Strong H3884לוּלֵא

unless

Transliteration
lûlê' lûlêy
Pronunciation
{loo-lay'} loo-lay'
Morphology
Hebrew Conditional

Definition

From H3863 and H3808; if not: - {except} had {not} if (. . . {not}) {unless} were it not that.

Detailed definition

unless, if not, except

In the Bible

Strong H3884 appears in 14 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • unless4
  • except3
  • be2
  • if2
  • have1
  • thee1
  • unto1

First verses

  1. 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 affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
  2. Genesis 43:10
    For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
  3. 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 the Lord hath not done all this.
  4. Judges 14:18
    And 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.
  5. 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 not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.
  6. 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.
  7. 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 look toward thee, nor see thee.
  8. Psalms 27:13
    I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
  9. Psalms 94:17
    Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
  10. 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.
  11. Psalms 119:92
    Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
  12. Psalms 124:1
    If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, now may Israel say;
  13. Psalms 124:2
    If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
  14. 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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