Unless
לוּלֵאStrong’s H3884lule (lu-le)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Lule is the Hebrew word usually translated “if not”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Unless, if not, except
How it's translated
- if not 14
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 6
- Genesis 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Judges 1
- 1 Samuel 1
- 2 Samuel 1
8 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 43:10For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
- Deuteronomy 32:27Were 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.
- Judges 14:18And 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.
- 1 Samuel 25:34For 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.
- 2 Samuel 2:27And 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 3:14And 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.
Hebrew dictionary
לוּלֵא lule · unless
unless, if not, except
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.