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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 8:11לֹֽא־ · not; וְלֹֽא־
    Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
  2. Amos 8:12וְלֹ֥א · but they will not
    People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
  3. Amos 8:14וְלֹא־ · never
    Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beersheba lives’—they will fall, never to rise again.”
  4. Amos 9:1לֹֽא־ · None; וְלֹֽא־ · none
    I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.
  5. Amos 9:4וְלֹ֥א · and not
    Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
  6. Amos 9:7הֲל֣וֹא · Are you not; הֲל֣וֹא · Did I not
    “Are you not like the Cushites to Me, O children of Israel?” declares the LORD. “Did I not bring Israel up from the land of Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Arameans from Kir?
  7. Amos 9:8לֹ֣א · I will not
    Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
  8. Amos 9:9וְלֹֽא־ · but not
    “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.
  9. Amos 9:10לֹֽא־ · will never
    All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”
  10. Amos 9:15וְלֹ֨א · never
    I will firmly plant them in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land that I have given them,” says the LORD your God.
  11. Obadiah 1:5הֲל֥וֹא · would they not; הֲל֖וֹא · would they not
    “If thieves came to you, if robbers by night—oh, how you will be ruined—would they not steal only what they wanted? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings?
  12. Obadiah 1:8הֲל֛וֹא · will I not
    In that day, declares the LORD, will I not destroy the wise men of Edom and the men of understanding in the mountains of Esau?
  13. Obadiah 1:16כְּל֥וֹא · as if they had never
    For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.
  14. Obadiah 1:18וְלֹֽא־ · Therefore no
    Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble—Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.
  15. Jonah 1:6וְלֹ֥א · so that
    The captain approached him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call upon your God. Perhaps this God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”
  16. Jonah 1:13וְלֹ֣א · but they
    Nevertheless, the men rowed hard to get back to dry land, but they could not, for the sea was raging against them more and more.
  17. Jonah 3:9וְלֹ֥א · so that we will not
    Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
  18. Jonah 3:10וְלֹ֥א
    When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
  19. Jonah 4:2הֲלוֹא־ · not
    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
  20. Jonah 4:10לֹא־ · you neither; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
  21. Jonah 4:11לֹ֣א · not; לֹֽא־ · cannot
    So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”
  22. Micah 1:5הֲלוֹא֙ · Is it not; הֲל֖וֹא · Is it not
    All this is for the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
  23. Micah 1:11לֹ֤א · will not
    Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.
  24. Micah 2:3לֹֽא־ · you cannot; וְלֹ֤א · Then you will not
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.
  25. Micah 2:5לֹֽא־ · no one
    Therefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
  26. Micah 2:6לֹֽא־ · Do not; לֹ֥א · will not
    “Do not preach,” they preach. “Do not preach these things; disgrace will not overtake us.”
  27. Micah 2:7הֲל֤וֹא · Do not
    Should it be said, O house of Jacob, “Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these the things He does?” Do not My words bring good to him who walks uprightly?
  28. Micah 2:10לֹא־ · is not
    Arise and depart, for this is not your place of rest, because its defilement brings destruction—a grievous destruction!
  29. Micah 3:1הֲל֣וֹא · Should you not
    Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
  30. Micah 3:4וְלֹ֥א · but He will not
    Then they will cry out to the LORD, but He will not answer them. At that time He will hide His face from them because of the evil they have done.
  31. Micah 3:5לֹא־ · nothing
    This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their mouths:
  32. Micah 3:11הֲל֤וֹא · Is not; לֹֽא־ · No
    Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
  33. Micah 4:3לֹֽא־ · will no longer; וְלֹא־ · nor
    Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
  34. Micah 4:12לֹ֤א · do not; וְלֹ֥א · or
    But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor.
  35. Micah 5:7לֹֽא־ · do not; וְלֹ֥א · or
    Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
  36. Micah 5:12לֹ֥א · no
    I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.
  37. Micah 5:13וְלֹֽא־ · so that you will no
    I will also cut off the carved images and sacred pillars from among you, so that you will no longer bow down to the work of your own hands.