HebrewH0194Adv

אוּלַי

u.lay

43Occurrences
H0194Strong's #
AdvPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

if not; hence perhaps

or (shortened) אֻלַי; from H176 (אוֹ);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. perhaps, peradventure 2) if peradventure 3) unless 4) suppose

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adv

Morphology Code

H:Adv

Full Description

H:Adv

Occurrences

אוּלַי appears 43 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
11
Jeremiah
6
Numbers
5
1 Kings
3
1 Samuel
3
2 Samuel
2
Isaiah
2
Joshua
2

Key Passages

1 Kings 18:5BSB

Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”

2 Samuel 16:12BSB

Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”

Genesis 18:30BSB

Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?”He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”

Isaiah 37:4BSB

Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”

Job 1:5BSB

And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

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