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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 16:4וְלֹֽא־ · No; וְלֹא־ · and none
    No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
  2. Deuteronomy 16:5לֹ֥א · You are not
    You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
  3. Deuteronomy 16:8לֹ֥א · and you must not
    For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.
  4. Deuteronomy 16:16וְלֹ֧א · No one
    Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.
  5. Deuteronomy 16:19לֹא־ · Do not; לֹ֥א · Do not; וְלֹא־
    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
  6. Deuteronomy 16:21לֹֽא־ · Do not
    Do not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
  7. Deuteronomy 16:22וְלֹֽא־ · and do not
    …and do not set up for yourselves a sacred pillar, which the LORD your God hates.
  8. Deuteronomy 17:1לֹא־ · You shall not
    You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
  9. Deuteronomy 17:3לֹא־ · I have forbidden
    …and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
  10. Deuteronomy 17:6לֹ֣א · but he shall not
    On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but he shall not be executed on the testimony of a lone witness.
  11. Deuteronomy 17:11לֹ֣א · Do not
    …according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
  12. Deuteronomy 17:13וְלֹ֥א · and will no
    Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
  13. Deuteronomy 17:15לֹ֣א · you are not; לֹֽא־ · not
    …you are to appoint over yourselves the king whom the LORD your God shall choose. Appoint a king from among your brothers; you are not to set over yourselves a foreigner who is not one of your brothers.
  14. Deuteronomy 17:16לֹא־ · [the king] must not; וְלֹֽא־ · [or]; לֹ֣א · never
    But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
  15. Deuteronomy 17:17וְלֹ֤א · He must not; וְלֹ֥א · lest; לֹ֥א · He must not
    He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.
  16. Deuteronomy 18:1לֹֽא־ · no
    The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance.
  17. Deuteronomy 18:2לֹא־ · no
    Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
  18. Deuteronomy 18:9לֹֽא־ · do not
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
  19. Deuteronomy 18:10לֹֽא־ · Let no one
    Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
  20. Deuteronomy 18:14לֹ֣א · has not
    Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.
  21. Deuteronomy 18:16לֹ֣א · Let us not; לֹֽא־; וְלֹ֥א · so that we will not
    This is what you asked of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, “Let us not hear the voice of the LORD our God or see this great fire anymore, so that we will not die!”
  22. Deuteronomy 18:19לֹֽא־ · does not
    And I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name.
  23. Deuteronomy 18:20לֹֽא־ · I have not
    But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
  24. Deuteronomy 18:21לֹא־ · has not
    You may ask in your heart, “How can we recognize a message that the LORD has not spoken?”
  25. Deuteronomy 18:22וְלֹֽא־ · does not; וְלֹ֣א · [or]; לֹא־ · Do not; לֹ֥א · has not
    When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD and the message does not come to pass or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
  26. Deuteronomy 19:4לֹא־ · without
    Now this is the situation regarding the manslayer who flees to one of these cities to save his life, having killed his neighbor accidentally, without intending to harm him:
  27. Deuteronomy 19:6לֹ֣א · did not
    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
  28. Deuteronomy 19:10וְלֹ֤א · will not
    Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
  29. Deuteronomy 19:13לֹא־
    You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
  30. Deuteronomy 19:14לֹ֤א · You must not
    You must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker, which was set up by your ancestors to mark the inheritance you shall receive in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess.
  31. Deuteronomy 19:15לֹֽא־ · is not sufficient
    A lone witness is not sufficient to establish any wrongdoing or sin against a man, regardless of what offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  32. Deuteronomy 19:20וְלֹֽא־ · and they will never
    Then the rest of the people will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything so evil among you.
  33. Deuteronomy 19:21וְלֹ֥א · You must show no pity
    You must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
  34. Deuteronomy 20:1לֹ֥א · do not
    When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
  35. Deuteronomy 20:5וְלֹ֣א · and not
    Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
  36. Deuteronomy 20:6וְלֹ֣א · and not
    Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
  37. Deuteronomy 20:7וְלֹ֣א · and not
    Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”