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Strong's H3863 לוּא (lu)

Lu means “conditional particle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3863 — parazeloo (“stimulate alongside”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3863
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 21
Books 12

Strong's H3863 Quick Answer

Strong's H3863 לוּא לוּא לוּ (luw') is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. luw' (loo) (or lu {loo} or luw {loo};) conj. 1. if 2. (by implication) (interj. as a wish) would that! It has 21 linked Bible usages across 12 books. Visible English usage signals include would, thee, if, haply, and wouldest. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
luw' (loo) (or lu {loo} or luw {loo};) conj. 1. if 2. (by implication) (interj. as a wish) would that!
Usage
21 linked usages
Books
12 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
would, thee, if, haply, and wouldest

Meaning and Definition

luw' (loo) (or lu {loo} or luw {loo};) conj. 1. if 2. (by implication) (interj. as a wish) would that! [a conditional particle] KJV: if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).

Original Word
לוּא לוּא לוּ
Transliteration
luw'
Morphology
conjuction

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3863. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H3863 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render luw', taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Would Numbers 14:2 thee 2 Samuel 19:6 haply 1 Samuel 14:30 if Genesis 23:13 wouldest Isaiah 64:1

How Strong's H3863 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3863 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3863 in the Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 17:18 KJV

And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

Genesis 23:13 KJV

And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Genesis 30:34 KJV

And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.

Usage Excerpts

First 21 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3863.

Genesis 17:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Genesis 23:13 Old Testament, KJV
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
Genesis 30:34 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Genesis 50:15 Old Testament, KJV
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Numbers 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Numbers 20:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Numbers 22:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.
Deuteronomy 32:29 Old Testament, KJV
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Joshua 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
Judges 8:19 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.
Judges 13:23 Old Testament, KJV
But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
1 Samuel 14:30 Old Testament, KJV
How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
2 Samuel 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom.
2 Samuel 19:6 Old Testament, KJV
In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well.
Job 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
Job 16:4 Old Testament, KJV
I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Psalms 81:13 Old Testament, KJV
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Isaiah 48:18 Old Testament, KJV
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
Isaiah 64:1 Old Testament, KJV
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
Ezekiel 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts:
Micah 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3863, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H3863 FAQ

What does lu (לוּא) mean?

Lu (Strong's H3863) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "conditional particle". luw' (loo) (or lu {loo} or luw {loo};) conj. 1. if 2. (by implication) (interj. as a wish) would that!

How many times is lu (לוּא) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 21 linked usages for Strong's H3863 across 12 books.

Where can I study lu (לוּא) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3863 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate lu (לוּא)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as would, thee, if, haply, and wouldest. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.