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. Deuteronomy 7:7לֹ֣א · did not
    The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
  2. Deuteronomy 7:10לֹ֤א · He will not
    But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
  3. Deuteronomy 7:14לֹא־ · no
    You will be blessed above all peoples; among you there will be no barren man or woman or livestock.
  4. Deuteronomy 7:15לֹ֤א · He will not
    And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
  5. Deuteronomy 7:16לֹא־ · Do not; וְלֹ֤א · Do not
    You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
  6. Deuteronomy 7:18לֹ֥א · But do not
    But do not be afraid of them. Be sure to remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt:
  7. Deuteronomy 7:21לֹ֥א · Do not
    Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
  8. Deuteronomy 7:22לֹ֤א · You will not
    The LORD your God will drive out these nations before you little by little. You will not be enabled to eliminate them all at once, or the wild animals would multiply around you.
  9. Deuteronomy 7:24לֹֽא־ · No
    He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.
  10. Deuteronomy 7:25לֹֽא־ · do not
    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.
  11. Deuteronomy 7:26וְלֹא־ · And you must not
    And you must not bring any detestable thing into your house, or you, like it, will be set apart for destruction. You are to utterly detest and abhor it, because it is set apart for destruction.
  12. Deuteronomy 8:2לֹֽא׃ · not
    Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
  13. Deuteronomy 8:3לֹא־ · neither {you}; וְלֹ֥א · nor; לֹ֣א · does not
    He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
  14. Deuteronomy 8:4לֹ֤א · did not; לֹ֣א · did not
    Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
  15. Deuteronomy 8:9לֹ֤א · without; לֹֽא־ · nothing
    …a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
  16. Deuteronomy 8:16לֹא־ · had not
    He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
  17. Deuteronomy 8:20לֹ֣א · if you do not
    Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
  18. Deuteronomy 9:5לֹ֣א · It is not
    It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  19. Deuteronomy 9:6לֹ֤א · it is not
    Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.
  20. Deuteronomy 9:9לֹ֣א · no; לֹ֥א · no
    When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
  21. Deuteronomy 9:18לֹ֣א · I did not; לֹ֣א
    Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.
  22. Deuteronomy 9:23וְלֹ֤א · You neither; וְלֹ֥א · nor
    And when the LORD sent you out from Kadesh-barnea, He said, “Go up and possess the land that I have given you.” But you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. You neither believed Him nor obeyed Him.
  23. Deuteronomy 10:9לֹֽא־ · no
    That is why Levi has no portion or inheritance among his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, as the LORD your God promised him.
  24. Deuteronomy 10:10לֹא־ · not
    I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights, like the first time, and that time the LORD again listened to me and agreed not to destroy you.
  25. Deuteronomy 10:16לֹ֥א · no
    Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
  26. Deuteronomy 10:17לֹא־ · showing no; וְלֹ֥א · no
    For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
  27. Deuteronomy 11:2לֹ֣א · it is not; לֹֽא־; לֹא־
    Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
  28. Deuteronomy 11:10לֹ֣א · is not
    For the land that you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and irrigated on foot, like a vegetable garden.
  29. Deuteronomy 11:17וְלֹֽא־ · no; לֹ֥א · nor will
    …or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you. He will shut the heavens so that there will be no rain, nor will the land yield its produce, and you will soon perish from the good land that the LORD is giving you.
  30. Deuteronomy 11:25לֹא־ · No
    No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
  31. Deuteronomy 11:28לֹ֤א; לֹֽא־ · which you have not
    …but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.
  32. Deuteronomy 11:30הֲלֹא־ · Are not
    Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
  33. Deuteronomy 12:4לֹֽא־ · You shall not
    You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
  34. Deuteronomy 12:8לֹ֣א · You are not
    You are not to do as we are doing here today, where everyone does what seems right in his own eyes.
  35. Deuteronomy 12:9לֹא־ · you have not
    For you have not yet come to the resting place and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.
  36. Deuteronomy 12:16לֹ֣א · you must not
    …but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  37. Deuteronomy 12:17לֹֽא־ · not
    Within your gates you must not eat the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, the firstborn of your herds or flocks, any of the offerings that you have vowed to give, or your freewill offerings or special gifts.