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לֹא

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hebrewOld TestamentNegative5,187 occurrences39 books3,967 verses

Definition

or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Traditional renderings: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders לֹא:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

5,187 total
  1. Amos 2:4לֹ֣א · and fail
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Judah, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they reject the Law of the LORD and fail to keep His statutes; they are led astray by the lies in which their fathers walked.
  2. Amos 2:6לֹ֣א · I will not
    This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
  3. Amos 2:12לֹ֖א · not
    “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
  4. Amos 2:14לֹא־ · will not; לֹא־ · will not
    Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
  5. Amos 2:15לֹ֣א · will not; לֹ֣א · will not; לֹ֥א · will not
    The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life.
  6. Amos 3:5לֹ֥א · nothing
    Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch?
  7. Amos 3:6לֹ֣א · not; לֹ֥א · has not
    If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
  8. Amos 3:7לֹ֧א · nothing
    Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
  9. Amos 3:8לֹ֣א · will not; לֹ֥א · will not
    The lion has roared—who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken—who will not prophesy?
  10. Amos 3:10וְלֹֽא־ · not
    “For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
  11. Amos 4:6וְלֹֽא־ · yet you did not
    “I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  12. Amos 4:7לֹ֣א · but withheld; לֹֽא־ · without
    “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.
  13. Amos 4:8וְלֹ֣א · but they were not; וְלֹֽא־ · yet you did not
    People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  14. Amos 4:9וְלֹֽא־ · yet you did not
    “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  15. Amos 4:10וְלֹֽא־ · yet you did not
    “I sent plagues among you like those of Egypt; I killed your young men with the sword, along with your captured horses. I filled your nostrils with the stench of your camp, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  16. Amos 4:11וְלֹֽא־ · yet you did not
    “Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
  17. Amos 5:2לֹֽא־ · never
    “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
  18. Amos 5:5לֹ֣א · do not; לֹ֣א
    Do not seek Bethel or go to Gilgal; do not journey to Beersheba, for Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will come to nothing.
  19. Amos 5:11וְלֹא־ · you will never; וְלֹ֥א · you will never
    Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
  20. Amos 5:18וְלֹא־ · and not
    Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light.
  21. Amos 5:20הֲלֹא־ · Will not; וְלֹא־ · and not; וְלֹא־ · with no
    Will not the Day of the LORD be darkness and not light, even gloom with no brightness in it?
  22. Amos 5:21וְלֹ֥א · I cannot
    “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
  23. Amos 5:22לֹ֣א · I will not; לֹ֥א · I will have no
    Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
  24. Amos 5:23לֹ֥א · I will not
    Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
  25. Amos 6:6וְלֹ֥א · but you fail to
    You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  26. Amos 6:10לֹ֥א · must not
    And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
  27. Amos 6:13הֲל֣וֹא · Did we not
    …you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
  28. Amos 7:3לֹ֥א · It will not
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said.
  29. Amos 7:6לֹ֣א · will not
    So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen either,” said the Lord GOD.
  30. Amos 7:8לֹֽא־ · I will no
    “Amos, what do you see?” asked the LORD. “A plumb line,” I replied. “Behold,” said the Lord, “I am setting a plumb line among My people Israel; I will no longer spare them:
  31. Amos 7:10לֹא־ · cannot
    Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
  32. Amos 7:13לֹֽא־ · But never
    But never prophesy at Bethel again, because it is the sanctuary of the king and the temple of the kingdom.”
  33. Amos 7:14לֹא־ · was not; וְלֹ֥א
    “I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.
  34. Amos 7:16לֹ֤א · Do not; וְלֹ֥א · do not
    Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
  35. Amos 8:2לֹא־ · I will no
    “Amos, what do you see?” He asked. “A basket of summer fruit,” I replied. So the LORD said to me, “The end has come for My people Israel; I will no longer spare them.”
  36. Amos 8:8לֹֽא־ · Will not
    Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.