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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. Numbers 5:3וְלֹ֤א · so they will not
    You must send away male and female alike; send them outside the camp so they will not defile their camp, where I dwell among them.”
  2. Numbers 5:13לֹ֥א · was not
    …by sleeping with another man, and it is concealed from her husband and her impurity is undetected (since there is no witness against her and she was not caught in the act),
  3. Numbers 5:14לֹ֥א · has not
    …and if a feeling of jealousy comes over her husband and he suspects his wife who has defiled herself—or if a feeling of jealousy comes over him and he suspects her even though she has not defiled herself—
  4. Numbers 5:15לֹֽא־ · He is not; וְלֹֽא־
    …then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
  5. Numbers 5:19לֹ֨א · no other; לֹ֥א · you have not
    And he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
  6. Numbers 5:28לֹ֤א · has not
    But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will be unaffected and able to conceive children.
  7. Numbers 6:3לֹ֣א · He must not; לֹ֣א · and he must not; לֹ֥א
    …he is to abstain from wine and strong drink. He must not drink vinegar made from wine or strong drink, and he must not drink any grape juice or eat fresh grapes or raisins.
  8. Numbers 6:4לֹ֥א · he is not
    All the days of his separation, he is not to eat anything that comes from the grapevine, not even the seeds or skins.
  9. Numbers 6:5לֹא־ · no
    For the entire period of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. He must be holy until the time of his separation to the LORD is complete; he must let the hair of his head grow long.
  10. Numbers 6:6לֹ֥א · he must not
    Throughout the days of his separation to the LORD, he must not go near a dead body.
  11. Numbers 6:7לֹא־ · he is not
    Even if his father or mother or brother or sister should die, he is not to defile himself, because the symbol of consecration to his God is upon his head.
  12. Numbers 7:9לֹ֣א · But he did not
    But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
  13. Numbers 8:19וְלֹ֨א · so that no
    And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
  14. Numbers 8:25וְלֹ֥א · and no
    But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
  15. Numbers 8:26לֹ֣א · but they themselves are not
    After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
  16. Numbers 9:6וְלֹא־ · not
    But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same day
  17. Numbers 9:12לֹֽא־ · they may not; לֹ֣א
    …they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
  18. Numbers 9:13לֹא־ · not; לֹ֤א · he did not
    But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.
  19. Numbers 9:19וְלֹ֥א · and did not
    Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the Israelites kept the LORD’s charge and did not set out.
  20. Numbers 9:22וְלֹ֣א · and did not
    Whether the cloud lingered for two days, a month, or longer, the Israelites camped and did not set out as long as the cloud remained over the tabernacle; but when it was lifted, they would set out.
  21. Numbers 10:7וְלֹ֥א · not
    To convene the assembly, you are to sound long blasts, not short ones.
  22. Numbers 10:30לֹ֣א · I will not
    “I will not go,” Hobab replied. “Instead, I am going back to my own land and my own people.”
  23. Numbers 11:11לֹא־ · have I not
    So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
  24. Numbers 11:14לֹֽא־ · cannot
    I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.
  25. Numbers 11:17וְלֹא־ · do not
    And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
  26. Numbers 11:19לֹ֣א · not; וְלֹ֣א; וְלֹ֣א׀ · nor; וְלֹא֙; וְלֹ֖א
    You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,
  27. Numbers 11:23לֹֽא׃ · not
    The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
  28. Numbers 11:25וְלֹ֥א · but they never
    Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  29. Numbers 11:26וְלֹ֥א · but they had not
    Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
  30. Numbers 12:2הֲלֹ֖א · Does He not
    “Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.
  31. Numbers 12:7לֹא־ · [But this is] not
    But this is not so with My servant Moses; he is faithful in all My house.
  32. Numbers 12:8וְלֹ֣א · and not; לֹ֣א
    I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
  33. Numbers 12:14הֲלֹ֥א · would she not
    But the LORD answered Moses, “If her father had but spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Let her be confined outside the camp for seven days; after that she may be brought back in.”
  34. Numbers 12:15לֹ֣א · did not
    So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until she was brought in again.
  35. Numbers 13:31לֹ֥א · We cannot
    But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
  36. Numbers 14:3הֲל֧וֹא · Would it not
    Why is the LORD bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
  37. Numbers 14:11לֹא־ · will they refuse
    And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
  38. Numbers 14:18לֹ֣א · Yet He will by no means
    ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’
  39. Numbers 14:22וְלֹ֥א
    …not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—