1) if, oh that!, if only! 1a) if (unlikely condition) 1b) if only!, oh that!, would that!
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
H3863 — לוּ
lu · if · Hebrew/Aramaic
20 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 17:18 · ל֥וּAnd Abraham saith unto God, ‘O that Ishmael may live before Thee;’Genesis 23:13 · ל֖וּand speaketh unto Ephron in the ears of the people of the land, saying, ‘Only—if thou wouldest hear me—I have given the money of the field—accept from me, and I bury my dead there.’Genesis 30:34 · ל֖וּAnd Laban saith, ‘Lo, O that it were according to thy word;’Genesis 50:15 · ל֥וּAnd the brethren of Joseph see that their father is dead, and say, ‘Peradventure Joseph doth hate us, and doth certainly return to us all the evil which we did with him.’Numbers 14:2 · לוּ־ · לוּ־and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, ‘O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!Numbers 20:3 · וְל֥וּand the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, ‘And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!Numbers 22:29 · ל֤וּand Balaam saith to the ass, ‘Because thou hast rolled thyself against me; oh that there were a sword in my hand, for now I had slain thee;’Deuteronomy 32:29 · ל֥וּIf they were wise—They deal wisely with this; They attend to their latter end:Joshua 7:7 · וְלוּ֙And Joshua saith, ‘Ah, Lord Jehovah, why hast Thou at all caused this people to pass over the Jordan, to give us into the hand of the Amorite to destroy us?—and oh that we had been willing—and we dwell beyond the Jordan!Judges 8:19 · ל֚וּAnd he saith, ‘My brethren—sons of my mother—they; Jehovah liveth, if ye had kept them alive—I had not slain you.’Judges 13:23 · לוּ֩And his wife saith to him, ‘If Jehovah were desirous to put us to death, He had not received from our hands burnt-offering and present, nor shewed us all these things, nor as at this time caused us to hear anything like this.’1 Samuel 14:30 · לוּא֩How much more if the people had well eaten to-day of the spoil of its enemies which it hath found, for now, the smiting hath not been great among the Philistines.’2 Samuel 18:12 · וְל֨וּאAnd the man saith unto Joab, ‘Yea, though I am weighing on my hand a thousand silverlings, I do not put forth my hand unto the son of the king; for in our ears hath the king charged thee, and Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Observe ye who is against the youth—against Absalom;2 Samuel 19:6 · ל֣וּto love thine enemies, and to hate those loving thee, for thou hast declared to-day that thou hast no princes and servants, for I have known to-day that if Absalom were alive, and all of us to-day dead, that then it were right in thine eyes.Job 6:2 · ל֗וּO that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!Job 16:4 · ל֤וּ־I also, like you, might speak, If your soul were in my soul’s stead. I might join against you with words, And nod at you with my head.Psalm 81:13 · ל֗וּO that My people were hearkening to Me, Israel in My ways would walk.Isaiah 48:18 · ל֥וּאO that thou hadst attended to My commands, Then as a river is thy peace, And thy righteousness as billows of the sea,Isaiah 64:1 · לוּא־Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,Micah 2:11 · לוּ־If one is going with the wind, And with falsehood hath lied: ‘I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,’ He hath been the prophet of this people!