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לוּא H3863
H3863 is the Hebrew word לוּא, transliterated lûwʼ and said loo. The King James Version most often renders it if.
What it means
a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!.
Where it comes from
or לֻא; or לוּ.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
Verses using לוּא
All 21 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 17:18 · KJV
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 23:13 · KJV
And 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 30:34 · KJV
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Genesis 50:15 · KJV
And 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 14:2 · KJV
And 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 20:3 · KJV
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Numbers 22:29 · KJV
And 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 32:29 · KJV
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Joshua 7:7 · KJV
And 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 8:19 · KJV
And 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.
Judges 13:23 · KJV
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
1 Samuel 14:30 · KJV
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
2 Samuel 18:12 · KJV
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
2 Samuel 19:6 · KJV
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
Job 6:2 · KJV
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job 16:4 · KJV
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Psalm 81:13 · KJV
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Isaiah 48:18 · KJV
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah 64:1 · KJV
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Ezekiel 14:15 · KJV
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
Micah 2:11 · KJV
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3863 mean?
H3863 is the Hebrew word לוּא (lûwʼ), meaning a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!.
How is H3863 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it if (6 times), that (3 times), god (2 times), oh (2 times), give it i pray thee (1 time), among others.
How many times does H3863 appear in the Bible?
לוּא (lûwʼ) is tagged in 21 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3863 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or לֻא; or לוּ.
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