Lexicon :: Strong's H3863 - lû'

לוּא

Transliteration

lû'

Pronunciation

loo

Part of Speech

conjunction

Root Word (Etymology)

A conditional particle

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1085

Variant Spellings

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

Strong's Info

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

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

if, oh that!, if only!
1. if (unlikely condition)
2. if only!, oh that!, would that!

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

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 , Aramaic , לְוַי, Mishna לְוַי, Assyrian lû, with optative force, Dl^{§§ 78 end, 93, 145}; compare Kö^{ii. 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).

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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

Gen 17:18

Gen 17:18 - And Abraham^H85 said^H559 unto God,^H430 O that^H3863 Ishmael^H3458 might live^H2421 before thee!^H6440

Gen 23:13

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

Gen 30:34

Gen 30:34 - And Laban^H3837 said,^H559 Behold, I would it might be^H3863 according to thy word.^H1697

Gen 50:15

Gen 50:15 - And when Joseph's^H3130 brethren^H251 saw^H7200 that 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 the evil^H7451 which we did^H1580 unto him.

Num 14:2

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

Num 20:3

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

Num 22:29

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

Deu 32:29

Deu 32:29 - O that^H3863 they were wise,^H2449 that they understood^H7919 this, that they would consider^H995 their latter end!^H319

Jos 7:7

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

Jdg 8:19

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

Jdg 13:23

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

1Sa 14:30

1Sa 14:30 - How much more,^H637 if haply^H3863 the people^H5971 had eaten^H398 freely^H398 to day^H3117 of the spoil^H7998 of their enemies^H341 which they found?^H4672 for had there not been now a much greater^H7235 slaughter^H4347 among the Philistines?^H6430

2Sa 18:12

2Sa 18:12 - And the man^H376 said^H559 unto Joab,^H3097 Though^H3863 I should receive^H8254 a thousand^H505 shekels of silver^H3701 in mine hand,^H3709 yet would I not put forth^H7971 mine hand^H3027 against the king's^H4428 son:^H1121 for in our hearing^H241 the king^H4428 charged^H6680 thee and Abishai^H52 and Ittai,^H863 saying,^H559 Beware^H8104 that none touch the young man^H5288 Absalom.^H53

2Sa 19:6

2Sa 19:6 - In that thou lovest^H157 thine enemies,^H8130 and hatest^H8130 thy friends.^H157 For thou hast declared^H5046 this day,^H3117 that thou regardest neither princes^H8269 nor servants:^H5650 for this day^H3117 I perceive,^H3045 that if^H3863 Absalom^H53 had lived,^H2416 and all we had died^H4191 this day,^H3117 then it had pleased thee well.^H3477^H5869

Job 6:2

Job 6:2 - Oh that^H3863 my grief^H3708 were throughly^H8254 weighed,^H8254 and my calamity^H1942^H1962 laid^H5375 in the balances^H3976 together!^H3162

Job 9:33

Job 9:33 - Neither is^H3426 there any daysman^H3198 betwixt us, that might lay^H7896 his hand^H3027 upon us both.^H8147

Job 16:4

Job 16:4 - I also could speak^H1696 as ye do: if^H3863 your soul^H5315 were^H3426 in my soul's^H5315 stead, I could heap up^H2266 words^H4405 against you, and shake^H5128 mine head^H7218 at^H1119 you.

Psa 81:13

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

Isa 48:18

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

Isa 64:1

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

Eze 14:15

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

Mic 2:11

Mic 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 the prophet^H5197 of this people.^H5971

Lexicon :: Strong's H3863 - lû'

לוּא

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