Strong's Hebrew · H3863
לוּא
lûwʼ · loo
if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
Definition
a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
Derivation
or לֻא; or לוּ;
Appears 21 times in Scripture
“When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.””
“The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!”
“Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!””
“All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!”
“and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.””
“And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!””
““Agreed,” said Laban. “Let it be as you have said.””
“If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,”
“If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).