לוּא
lûwʼ · loo
a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
Lexicon
Derivation: or לֻא; or לוּ;
a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
- a conditional particle
- if
- by implication, (interj. as a wish) would that!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › strength, the leader
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לוּא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- o that3 · 14%
- if3 · 14%
- oh2 · 9%
- but if thou wilt give it, i pray thee1 · 5%
- behold, i would it might be1 · 5%
- will peradventure1 · 5%
- unto them, would god1 · 5%
- or would god1 · 5%
- would god that1 · 5%
- me: i would1 · 5%
- us? would to god1 · 5%
- unto him, if1 · 5%
- if haply1 · 5%
- though1 · 5%
- that if1 · 5%
- oh that1 · 5%
- as ye do: if1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.