Lûwlêʼ — H3884

Definition

preposition

if not

1. unless, if not, except

Usually translated as

except, unless, if, had not, were it not that

Origin

or lûwlêy; from H3863 and H3808

• Derived from Lûwʼ (H3863)
• Derived from Lôʼ (H3808)

Occurrences

Lûwlêʼ occurs 14 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (1), 2 Kings (1), Psalms (6), Isaiah (1)

• Genesis 31:42 — Except (לוּלֵ֡י) 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.
• Genesis 43:10 — For except (לוּלֵ֣א) we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
• Deuteronomy 32:27 — Were it not that (לוּלֵ֗י) 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 14:18 — And 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 (לוּלֵא֙) ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
• 1 Samuel 25:34 — For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except (לוּלֵ֣י) 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 2:27 — And Joab said, As God liveth, unless (לוּלֵ֖א) thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
• 2 Kings 3:14 — And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not (לוּלֵ֛י) that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.
• Psalms 27:13 — I had fainted, unless (לׅׄוּלֵׅׄ֗אׅׄ) I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
• Psalms 94:17 — Unless (לוּלֵ֣י) the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence.
• Psalms 106:23 — Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not (לוּלֵ֡י) Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
• Psalms 119:92 — Unless (לוּלֵ֣י) thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
• Psalms 124:1 — If (לוּלֵ֣י) it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
• Psalms 124:2 — If (לוּלֵ֣י) it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
• Isaiah 1:9 — Except (לוּלֵי֙) the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.