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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. Micah 5:15לֹ֥א · have not
    I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”
  2. Micah 6:14וְלֹ֣א · but not; וְלֹ֣א · you will not
    You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.
  3. Micah 6:15וְלֹ֣א · but not; וְלֹא־ · but not; וְלֹ֥א · but not
    You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
  4. Micah 7:18לֹא־ · who does not
    Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
  5. Nahum 1:3לֹ֣א · will by no means
    The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
  6. Nahum 1:9לֹֽא־ · will not
    Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
  7. Nahum 1:12לֹ֥א · you no
    This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
  8. Nahum 1:14לֹֽא־ · There will be no
    The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: “There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible.”
  9. Nahum 1:15לֹ֨א · will never
    Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.
  10. Nahum 2:13וְלֹֽא־ · will no longer
    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will reduce your chariots to cinders, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
  11. Nahum 3:1לֹ֥א · never
    Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without prey.
  12. Nahum 3:17וְלֹֽא־ · and no
    Your guards are like the swarming locust, and your scribes like clouds of locusts that settle on the walls on a cold day. When the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where.
  13. Nahum 3:19לֹֽא־ · has not
    There is no healing for your injury; your wound is severe. All who hear the news of you applaud your downfall, for who has not experienced your constant cruelty?
  14. Habakkuk 1:2וְלֹ֣א · but You do not; וְלֹ֥א · but You do not
    How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
  15. Habakkuk 1:4וְלֹֽא־ · never
    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.
  16. Habakkuk 1:5לֹ֥א · that you would never
    “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
  17. Habakkuk 1:6לֹּא־ · not
    For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans—that ruthless and impetuous nation which marches through the breadth of the earth to seize dwellings not their own.
  18. Habakkuk 1:12הֲל֧וֹא · not; לֹ֣א
    Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.
  19. Habakkuk 1:13לֹ֣א · and You cannot
    Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  20. Habakkuk 1:14לֹא־ · [that have] no
    You have made men like the fish of the sea, like creeping things that have no ruler.
  21. Habakkuk 1:17לֹ֥א · without
    Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?
  22. Habakkuk 2:3וְלֹ֣א · and does not; לֹ֥א · and will not
    For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
  23. Habakkuk 2:4לֹא־ · is not
    Look at the proud one; his soul is not upright—but the righteous will live by faith—
  24. Habakkuk 2:5וְלֹ֣א · never; וְלֹ֣א · is never
    …and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his own.
  25. Habakkuk 2:6הֲלוֹא־ · Will not; לֹּא־ · what is not his
    Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
  26. Habakkuk 2:7הֲל֣וֹא · Will not
    Will not your creditors suddenly arise and those who disturb you awaken? Then you will become their prey.
  27. Habakkuk 2:13הֲל֣וֹא · Is it not
    Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
  28. Habakkuk 3:17לֹֽא־ · does not; לֹא־ · no
    Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
  29. Zephaniah 1:6לֹֽא־ · neither; וְלֹ֥א · nor
    …and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
  30. Zephaniah 1:12לֹֽא־ · will do nothing; וְלֹ֥א
    And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men settled in complacency, who say to themselves, ‘The LORD will do nothing, either good or bad.’
  31. Zephaniah 1:13וְלֹ֣א · but not; וְלֹ֥א · but never
    Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
  32. Zephaniah 1:18לֹֽא־
    Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
  33. Zephaniah 2:1לֹ֥א · O shameful
    Gather yourselves, gather together, O shameful nation,
  34. Zephaniah 2:2לֹא־; לֹא־
    …before the decree takes effect and the day passes like chaff, before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, before the Day of the LORD’s anger comes upon you.
  35. Zephaniah 3:2לֹ֤א · no; לֹ֥א · no; לֹ֣א · She does not
    She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.