לוּלֵא
lûwlêʼ · loo-lay'
if not
Lexicon
Derivation: or לוּלֵי; from H3863 (לוּא) and H3808 (לֹא);
if not
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not 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)
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- 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 › authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader
Authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לוּלֵא 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- unless3 · 21%
- except2 · 14%
- if2 · 14%
- for except1 · 7%
- were it not1 · 7%
- unto them, if1 · 7%
- thee, except1 · 7%
- surely, were it not that1 · 7%
- i had fainted, unless1 · 7%
- them, had not1 · 7%
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.