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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 25:37לֹֽא־ · You must not; לֹא־ · or
    You must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.
  2. Leviticus 25:39לֹא־ · then you must not
    If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
  3. Leviticus 25:42לֹ֥א · they are not
    Because the Israelites are My servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt, they are not to be sold as slaves.
  4. Leviticus 25:43לֹא־ · You are not
    You are not to rule over them harshly, but you shall fear your God.
  5. Leviticus 25:46לֹא־ · no
    You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
  6. Leviticus 25:53לֹֽא־ · but [a foreign owner] must not
    He shall be treated like a man hired from year to year, but a foreign owner must not rule over him harshly in your sight.
  7. Leviticus 25:54לֹ֥א · he is not
    Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.
  8. Leviticus 26:1לֹֽא־ · You must not; לֹֽא־ · you must not; לֹ֤א
    “You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
  9. Leviticus 26:6לֹא־ · and no
    And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
  10. Leviticus 26:11וְלֹֽא־ · will not
    And I will make My dwelling place among you, and My soul will not despise you.
  11. Leviticus 26:14לֹ֥א · you fail; וְלֹ֣א
    If, however, you fail to obey Me and to carry out all these commandments,
  12. Leviticus 26:18לֹ֥א · you will not
    And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
  13. Leviticus 26:20וְלֹֽא־ · will not; לֹ֥א · will not
    …and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
  14. Leviticus 26:21וְלֹ֥א · and refuse
    If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
  15. Leviticus 26:23לֹ֥א · things you do not
    And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
  16. Leviticus 26:26וְלֹ֥א · but not
    When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
  17. Leviticus 26:27לֹ֥א · you do not
    But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
  18. Leviticus 26:31וְלֹ֣א · and I will refuse
    I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
  19. Leviticus 26:35לֹֽא־ · it did not
    As long as it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not receive during the Sabbaths when you lived in it.
  20. Leviticus 26:37וְלֹא־ · So
    They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.
  21. Leviticus 26:44לֹֽא־ · I will not; וְלֹֽא־ · or
    Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject or despise them so as to destroy them and break My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God.
  22. Leviticus 27:10לֹ֣א · He must not; וְלֹֽא־
    He must not replace it or exchange it, either good for bad or bad for good. But if he does substitute one animal for another, both that animal and its substitute will be holy.
  23. Leviticus 27:11לֹא־ · may not
    But if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.
  24. Leviticus 27:20לֹ֤א · he does not; לֹ֥א · it may no
    If, however, he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.
  25. Leviticus 27:22לֹ֖א · is not
    Now if a man consecrates to the LORD a field he has purchased, which is not a part of his own property,
  26. Leviticus 27:26לֹֽא־ · no
    But no one may consecrate a firstborn of the livestock, because a firstborn belongs to the LORD. Whether it is an ox or a sheep, it is the LORD’s.
  27. Leviticus 27:27לֹ֥א · it is not
    But if it is among the unclean animals, then he may redeem it according to your valuation and add a fifth of its value. If it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
  28. Leviticus 27:28לֹ֥א; וְלֹ֣א
    Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
  29. Leviticus 27:29לֹ֣א
    No person set apart for destruction may be ransomed; he must surely be put to death.
  30. Leviticus 27:33לֹ֧א · He must not; וְלֹ֣א · and he shall not; לֹ֥א · they cannot
    He must not inspect whether it is good or bad, and he shall not make any substitution. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute shall become holy; they cannot be redeemed.’”
  31. Numbers 1:47לֹ֥א · were not
    The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.
  32. Numbers 1:49לֹ֣א · Do not; לֹ֣א
    “Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.
  33. Numbers 1:53וְלֹֽא־ · so that no
    But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”
  34. Numbers 2:33לֹ֣א · were not
    But the Levites were not counted among the other Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  35. Numbers 3:4לֹא־ · no
    Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
  36. Numbers 4:15וְלֹֽא־ · But they must not
    When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
  37. Numbers 4:19וְלֹ֣א · and not
    In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.
  38. Numbers 4:20וְלֹא־ · But [the Kohathites] are not
    But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”