Word Study · Strong's H3863 · Hebrew
לוּא
lu
loo
Strong's 1890 spelling: lûwʼ
“a conditional particle”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
Rendered in the KJV as
if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 16inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 16
- ל֥וּ3
- לוּ־3
- ל֖וּ2
- ל֗וּ2
- וְל֥וּ1
- וְלוּ֙1
- וְל֨וּא1
- ל֤וּ1
- ל֚וּ1
- לוּ֩1
- ל֣וּ1
- ל֤וּ־1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 2
- if19
- and if3
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”)19
- conjunction (“and”) + particle3
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC · 19
- HC/Tc · 3
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis4 occurrences
- Genesis 17:18ל֥וּluconjunction (“and”)And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”here: if
- Genesis 23:13ל֖וּluconjunction (“and”)and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”here: if
- Genesis 30:34ל֖וּluconjunction (“and”)“Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.”here: if
- Genesis 50:15ל֥וּluconjunction (“and”)When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”here: if
Numbers4 occurrences
- Numbers 14:2לוּ־lu-conjunction (“and”)All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!here: if
- Numbers 14:2לוּ־lu-conjunction (“and”)All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!here: if
- Numbers 20:3וְל֥וּveluconjunction (“and”) + particleThe people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!here: and if
- Numbers 22:29ל֤וּluconjunction (“and”)Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”here: if
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 8:19ל֚וּluconjunction (“and”)“They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”here: if
- Judges 13:23לוּ֩luconjunction (“and”)But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”here: if
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 18:12וְל֨וּאvelo'conjunction (“and”) + particleThe man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’here: and if
- 2 Samuel 19:6ל֣וּloconjunction (“and”)You love those who hate you and hate those who love you! For you have made it clear today that the commanders and soldiers mean nothing to you. I know today that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, it would have pleased you!here: if
Job2 occurrences
Psalms1 occurrence
Isaiah2 occurrences
- Isaiah 48:18ל֥וּאlu'conjunction (“and”)If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.here: if
- Isaiah 64:1לוּא־lu'-conjunction (“and”)If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,here: if