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Hebrew word study

אוּלַיʼûwlay — if not

Pronounced “oo-lah'ee”

if not; hence perhaps

Translated in the King James as: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.

Appears 45 times in Scripture

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

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Where it appears

Genesis — 12×
Genesis 16:2Genesis 18:24Genesis 18:28Genesis 18:29Genesis 18:30Genesis 18:31Genesis 18:32Genesis 24:5Genesis 24:39Genesis 27:12Genesis 32:20Genesis 43:12
Exodus — 1×
Exodus 32:30
Numbers — 5×
Numbers 22:6Numbers 22:11Numbers 22:33Numbers 23:3Numbers 23:27
Joshua — 2×
Joshua 9:7Joshua 14:12
1 Samuel — 3×
1 Sam 6:51 Sam 9:61 Sam 14:6
2 Samuel — 2×
2 Sam 14:152 Sam 16:12
1 Kings — 3×
1 Ki 18:51 Ki 18:271 Ki 20:31
2 Kings — 1×
2 Ki 19:4
Job — 1×
Job 1:5
Isaiah — 3×
Isaiah 37:4Isaiah 47:12+ 1 more in Isaiah
Jeremiah — 6×
Jeremiah 20:10Jeremiah 21:2Jeremiah 26:3Jeremiah 36:3Jeremiah 36:7Jeremiah 51:8
Lamentations — 1×
Lam 3:29
Ezekiel — 1×
Ezekiel 12:3
Hosea — 1×
Hosea 8:7
Amos — 1×
Amos 5:15
Jonah — 1×
Jonah 1:6
Zephaniah — 1×
Zeph 2:3

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.