16:2 - And Sarai H8297 said H559 unto Abram,H87 Behold now, the LORD H3068 hath restrained me H6113 from bearing:H3205 I pray thee, go in H935 unto my maid;H8198 it may^H194 be that I may obtain children H1129 by her. And Abram H87 hearkened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai.H8297

Gen 18:24 - Peradventure there be H3426 fifty H2572 righteous H6662 within H8432 the city:H5892 wilt thou also destroy H5595 and not spare H5375 the place H4725 for H4616 the fifty H2572 righteous H6662 that are therein?H7130

Gen 18:28 - Peradventure there shall lack H2637 five H2568 of the fifty H2572 righteous:H6662 wilt thou destroy H7843 all the city H5892 for lack of five?H2568 And he said,H559 If I find H4672 there forty H705 and five,H2568 I will not destroy H7843 it.

Gen 18:29 - And he spake H1696 unto him yet again,H3254 and said,H559 Peradventure there shall be forty H705 found H4672 there. And he said,H559 I will not do H6213 it for forty's H705 sake.

Gen 18:30 - And he said H559 unto him, Oh H4994 let not the Lord H136 be angry,H2734 and I will speak:H1696 Peradventure there shall thirty H7970 be found H4672 there. And he said,H559 I will not do H6213 it, if I find H4672 thirty H7970 there.

Gen 18:31 - And he said,H559 Behold now, I have taken upon me H2974 to speak H1696 unto the Lord:H136 Peradventure there shall be twenty H6242 found H4672 there. And he said,H559 I will not destroy H7843 it for twenty's H6242 sake.

Gen 18:32 - And he said,H559 Oh let not the Lord H136 be angry,H2734 and I will speak H1696 yet H389 but this once:H6471 Peradventure ten H6235 shall be found H4672 there. And he said,H559 I will not destroy H7843 it for ten's H6235 sake.

Gen 24:5 - And the servant H5650 said H559 unto him, Peradventure the woman H802 will not be willing H14 to follow H3212 me H310 unto this land:H776 must I needs bring H7725 thy son H1121 again H7725 unto the land H776 from whence thou camest?H3318

Gen 24:39 - And I said H559 unto my master,H113 Peradventure the woman H802 will not follow H3212 H310 me.

Gen 27:12 - My father H1 peradventure will feel H4959 me, and I shall seem H5869 to him as a deceiver;H8591 and I shall bring H935 a curse H7045 upon me, and not a blessing.H1293

Gen 43:12 - And take H3947 double H4932 money H3701 in your hand;H3027 and 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 it was an oversight:H4870

Exo 32:30 - And it came to pass on the morrow,H4283 that Moses H4872 said H559 unto the people,H5971 Ye have sinned H2398 a great H1419 sin:H2401 and now I will go up H5927 unto the LORD;H3068 peradventure^H194 I shall make an atonement H3722 for H1157 your sin.H2403

Num 22:6 - Come H3212 now therefore, I pray thee, curse H779 me this people;H5971 for they are too mighty H6099 for me: peradventure I shall prevail,H3201 that we may smite H5221 them, and that I may drive them out H1644 of the land:H776 for I wot H3045 that he whom thou blessest H1288 is blessed,H1288 and he whom thou cursest H779 is cursed.H779

Num 22:11 - Behold, there is a people H5971 come out H3318 of Egypt,H4714 which covereth H3680 the face H5869 of the earth:H776 come H3212 now, curse H6895 me them; peradventure I shall be able H3201 to overcome H3898 them, and drive them out.H1644

Num 22:33 - And the ass H860 saw H7200 me, and turned H5186 from me H6440 these three H7969 times:H7272 unless^H194 she had turned H5186 from me,H6440 surely now also I had slain H2026 thee, and saved her alive.H2421

Num 23:3 - And Balaam H1109 said H559 unto Balak,H1111 Stand H3320 by thy burnt offering,H5930 and I will go:H3212 peradventure the LORD H3068 will come H7136 to meet H7125 me: and whatsoever H1697 he sheweth H7200 me I will tell H5046 thee. And he went H3212 to an high place.H8205

Num 23:27 - And Balak H1111 said H559 unto Balaam,H1109 Come,H3212 I pray thee, I will bring H3947 thee unto another H312 place;H4725 peradventure it will please H3474 H5869 God H430 that thou mayest curse H6895 me them from thence.

Jos 9:7 - And the men H376 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto the Hivites,H2340 Peradventure^H194 ye dwell H3427 among H7130 us; and how shall we make H3772 a league H1285 with you?

1Sa 9:6 - And he said H559 unto him, Behold now, there is in this city H5892 a man H376 of God,H430 and he is an honourable H3513 man;H376 all that he saith H1696 cometh H935 surely to pass:H935 now let us go H3212 thither; peradventure he can shew H5046 us our way H1870 that we should go.H1980

2Sa 16:12 - It may be that the LORD H3068 will look H7200 on mine affliction,H5869 H6040 and that the LORD H3068 will requite H7725 me good H2896 for his cursing H7045 this day.H3117

1Ki 18:27 - And it came to pass at noon,H6672 that Elijah H452 mocked H2048 them, and said,H559 Cry H7121 aloud:H1419 H6963 for he is a god;H430 either he is talking,H7879 or he is pursuing,H7873 or he is in a journey,H1870 or peradventure^H194 he sleepeth,H3463 and must be awaked.H3364

Isa 47:12 - Stand H5975 now 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 thou shalt be able H3201 to profit,H3276 if so be thou mayest prevail.H6206

Jer 21:2 - Enquire,H1875 I pray thee, of the LORD H3068 for us;H1157 for Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 maketh war H3898 against us; if so be that the LORD H3068 will deal H6213 with us according to all his wondrous works,H6381 that he may go up H5927 from us.

Jer 26:3 - If so be they will hearken,H8085 and turn H7725 every man H376 from his evil H7451 way,H1870 that I may repent H5162 me of the evil,H7451 which I purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them because H6440 of the evil H7455 of their doings.H4611

Jer 36:3 - It may be that the house H1004 of Judah H3063 will hear H8085 all the evil H7451 which I purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them; that they may return H7725 every man H376 from his evil H7451 way;H1870 that I may forgive H5545 their iniquity H5771 and their sin.H2403

Jer 36:7 - It may be they will present H5307 their supplication H8467 before H6440 the LORD,H3068 and will return H7725 every one H376 from his evil H7451 way:H1870 for great H1419 is the anger H639 and the fury H2534 that the LORD H3068 hath pronounced H1696 against this people.H5971

Jer 51:8 - Babylon H894 is suddenly H6597 fallen H5307 and destroyed:H7665 howl H3213 for her; take H3947 balm H6875 for her pain,H4341 if so be she may be healed.H7495

Lam 3:29 - He putteth H5414 his mouth H6310 in the dust;H6083 if so be there may be H3426 hope.H8615

Hos 8:7 - For they have sown H2232 the wind,H7307 and they shall reap H7114 the whirlwind:H5492 it hath no stalk:H7054 the bud H6780 shall yield H6213 no meal:H7058 if^H194 so be it yield,H6213 the strangers H2114 shall swallow it up.H1104

Amo 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 the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts H6635 will be gracious H2603 unto the remnant H7611 of Joseph.H3130

Jon 1:6 - So the shipmaster H7227 H2259 came H7126 to him, and said H559 unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper?H7290 arise,H6965 call H7121 upon thy God,H430 if so be that God H430 will think H6245 upon us, that we perish H6 not.

Zep 2:3 - Seek H1245 ye the LORD,H3068 all ye meek H6035 of the earth,H776 which 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 LORD'S H3068 anger.H639