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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 19:19לֹא־ · You shall not; לֹא־; לֹ֥א
    You are to keep My statutes. You shall not crossbreed two different kinds of livestock; you shall not sow your fields with two kinds of seed; and you shall not wear clothing made of two kinds of material.
  2. Leviticus 19:20לֹ֣א · but who has not; לֹ֣א · [But] they are not; לֹ֥א · she had not; לֹ֥א
    If a man lies carnally with a slave girl promised to another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment. But they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed.
  3. Leviticus 19:23לֹ֥א · and must not
    When you enter the land and plant any kind of tree for food, you shall regard the fruit as forbidden. For three years it will be forbidden to you and must not be eaten.
  4. Leviticus 19:26לֹ֥א · You must not; לֹ֥א · You must not; וְלֹ֥א · or
    You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
  5. Leviticus 19:27לֹ֣א · You must not; וְלֹ֣א
    You must not cut off the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.
  6. Leviticus 19:28לֹ֤א · You must not; לֹ֥א
    You must not make any cuts in your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
  7. Leviticus 19:29וְלֹא־ · or
    You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.
  8. Leviticus 19:33לֹ֥א · you must not
    When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.
  9. Leviticus 19:35לֹא־ · You must not
    You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
  10. Leviticus 20:14וְלֹא־ · no
    If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
  11. Leviticus 20:19לֹ֣א · You must not
    You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.
  12. Leviticus 20:22וְלֹא־ · will not
    You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
  13. Leviticus 20:23וְלֹ֤א · You must not
    You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.
  14. Leviticus 20:25וְלֹֽא־ · Do not
    You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
  15. Leviticus 21:1לֹֽא־ · [a priest] is not
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
  16. Leviticus 21:3לֹֽא־ · no
    …or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
  17. Leviticus 21:4לֹ֥א · He is not
    He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
  18. Leviticus 21:5לֹֽא־ · Priests must not; לֹ֣א; לֹ֥א
    Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
  19. Leviticus 21:6וְלֹ֣א · and not
    They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
  20. Leviticus 21:7לֹ֣א · [A priest] must not; לֹ֣א · or
    A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
  21. Leviticus 21:10לֹ֣א · must not {let}; לֹ֥א
    The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
  22. Leviticus 21:11לֹ֣א · He must not; לֹ֥א · he must not
    He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
  23. Leviticus 21:12לֹ֣א · He must not; וְלֹ֣א
    He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
  24. Leviticus 21:14לֹ֣א · He is not
    He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
  25. Leviticus 21:15וְלֹֽא־ · so that he does not
    …so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
  26. Leviticus 21:17לֹ֣א · none
    “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
  27. Leviticus 21:18לֹ֣א
    No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
  28. Leviticus 21:21לֹ֣א; לֹ֥א · he is not
    No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
  29. Leviticus 21:23לֹ֣א · he must not; לֹ֥א; וְלֹ֤א
    …but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
  30. Leviticus 22:2וְלֹ֥א · so that they do not
    “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
  31. Leviticus 22:4לֹ֣א
    If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
  32. Leviticus 22:6וְלֹ֤א · He must not
    …the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.