Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3884
לוּלֵא
lu.le · “unless”
Used 14 times across 8 books
Definition
unless, if not, except
Where it appears
Genesis2
Deuteronomy1
Judges1
1 Samuel1
2 Samuel1
2 Kings1
Psalms6
Isaiah1
In the text
Genesis 31:42Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.Genesis 43:10For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.Deuteronomy 32:27Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.Judges 14:18And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.1 Samuel 25:34For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.2 Samuel 2:27And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.2 Kings 3:14And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.Psalms 27:13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.Psalms 94:17Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.Psalms 106:23Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
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