Keraia
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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. Zephaniah 3:2לֹ֥א · she has not
    She heeded no voice; she accepted no correction. She does not trust in the LORD; she has not drawn near to her God.
  2. Zephaniah 3:3לֹ֥א · nothing
    Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
  3. Zephaniah 3:5לֹ֥א · no; לֹ֣א · He does not; וְלֹֽא־ · no
    The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.
  4. Zephaniah 3:7וְלֹֽא־ · would not
    I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
  5. Zephaniah 3:11לֹ֤א · you will not; וְלֹֽא־ · and you will never
    On that day you will not be put to shame for any of the deeds by which you have transgressed against Me. For then I will remove from among you those who rejoice in their pride, and you will never again be haughty on My holy mountain.
  6. Zephaniah 3:13לֹֽא־ · will no longer; וְלֹא־ · [or]; וְלֹֽא־ · nor will
    The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”
  7. Zephaniah 3:15לֹא־ · no
    The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
  8. Haggai 1:2לֹ֥א · has not yet
    …that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “These people say, ‘The time has not yet come to rebuild the house of the LORD.’”
  9. Haggai 2:3הֲל֥וֹא · Does it not
    ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
  10. Haggai 2:12לֹֽא׃ · No
    If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
  11. Haggai 2:19לֹ֣א · have not
    Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
  12. Zechariah 1:4וְלֹ֥א · But they did not; וְלֹֽא־
    Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
  13. Zechariah 1:6הֲל֥וֹא · did not
    But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”
  14. Zechariah 1:12לֹֽא־ · withhold mercy
    Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
  15. Zechariah 1:21לֹא־ · no
    “What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
  16. Zechariah 3:2הֲל֧וֹא · Is not
    And the LORD said to Satan: “The LORD rebukes you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you! Is not this man a firebrand snatched from the fire?”
  17. Zechariah 4:5הֲל֥וֹא · Do you not; לֹ֥א · No
    “Do you not know what they are?” replied the angel. “No, my lord,” I answered.
  18. Zechariah 4:6לֹ֤א · Not; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD of Hosts.
  19. Zechariah 4:13הֲל֥וֹא · Do you not; לֹ֥א · No
    “Do you not know what these are?” he inquired. “No, my lord,” I replied.
  20. Zechariah 7:6הֲל֤וֹא · were you not
    And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
  21. Zechariah 7:7הֲל֣וֹא · Are these not
    Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
  22. Zechariah 7:13וְלֹ֣א · and they would not; וְלֹ֣א · I would not
    And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
  23. Zechariah 7:14לֹֽא־ · they had not
    But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”
  24. Zechariah 8:10לֹ֣א · neither
    For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
  25. Zechariah 8:11לֹ֣א · will not treat
    But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  26. Zechariah 8:14וְלֹ֖א · and I did not
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,
  27. Zechariah 9:5לֹ֥א · will be uninhabited
    Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
  28. Zechariah 9:8וְלֹֽא־ · and never again
    But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
  29. Zechariah 10:6לֹֽא־ · I had not
    I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
  30. Zechariah 10:10וְלֹ֥א · until no
    I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.
  31. Zechariah 11:5וְלֹ֣א · without; לֹ֥א · have no
    …whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
  32. Zechariah 11:6לֹ֣א · I will no; וְלֹ֥א · and I will not
    For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
  33. Zechariah 11:9לֹ֥א · I will no longer
    Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
  34. Zechariah 11:12לֹ֣א׀ · not
    Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
  35. Zechariah 11:16לֹֽא־ · who will neither; לֹֽא־ · nor; לֹ֣א · nor; לֹ֣א
    For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.