H432: אִלּוּ
ʼillûw · pronounced il-loo' · “except”
Definition
nay, i.e. (softened) if
KJV translates it as: but if, yea though.
Word origin: probably from H408 (אַל);
Extended definition
if, though (contrary to fact)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H432 is translated
- if ×2
Bible verses with H432 (ʼillûw)
ʼillûw appears in 2 verses.
- Esther 7:4
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.
- Ecclesiastes 6:6
Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?