לֹא

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 22:8לֹ֥א · He must not
    He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
  2. Leviticus 22:9וְלֹֽא־ · lest
    The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
  3. Leviticus 22:10לֹא־ · No; לֹא־ · nor
    No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
  4. Leviticus 22:12לֹ֥א · is not
    If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
  5. But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
  6. Leviticus 22:15וְלֹ֣א · The priests must not
    The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
  7. Leviticus 22:20לֹ֣א · You must not; לֹ֥א · it will not
    You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
  8. When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
  9. Leviticus 22:22לֹא־ · You are not; לֹא־ · you must not
    You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
  10. Leviticus 22:23לֹ֥א · but it is not
    You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
  11. Leviticus 22:24לֹ֥א · You are not; לֹ֥א · you are not to
    You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
  12. Leviticus 22:25לֹ֥א · Neither you nor; לֹ֥א · They will not
    Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
  13. Leviticus 22:28לֹ֥א · But you must not
    But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
  14. Leviticus 22:30לֹֽא־ · Do not
    It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
  15. Leviticus 22:32וְלֹ֤א · You must not
    You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
  16. Leviticus 23:3לֹ֣א · You must not
    For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
  17. Leviticus 23:7לֹ֥א · you are not
    On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
  18. Leviticus 23:8לֹ֥א · you must not
    For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
  19. Leviticus 23:14לֹ֣א · You must not
    You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
  20. Leviticus 23:21לֹ֣א · you must not
    On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
  21. Leviticus 23:22לֹֽא־ · do not; לֹ֣א
    When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
  22. Leviticus 23:25לֹ֣א · You must not
    You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”
  23. Leviticus 23:28לֹ֣א · you are not
    On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
  24. Leviticus 23:29לֹֽא־ · does not
    If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
  25. Leviticus 23:31לֹ֣א · You are not
    You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
  26. Leviticus 23:35לֹ֥א · You must not
    On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
  27. Leviticus 23:36לֹ֥א · you must not
    For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
  28. Leviticus 25:4לֹ֣א · You are not; לֹ֥א
    But in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of complete rest for the land—a Sabbath to the LORD. You are not to sow your field or prune your vineyard.
  29. Leviticus 25:5לֹ֣א · You are not; לֹ֣א
    You are not to reap the aftergrowth of your harvest or gather the grapes of your untended vines. The land must have a year of complete rest.
  30. Leviticus 25:11לֹ֣א · you are not; וְלֹ֤א · or; וְלֹ֥א
    The fiftieth year will be a Jubilee for you; you are not to sow the land or reap its aftergrowth or harvest the untended vines.
  31. Leviticus 25:17וְלֹ֤א · Do not
    Do not take advantage of each other, but fear your God; for I am the LORD your God.
  32. Leviticus 25:20לֹ֣א · we do not; וְלֹ֥א
    Now you may wonder, ‘What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow or gather our produce?’
  33. Leviticus 25:23לֹ֤א · must not
    The land must not be sold permanently, because it is Mine, and you are but foreigners and residents with Me.
  34. Leviticus 25:26לֹ֥א · no one
    Or if a man has no one to redeem it for him, but he prospers and acquires enough to redeem his land,
  35. Leviticus 25:28לֹֽא־ · he cannot
    But if he cannot obtain enough to repay him, what he sold will remain in possession of the buyer until the Year of Jubilee. In the Jubilee, however, it is to be released, so that he may return to his property.
  36. Leviticus 25:30לֹֽא־ · it is not; לֹא; לֹ֥א · It is not
    If it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.
  37. Leviticus 25:34לֹ֣א · may not
    But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.