BDB476
אִלּוּ conjunction (often in Mishnah; Aramaic אִילּוּ, [untranscribed source text 221], [untranscribed source text 222] from אִין, [untranscribed source text 223], and לוּ) if, though, only in late Hebrew, Eccl 6:6; Esth 7:4.
Strong's Lexicon
H432
H432 — אִלּוּ
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H432 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אִלּוּ |
| Part of Speech: | conjuction |
| Etymology: | probably from H408 |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | illuw |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | il-loo' |
| Meaning: | 1. nay 2. (softened) if |
| KJV Renderings: | but if, yea though. |
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Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
אֶלו (aloo)
Esther 7:4
- KJV: For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.to be destroyed…: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish
- EHCC: But if we had been sold for
Ecclesiastes 6:6
- KJV: Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
- EHCC: Yea, though he live a thousand years
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