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.
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
Occurrences
5,187 total
- Deuteronomy 29:26לֹֽא־ · they had not; וְלֹ֥א · gods that [the LORD] had notThey went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
- Deuteronomy 30:11לֹֽא־ · is not; וְלֹ֥א · orFor this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
- Deuteronomy 30:12לֹ֥א · is notIt is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
- Deuteronomy 30:13וְלֹֽא־ · is notAnd it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
- Deuteronomy 30:17וְלֹ֣א · and you do notBut if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
- I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
- Deuteronomy 31:2לֹא־ · no; לֹ֥א · You shall not…he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the Jordan.’
- Deuteronomy 31:6לֹ֥א · He will never; וְלֹ֥א · [nor]Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”
- Deuteronomy 31:8לֹ֥א · He will never; וְלֹ֣א · nor; לֹ֥א · Do not; וְלֹ֥א · [or]The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
- Deuteronomy 31:13לֹֽא־ · do notThen their children who do not know the law will listen and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- Deuteronomy 31:17הֲלֹ֗א · Have notOn that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
- And when many troubles and afflictions have come upon them, this song will testify against them, because it will not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants. For I know their inclination, even before I bring them into the land that I swore to give them.”
- Deuteronomy 32:5לֹ֖א · notHis people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
- Deuteronomy 32:6וְלֹ֣א · and senseless; הֲלוֹא־ · notIs this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
- Deuteronomy 32:17לֹ֣א · not; לֹ֣א · they had not; לֹ֥א · did notThey sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.
- He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.
- Deuteronomy 32:21בְלֹא־ · by [that which is] not; בְּלֹא־ · by those who are notThey have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
- Deuteronomy 32:27וְלֹ֥א · it was not…if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
- How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Deuteronomy 32:31לֹ֥א · is notFor their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- Deuteronomy 32:34הֲלֹא־ · Have I not“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?
- Deuteronomy 32:47לֹֽא־ · are notFor they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
- Deuteronomy 32:51לֹֽא־ · failingFor at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.
- Deuteronomy 32:52לֹ֣א · you shall notAlthough you shall see from a distance the land that I am giving the Israelites, you shall not enter it.”
- Deuteronomy 33:9לֹ֣א · I do not; לֹ֣א · He disregarded; לֹ֣א · and did notHe said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.
- Deuteronomy 34:4לֹ֥א · but you will notAnd the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”
- Deuteronomy 34:6וְלֹֽא־ · and noAnd He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Deuteronomy 34:7לֹֽא־ · were not; וְלֹא־ · had notMoses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Deuteronomy 34:10וְלֹֽא־ · noSince that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
- Joshua 1:5לֹֽא־ · No; לֹ֥א · I will never; וְלֹ֥א · norNo one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Joshua 1:8לֹֽא־ · must notThis Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do.
- Joshua 1:9הֲל֤וֹא · Have I notHave I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Joshua 1:18וְלֹֽא־ · and does notAnyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
- Joshua 2:4וְלֹ֥א · but I did notBut the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.