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.
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
Occurrences
5,187 total
- Leviticus 18:7לֹ֣א · You must not; לֹ֥א · you must notYou must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
- Leviticus 18:8לֹ֣א · You must notYou must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
- Leviticus 18:9לֹ֥א · You must notYou must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
- Leviticus 18:10לֹ֥א · You must notYou must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
- Leviticus 18:11לֹ֥א · You must notYou must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
- Leviticus 18:12לֹ֣א · You must notYou must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
- Leviticus 18:13לֹ֣א · You must notYou must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
- Leviticus 18:14לֹ֣א · You must not {dishonor}; לֹ֣אYou must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
- Leviticus 18:15לֹ֣א · You must not; לֹ֥א · you are notYou must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
- Leviticus 18:16לֹ֣א · You must notYou must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
- Leviticus 18:17לֹ֣א · You must not; לֹ֤א · You are notYou must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
- Leviticus 18:18לֹ֣א · You must notYou must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
- Leviticus 18:19לֹ֣א · You must notYou must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
- Leviticus 18:20לֹא־ · You must notYou must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
- Leviticus 18:21לֹא־ · You must not; וְלֹ֧א · for you must notYou must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 18:22לֹ֥א · You must notYou must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
- Leviticus 18:23לֹא־ · You must not; לֹֽא־ · must notYou must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
- Leviticus 18:26וְלֹ֣א · and you must notBut you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
- Leviticus 18:28וְלֹֽא־So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
- Leviticus 18:30וְלֹ֥א · so that you do notYou must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
- Leviticus 19:4לֹ֥אDo not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:7לֹ֥א · and will notIf any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
- Leviticus 19:9לֹ֧א · you are not; לֹ֥אWhen you reap the harvest of your land, you are not to reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
- Leviticus 19:10לֹ֣א · You must not; לֹ֣אYou must not strip your vineyard bare or gather its fallen grapes. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 19:11לֹ֖א · You must not; וְלֹא־ · You must not; וְלֹֽא־You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another.
- Leviticus 19:12וְלֹֽא־ · You must notYou must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:13לֹֽא־ · You must not; וְלֹ֣א · or; לֹֽא־ · must notYou must not defraud your neighbor or rob him. You must not withhold until morning the wages due a hired hand.
- Leviticus 19:14לֹא־ · You must not; לֹ֥אYou must not curse the deaf or place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:15לֹא־ · You must not; לֹא־ · you must not; וְלֹ֥א · orYou must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
- Leviticus 19:16לֹא־ · You must not; לֹ֥א · You must notYou must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:17לֹֽא־ · You must not; וְלֹא־ · so that you will notYou must not harbor hatred against your brother in your heart. Directly rebuke your neighbor, so that you will not incur guilt on account of him.
- Leviticus 19:18לֹֽא־ · Do not; וְלֹֽא־Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against any of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.