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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 29:12לֹ֣א · you must not
    On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
  2. Numbers 29:35לֹ֥א · you must not
    On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
  3. Numbers 30:2לֹ֥א · he must not
    If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
  4. Numbers 30:5לֹ֣א · then none
    But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
  5. Numbers 30:11לֹ֥א · and does not
    …and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
  6. Numbers 30:12לֹ֣א
    But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.
  7. Numbers 31:18לֹא־ · has never
    …but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
  8. Numbers 31:23לֹֽא־ · cannot
    …everything that can withstand the fire—must be put through the fire, and it will be clean. But it must still be purified with the water of purification. And everything that cannot withstand the fire must pass through the water.
  9. Numbers 31:35לֹֽא־ · had not
    …and 32,000 women who had not slept with a man.
  10. Numbers 31:49וְלֹא־ · and not
    …and said, “Your servants have counted the soldiers under our command, and not one of us is missing.
  11. Numbers 32:11לֹא־ · they did not
    ‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—
  12. Numbers 32:18לֹ֥א · We will not
    We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.
  13. Numbers 32:19לֹ֤א · we will not
    Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
  14. Numbers 32:23לֹ֤א · you do not
    But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
  15. Numbers 32:30לֹ֧א · they do not
    But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
  16. Numbers 33:14וְלֹא־ · no
    They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.
  17. Numbers 33:55לֹ֨א · you do not
    But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
  18. Numbers 35:12וְלֹ֤א · will not
    You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
  19. Numbers 35:22בְּלֹא־ · without; בְּלֹ֥א · unintentionally
    But if anyone pushes a person suddenly, without hostility, or throws an object at him unintentionally,
  20. Numbers 35:23בְּלֹ֣א · without; לֹא־ · was not; וְלֹ֥א · and did not
    …or without looking drops a heavy stone that kills him, but he was not an enemy and did not intend to harm him,
  21. Numbers 35:30לֹא־ · But no
    If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.
  22. Numbers 35:31וְלֹֽא־ · You are not
    You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.
  23. Numbers 35:32וְלֹא־ · Nor
    Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
  24. Numbers 35:33וְלֹֽא־ · Do not; לֹֽא־ · and no
    Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
  25. Numbers 35:34וְלֹ֧א · Do not
    Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
  26. Numbers 36:7וְלֹֽא־ · No
    No inheritance in Israel may be transferred from tribe to tribe, because each of the Israelites is to retain the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.
  27. Numbers 36:9וְלֹֽא־ · No
    No inheritance may be transferred from one tribe to another, for each tribe of Israel must retain its inheritance.”
  28. Deuteronomy 1:9לֹא־ · I cannot
    At that time I said to you, “I cannot carry the burden for you alone.
  29. Deuteronomy 1:17לֹֽא־; לֹ֤א · Do not
    Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
  30. Deuteronomy 1:26וְלֹ֥א · But you were unwilling
    But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God.
  31. Deuteronomy 1:29לֹא־ · Do not; וְֽלֹא־
    So I said to you: “Do not be terrified or afraid of them!
  32. Deuteronomy 1:37לֹא־ · Not
    The LORD was also angry with me on your account, and He said, “Not even you shall enter the land.
  33. Deuteronomy 1:39לֹא־ · did not
    And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
  34. Deuteronomy 1:42לֹ֤א · not; וְלֹא־; וְלֹא֙ · to keep you from
    But the LORD said to me, “Tell them not to go up and fight, for I am not with you to keep you from defeat by your enemies.”
  35. Deuteronomy 1:43וְלֹ֣א · but you would not
    So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the command of the LORD and presumptuously went up into the hill country.
  36. Deuteronomy 1:45וְלֹֽא־ · would not; וְלֹ֥א · [or]
    And you returned and wept before the LORD, but He would not listen to your voice or give ear to you.
  37. Deuteronomy 2:5לֹֽא־ · I will not
    Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
  38. Deuteronomy 2:7לֹ֥א · nothing
    Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
  39. Deuteronomy 2:9לֹֽא־ · I will not
    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
  40. Deuteronomy 2:19לֹֽא־ · I will not
    But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
  41. Deuteronomy 2:27לֹ֥א · We will not
    “Let us pass through your land; we will stay on the main road. We will not turn to the right or to the left.