Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3863
לוּ
lu · “if”
Used 25 times across 12 books
Definition
1) if, oh that!, if only!
1a) if (unlikely condition)
1b) if only!, oh that!, would that!
1a) if (unlikely condition)
1b) if only!, oh that!, would that!
Where it appears
Genesis4
Numbers4
Deuteronomy1
Joshua1
Judges2
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel4
Job3
Psalms1
Isaiah2
Ezekiel1
Micah1
In the text
Genesis 17:18And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!Genesis 23:13And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.Genesis 30:34And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.Genesis 50:15And when Joseph’s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.Numbers 14:2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!Numbers 20:3And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!Numbers 22:29And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.Deuteronomy 32:29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!Joshua 7:7And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!Judges 8:19And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
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