H3863 לוּא
lûwʼ — a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
KJV: if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
Occurs 23 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- לוּ 17 and לוּא conj. if, O that
- 1 if (stating a case which has not been, or is not likely to be, realized)
- 2 If only …! i.e. O that! would that!
Where it occurs
- Genesis 17:18 — Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
- Genesis 23:13 — He spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, “But if you will, please hear me. I will give the…
- Genesis 30:34 — Laban said, “Behold, let it be according to your word.”
- Genesis 50:15 — When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully…
- Numbers 14:2 — All the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “We wish that…
- Numbers 20:3 — The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!
- Numbers 22:29 — Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have…
- Deuteronomy 32:29 — Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- Joshua 7:7 — Joshua said, “Alas, Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to deliver us into the hand of…
- Judges 8:19 — He said, “They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not…