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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 14:23לֹ֥א
    …not one will ever see the land that I swore to give their fathers. None of those who have treated Me with contempt will see it.
  2. Numbers 14:28לֹ֕א
    So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.
  3. Numbers 14:35לֹ֣א׀
    I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”
  4. Numbers 14:41לֹ֥א · will not
    But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
  5. Numbers 14:42וְלֹא֙ · lest
    Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
  6. Numbers 14:43וְלֹא־ · will not
    For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”
  7. Numbers 14:44לֹא־ · though neither
    But they dared to go up to the ridge of the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant of the LORD moved from the camp.
  8. Numbers 15:22וְלֹ֣א · and do not
    Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—
  9. Numbers 15:34לֹ֣א · it had not been
    …and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.
  10. Numbers 15:39וְלֹֽא־ · and not
    These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
  11. Numbers 16:12לֹ֥א · We will not
    Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come!
  12. Numbers 16:14לֹ֣א · you have not; לֹ֥א · No, we will not
    Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you gouge out the eyes of these men? No, we will not come!”
  13. Numbers 16:15לֹ֠א · I have not; וְלֹ֥א
    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”
  14. Numbers 16:28לֹ֖א · it was not
    Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
  15. Numbers 16:29לֹ֥א · has not
    If these men die a natural death, or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me.
  16. Numbers 16:40לֹֽא־ · no; לֹ֣א · not; וְלֹֽא־
    …just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the LORD, lest he become like Korah and his followers.
  17. Numbers 17:10וְלֹ֥א · lest
    The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
  18. Numbers 18:3לֹ֣א · they must not; וְלֹֽא־ · or
    And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
  19. Numbers 18:4לֹא־ · but no
    They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
  20. Numbers 18:5וְלֹֽא־ · may not
    And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
  21. Numbers 18:17לֹ֥א · you must not
    But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  22. Numbers 18:20לֹ֣א · You will have no; לֹא־ · nor
    Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
  23. Numbers 18:22וְלֹא־ · No
    No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
  24. Numbers 18:23לֹ֥א · The Levites will not
    The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
  25. Numbers 18:24לֹ֥א · that they would not
    For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
  26. Numbers 18:32וְלֹֽא־ · you will not; לֹ֥א · you must not; וְלֹ֥א · or else
    Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
  27. Numbers 19:2לֹא־ · and has never
    “This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
  28. Numbers 19:12לֹ֨א · he does not; לֹ֥א · he will not
    He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
  29. Numbers 19:13וְלֹ֣א · and fails; לֹא־ · has not
    Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.
  30. Numbers 19:20וְלֹ֣א · does not; לֹא־ · has not
    But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
  31. Numbers 20:2וְלֹא־ · no
    Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.
  32. Numbers 20:5לֹ֣א׀ · It is not
    Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”
  33. Numbers 20:12לֹא־ · you did not; לֹ֤א · you will not
    But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust Me to show My holiness in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
  34. Numbers 20:17לֹ֤א · We will not; וְלֹ֥א · [or]; לֹ֤א · we will not
    Please let us pass through your land. We will not go through any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will stay on the King’s Highway; we will not turn to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory.”
  35. Numbers 20:18לֹ֥א · You may not
    But Edom answered, “You may not travel through our land, or we will come out and confront you with the sword.”
  36. Numbers 20:20לֹ֣א · You may not
    But Edom insisted, “You may not pass through.” And they came out to confront the Israelites with a large army and a strong hand.