hebrew #3884 - לוּלֵא luwle' (if not)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Or luwley {loo lay'}; from luw' and lo'; if not -- except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that.

see HEBREW luw'

see HEBREW lo'

Englishman's Concordance

Brown-Driver-Briggs

a. followed by perfect, Judges 14:18לולאחרשׁתם ֗֗֗ לא מצאתםunless ye had ploughed with my heifer, ye would not have found out my riddle, 1 Samuel 25:34 (second כי resumptive: כִּי1d), Psalm 106:23; with apod, introd. by כִּי עַתָּהGenesis 31:42; Genesis 43:10; by אָז2 Samuel 2:27 (כי resumptive); by כִּמְעַטIsaiah 1:9; with an aposiop. Psalm 27:13if I had not believed ...!

b. followed by imperfect Deuteronomy 32:27אמרתי ֗֗֗ לולי אגור I should have said, &c . . . . except I dreaded, &c.

c. followed by participle, 2 Kings 3:14.

d.without a verb, Psalm 94:17 (apodosis כמעט), Psalm 119:92 (apodosis אָז). In the later language, Psalm 124:1; Psalm 124:2 -שֶׁ׳לוּלֵי י (apodosis אֲזַיexcept that ... (compare Aramaic, Psalm 106:23, אִילּוּלֵי ֗֗֗ דִּיPsalm 27:13ᵑ7). — Read also לוּלֵי for אוּלַי in Numbers 22:33 (apodosis כִּי עַתָּה). See further on לוּ and לוּלֵא Dr^{§§ 139-145} Kö^{iii. 487f; 565}.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 3884. לוּלֵא (luwle') — 14 Occurrences

Genesis 31:42
HEB: לוּלֵ֡י אֱלֹהֵ֣י אָבִי֩
NAS:If the God of my father,
KJV:Except the God of my father,
INT:If the God of my father

Genesis 43:10
HEB: כִּ֖י לוּלֵ֣א הִתְמַהְמָ֑הְנוּ כִּֽי־
NAS:For if we had not delayed, surely
KJV:For except we had lingered,
INT: surely if delayed surely

Deuteronomy 32:27
HEB: לוּלֵ֗י כַּ֤עַס אוֹיֵב֙
KJV:Were it not that I feared the wrath
INT:not the provocation of the enemy

Judges 14:18
HEB:וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י
NAS: And he said to them, If you had not plowed
KJV: And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed
INT: lion said If plowed my heifer

1 Samuel 25:34
HEB:אֹתָ֑ךְ כִּ֣י ׀ לוּלֵ֣י מִהַ֗רְתְּ [וַתָּבֹאתִי
KJV: from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted
INT: harming thee except quickly abide

2 Samuel 2:27
HEB:הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֥י לוּלֵ֖א דִּבַּ֑רְתָּ כִּ֣י
KJV: liveth, unless thou hadst spoken,
INT: God surely unless spoken surely

2 Kings 3:14
HEB:לְפָנָ֔יו כִּ֗י לוּלֵ֛י פְּנֵ֛י יְהוֹשָׁפָ֥ט
KJV: whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard
INT: before for that the presence of Jehoshaphat

Psalm 27:13
HEB: לׅׄוּלֵׅ֗ׄאׅׄ הֶ֭אֱמַנְתִּי לִרְא֥וֹת
NAS:[I would have despaired] unless I had believed
KJV:[I had fainted], unless I had believed
INT:unless had believed see

Psalm 94:17
HEB: לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה עֶזְרָ֣תָה
NAS:If the LORD had not been
KJV:Unless the LORD [had been] my help,
INT:If the LORD my help

Psalm 106:23
HEB:וַיֹּ֗אמֶר לְֽהַשְׁמִ֫ידָ֥ם לוּלֵ֡י מֹ֘שֶׁ֤ה בְחִיר֗וֹ
KJV: that he would destroy them, had not Moses
INT: said destroy had not Moses his chosen

Psalm 119:92
HEB: לוּלֵ֣י ת֭וֹרָתְךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָ֑י
NAS:If Your law had not been my delight,
KJV:Unless thy law [had been] my delights,
INT:If your law been my delight

Psalm 124:1
HEB:הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה
KJV:If [it had not been] the LORD
INT: of degrees of David If the LORD been

Psalm 124:2
HEB: לוּלֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה
KJV:If [it had not been] the LORD
INT:If the LORD been

Isaiah 1:9
HEB: לוּלֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת
NAS:Unless the LORD of hosts
KJV:Except the LORD of hosts
INT:Unless the LORD of hosts