Strong's Hebrew · H3863
לוּא
lûwʼ · loo
Definitiona conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
Derivationor לֻא; or לוּ;
KJV usageif (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
Occurrences22 in the KJV · 21 verses
לוּא in Scripture
Genesis 17:18
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 23:13
And he spoke unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it , I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 30:34
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Genesis 50:15
And when Joseph' s brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Numbers 14:2
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Numbers 22:29
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Joshua 7:7
And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Judges 8:19
And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Judges 13:23
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things , nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
1 Samuel 14:30
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
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