Strong's #194: 'uwlay (pronounced oo-lah'ee)

or (shortened) rulay {oo-lah'ee}; from 176; if not; hence perhaps:--if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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'ûlay

1) perhaps, peradventure

2) if peradventure

3) unless

4) suppose

Part of Speech: adverb

Relation: from H176

Usage:

This word is used 45 times:

 

Genesis 16:2: "I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram"
Genesis 18:24: " Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy"
Genesis 18:28: " Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all"
Genesis 18:29: "him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said,"
Genesis 18:30: "the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said,"
Genesis 18:31: "me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said,"
Genesis 18:32: "and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said,"
Genesis 24:5: "And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow"
Genesis 24:39: "And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow"
Genesis 27:12: "My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse"
Genesis 32:20: "before me, and afterward his face; peradventure he will accept"
Genesis 43:12: "of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:"
Exodus 32:30: "and now I will go up unto peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin."
Numbers 22:6: "for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite"
Numbers 22:11: "of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able them, and drive them out."
Numbers 22:33: "me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely"
Numbers 23:3: "by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever"
Numbers 23:27: "thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God"
Joshua 9:7: "said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how"
Joshua 14:12: "and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as"
1 Samuel 6:5: "glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure his hand from off"
1 Samuel 9:6: "cometh surely to pass: let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way"
1 Samuel 14:6: "the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that will work for us: for there is no"
2 Samuel 14:15: "speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request"
2 Samuel 16:12: " It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for"
1 Kings 18:5: "and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive,"
1 Kings 18:27: "or or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked."
1 Kings 20:31: "to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life."
2 Kings 19:4: " It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh,"
Job 1:5: "for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God"
Isaiah 37:4: " It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-shakeh, whom"
Isaiah 47:12: "wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be"
Isaiah 47:12: "from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail."
Jeremiah 20:10: "it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure and we shall prevail"
Jeremiah 21:2: "of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD with us according to all"
Jeremiah 26:3: " If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent"
Jeremiah 36:3: " It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which"
Jeremiah 36:7: " It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil"
Jeremiah 51:8: "her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed."
Lamentations 3:29: "He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope."
Ezekiel 12:3: "to another in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they"
Hosea 8:7: "shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, shall swallow it up."
Amos 5:15: "and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious"
Jonah 1:6: "arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think"
Zephaniah 2:3: "righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger."