לוּלֵא lule

Hebrew word for “unless” · Strong’s H3884 · used 14 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

unless, if not, except

How it is translated

Glosses given for lule in context, with how often each is used:

• if not 14

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 124 (2), Genesis 31 (1), Genesis 43 (1), Deuteronomy 32 (1), Judges 14 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), 2 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Kings 3 (1), Psalms 27 (1), Psalms 94 (1)

Forms

• לולי 10
• לולא 3
• לׅׄולׅׄאׅׄ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with lule more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַי chay “alive” 4
• נוּ nu “us” 3
• עֳנִי oni “affliction” 2
• מְעַט meat “little” 2
• יָתַר yatar “to remain” 2
• אָז az “then” 2
• בֹּקֶר boqer “morning” 2
• רָאָה raah “to see” 3
• עַתָּה attah “now” 2
• צָבָא tsava “Hosts” 2
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 2
• נִי ni “me” 2

Key verses

The verses using lule that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 31:42 — Except 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…
• Deuteronomy 32:27 — Were 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…
• 1 Samuel 25:34 — For 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…
• 2 Samuel 2:27 — And 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 3:14 — And 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…
• Psalms 27:13 — I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
• Psalms 94:17 — Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
• Psalms 106:23 — Therefore 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.
• Psalms 119:92 — Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
• Psalms 124:1 — [A Song of degrees of David.] If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
• Psalms 124:2 — If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
• Isaiah 1:9 — Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.