Quick Definition
if
Strong's Definition
a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
Derivation: or לֻא; or לוּ;
KJV Usage: if (haply), peradventure, I pray thee, though, I would, would God (that).
TWOT Reference: 1085
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) if, oh that!, if only!
1a) if (unlikely condition)
1b) if only!, oh that!, would that!
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
לוּ (lu) — if. 1) if, oh that!, if only! 1a) if (unlikely condition) 1b) if only!, oh that!, would that!
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
לוּ 17 and לוּא conj. if, O that if (stating a case which has not been, or is not likely to be, realized)
If only …! i.e. O that! would that!
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