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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. Leviticus 11:7לֹֽא־ · does not
    And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
  2. Leviticus 11:8לֹ֣א; לֹ֣א
    You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
  3. Leviticus 11:11לֹ֣א · you must not
    They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
  4. Leviticus 11:13לֹ֥א · and they must not
    Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
  5. Leviticus 11:21לֹא
    However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.
  6. Leviticus 11:41לֹ֥א · must not
    Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
  7. Leviticus 11:42לֹ֥א · Do not
    Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.
  8. Leviticus 11:43וְלֹ֤א · do not
    Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.
  9. Leviticus 11:44וְלֹ֤א · You must not
    For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
  10. Leviticus 11:47לֹ֥א · may not
    You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”
  11. Leviticus 12:4לֹֽא־ · She must not; לֹ֣א
    The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.
  12. Leviticus 12:8לֹ֨א · she cannot
    But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
  13. Leviticus 13:4לֹא־ · has not
    If, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
  14. Leviticus 13:5לֹֽא־ · and has not
    On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.
  15. Leviticus 13:6וְלֹא־ · and has not
    The priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
  16. Leviticus 13:11לֹ֣א · He need not
    …it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.
  17. Leviticus 13:23לֹ֣א · and does not
    But if the spot remains unchanged and does not spread, it is only the scar from the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.
  18. Leviticus 13:28לֹא־ · and has not
    But if the spot is unchanged and has not spread on the skin but has faded, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest is to pronounce him clean; for it is only the scar from the burn.
  19. Leviticus 13:32לֹא־ · has not; וְלֹא־ · no
    On the seventh day the priest is to reexamine the infection, and if the scaly outbreak has not spread and there is no yellow hair in it, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin,
  20. Leviticus 13:33לֹ֣א
    …then the person must shave himself except for the scaly area. Then the priest shall isolate him for another seven days.
  21. Leviticus 13:34לֹא־ · has not
    On the seventh day the priest shall examine the scaly outbreak, and if it has not spread on the skin and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, the priest is to pronounce him clean. He must wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
  22. Leviticus 13:36לֹֽא־ · need not
    …the priest is to examine him, and if the scaly outbreak has spread on the skin, the priest need not look for yellow hair; the person is unclean.
  23. Leviticus 13:53לֹא־ · has not
    But when the priest reexamines it, if the mildew has not spread in the fabric, weave, knit, or leather article,
  24. Leviticus 13:55לֹֽא־ · has not; לֹֽא־ · has not
    After it has been washed, the priest is to reexamine it, and if the mildewed article has not changed in appearance, it is unclean. Even though the mildew has not spread, you must burn it, whether the rot is on the front or back.
  25. Leviticus 14:32לֹֽא־ · and cannot
    This is the law for someone who has a skin disease and cannot afford the cost of his cleansing.”
  26. Leviticus 14:36וְלֹ֥א · so that nothing
    The priest must order that the house be cleared before he enters it to examine the mildew, so that nothing in the house will become unclean. After this, the priest shall go in to inspect the house.
  27. Leviticus 14:48לֹא־ · has not
    If, however, the priest comes and inspects it, and the mildew has not spread after the house has been replastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the mildew is gone.
  28. Leviticus 15:11לֹא־ · without
    If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.
  29. Leviticus 15:25בְּלֹא֙ · other than
    When a woman has a discharge of her blood for many days at a time other than her menstrual period, or if it continues beyond her period, she will be unclean all the days of her unclean discharge, just as she is during the days of her menstruation.
  30. Leviticus 15:31וְלֹ֤א · so that they do not
    You must keep the children of Israel separate from their uncleanness, so that they do not die by defiling My tabernacle, which is among them.
  31. Leviticus 16:2וְלֹ֣א · or else
    And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
  32. Leviticus 16:13וְלֹ֥א · so that he will not
    He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
  33. Leviticus 16:17לֹא־
    No one may be in the Tent of Meeting from the time Aaron goes in to make atonement in the Most Holy Place until he leaves, after he has made atonement for himself, his household, and the whole assembly of Israel.
  34. Leviticus 16:29לֹ֣א
    This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
  35. Leviticus 17:4לֹ֣א · instead of
    …instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
  36. Leviticus 17:7וְלֹא־ · They must no
    They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
  37. Leviticus 17:9לֹ֣א · but does not
    …but does not bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to sacrifice it to the LORD, that man must be cut off from his people.
  38. Leviticus 17:12לֹא־; לֹא־ · nor may
    Therefore I say to the Israelites, ‘None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner living among you eat blood.’
  39. Leviticus 17:14לֹ֣א · You must not
    For the life of all flesh is its blood. Therefore I have told the Israelites, ‘You must not eat the blood of any living thing, because the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it must be cut off.’
  40. Leviticus 17:16לֹ֣א · he does not; לֹ֣א
    But if he does not wash his clothes and bathe himself, then he shall bear his iniquity.”
  41. Leviticus 18:3לֹ֣א; לֹ֣א · not; לֹ֥א
    You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
  42. Leviticus 18:6לֹ֥א
    None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.