# אוּלַי (ulay)

Israeli respelling: u-lay. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H194. 44 Old Testament occurrences.

if not; hence perhaps

King James renderings: if so be, may be, peradventure, unless.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ulay-h194

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 16:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/16/2) — And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obta…
- [Genesis 18:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/24) — Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are ther…
- [Genesis 18:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/28) — Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there fo…
- [Genesis 18:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/29) — And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
- [Genesis 18:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/30) — And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will n…
- [Genesis 18:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/31) — And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will n…
- [Genesis 18:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/18/32) — And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will n…
- [Genesis 24:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/5) — And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unt…
- [Genesis 24:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/24/39) — And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me.
- [Genesis 27:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/27/12) — My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
- [Genesis 32:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/32/20) — And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and aft…
- [Genesis 43:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/12) — And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradvent…
- [Exodus 32:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/32/30) — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradve…
- [Numbers 22:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/6) — Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them…
- [Numbers 22:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/11) — Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to…
- [Numbers 22:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/22/33) — And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her al…
- [Numbers 23:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/3) — And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he shewe…
- [Numbers 23:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/23/27) — And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse…
- [Joshua 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/9/7) — And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
- [Joshua 14:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/14/12) — Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that…
- [1 Samuel 6:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/6/5) — Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel:…
- [1 Samuel 9:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/9/6) — And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass:…
- [1 Samuel 14:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/14/6) — And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that…
- [2 Samuel 14:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/14/15) — Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid s…
- [2 Samuel 16:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/16/12) — It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
- [1 Kings 18:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/5) — And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the…
- [1 Kings 18:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/27) — And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he…
- [1 Kings 20:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/20/31) — And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, pu…
- [2 Kings 19:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/19/4) — It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God;…
- [Job 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/5) — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and of…
- [Isaiah 37:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/37/4) — It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and…
- [Isaiah 47:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/47/12) — Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt…
- [Jeremiah 20:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/20/10) — For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, say…
- [Jeremiah 21:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/2) — Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with u…
- [Jeremiah 26:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/26/3) — If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because…
- [Jeremiah 36:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/36/3) — It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way;…
- [Jeremiah 36:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/36/7) — It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the…
- [Jeremiah 51:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/8) — Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed.
- [Lamentations 3:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/29) — He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope.
- [Ezekiel 12:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/12/3) — Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to anot…
- [Hosea 8:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/8/7) — For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the stran…
- [Amos 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/5/15) — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnan…
- [Jonah 1:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/1/6) — So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon…
- [Zephaniah 2:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zephaniah/2/3) — Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid i…