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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. Deuteronomy 12:23וְלֹא־ · and you must not
    Only be sure not to eat the blood, because the blood is the life, and you must not eat the life with the meat.
  2. Deuteronomy 12:24לֹ֖א
    You must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  3. Deuteronomy 12:25לֹ֖א · Do not
    Do not eat it, so that it may go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
  4. Deuteronomy 12:31לֹא־ · You must not
    You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
  5. Deuteronomy 12:32לֹא־ · do not; וְלֹ֥א
    See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
  6. Deuteronomy 13:2לֹֽא־ · which you have not
    …and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
  7. Deuteronomy 13:3לֹ֣א · you must not
    …you must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to find out whether you love Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  8. Deuteronomy 13:6לֹ֣א · nor
    If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
  9. Deuteronomy 13:8לֹא־ · you must not; וְלֹ֥א · Show him no; וְלֹא־ · and do not; וְלֹֽא־; וְלֹֽא־ · him
    …you must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.
  10. Deuteronomy 13:11וְלֹֽא־ · and will never
    Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you.
  11. Deuteronomy 13:13לֹא־ · you have not
    …that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
  12. Deuteronomy 13:16לֹ֥א · never
    And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
  13. Deuteronomy 13:17וְלֹֽא־ · Nothing
    Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
  14. Deuteronomy 14:1לֹ֣א · do not; וְלֹֽא־ · yourselves
    You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or shave your foreheads on behalf of the dead,
  15. Deuteronomy 14:3לֹ֥א · You must not
    You must not eat any detestable thing.
  16. Deuteronomy 14:7לֹ֤א · you are not; לֹ֣א · they do not
    But of those that chew the cud or have a completely divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: the camel, the rabbit, or the rock badger. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof. They are unclean for you,
  17. Deuteronomy 14:8וְלֹ֣א · it does not; לֹ֣א · You must not; לֹ֥א
    …as well as the pig; though it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. It is unclean for you. You must not eat its meat or touch its carcass.
  18. Deuteronomy 14:10לֹ֣א · but you may not
    …but you may not eat anything that does not have fins and scales; it is unclean for you.
  19. Deuteronomy 14:12לֹֽא־ · you may not
    …but these you may not eat: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,
  20. Deuteronomy 14:19לֹ֖א · they may not
    All flying insects are unclean for you; they may not be eaten.
  21. Deuteronomy 14:21לֹ֣א · You are not; לֹֽא־ · You must not
    You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
  22. Deuteronomy 14:24לֹ֣א
    But if the distance is too great for you to carry that with which the LORD your God has blessed you, because the place where the LORD your God will choose to put His Name is too far away,
  23. Deuteronomy 14:27לֹ֣א · And do not
    And do not neglect the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.
  24. Deuteronomy 15:2לֹֽא־ · He is not
    This is the manner of remission: Every creditor shall cancel what he has loaned to his neighbor. He is not to collect anything from his neighbor or brother, because the LORD’s time of release has been proclaimed.
  25. Deuteronomy 15:4לֹ֥א · no
    There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
  26. Deuteronomy 15:6לֹ֣א · from none; לֹ֥א · by none
    When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.
  27. Deuteronomy 15:7לֹ֧א · then you are not; וְלֹ֤א · [or]
    If there is a poor man among your brothers within any of the gates in the land that the LORD your God is giving you, then you are not to harden your heart or shut your hand from your poor brother.
  28. Deuteronomy 15:9וְלֹ֥א · nothing
    Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
  29. Deuteronomy 15:10וְלֹא־ · and do not
    Give generously to him, and do not let your heart be grieved when you do so. And because of this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in everything to which you put your hand.
  30. Deuteronomy 15:11לֹא־ · there will never
    For there will never cease to be poor in the land; that is why I am commanding you to open wide your hand to your brother and to the poor and needy in your land.
  31. Deuteronomy 15:13לֹ֥א · do not
    And when you release him, do not send him away empty-handed.
  32. Deuteronomy 15:16לֹ֥א · I do not
    But if your servant says to you, ‘I do not want to leave you,’ because he loves you and your household and is well off with you,
  33. Deuteronomy 15:18לֹא־ · Do not
    Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
  34. Deuteronomy 15:19לֹ֤א · You are not; וְלֹ֥א · nor
    You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.
  35. Deuteronomy 15:21לֹ֣א · you must not
    But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
  36. Deuteronomy 15:23לֹ֣א · you must not
    But you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.
  37. Deuteronomy 16:3לֹא־ · You must not
    You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.