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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. Joshua 2:5לֹ֣א · and I do not
    At dusk, when the gate was about to close, the men went out, and I do not know which way they went. Pursue them quickly, and you may catch them!”
  2. Joshua 2:11וְלֹא־ · failed
    When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
  3. Joshua 2:14לֹ֣א · you do not
    “Our lives for your lives!” the men agreed. “If you do not report our mission, we will show you kindness and faithfulness when the LORD gives us the land.”
  4. Joshua 2:22וְלֹ֥א · without
    So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
  5. Joshua 3:4לֹ֧א · you have never
    But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”
  6. Joshua 5:1וְלֹא־ · failed
    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until they had crossed over, their hearts melted and their spirits failed for fear of the Israelites.
  7. Joshua 5:5לֹא־
    Though all who had come out were circumcised, none of those born in the wilderness on the journey from Egypt had been circumcised.
  8. Joshua 5:6לֹֽא־ · they did not
    For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey.
  9. Joshua 5:7לֹא־ · they had not
    And He raised up their sons in their place, and these were the ones Joshua circumcised. Until this time they were still uncircumcised, since they had not been circumcised along the way.
  10. Joshua 5:12וְלֹא־ · no
    And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.
  11. Joshua 5:14לֹ֗א · Neither
    “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
  12. Joshua 6:10לֹ֤א · Do not; וְלֹֽא־ · do not; וְלֹא־
    But Joshua had commanded the people: “Do not give a battle cry or let your voice be heard; do not let one word come out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you are to shout!”
  13. Joshua 7:12וְלֹ֨א · cannot; לֹ֤א · I will no; לֹ֥א
    This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction.
  14. Joshua 7:13לֹ֣א · You cannot
    Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
  15. Joshua 8:14לֹ֣א · did not
    When the king of Ai saw the Israelites, he hurried out early in the morning with the men of the city to engage them in battle at an appointed place overlooking the Arabah. But he did not know that an ambush had been set up against him behind the city.
  16. Joshua 8:17וְלֹֽא־ · Not; לֹֽא־ · did not
    Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
  17. Joshua 8:20וְלֹא־ · They could not
    When the men of Ai turned and looked back, the smoke of the city was rising into the sky. They could not escape in any direction, and the troops who had fled to the wilderness now turned against their pursuers.
  18. Joshua 8:26לֹֽא־ · did not
    Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
  19. Joshua 8:31לֹֽא־ · no
    …just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
  20. Joshua 8:35לֹֽא־ · not; לֹֽא־ · failed
    There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded that Joshua failed to read before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, the little ones, and the foreigners who lived among them.
  21. Joshua 9:14לֹ֥א · but did not
    Then the men of Israel sampled their provisions but did not seek the counsel of the LORD.
  22. Joshua 9:18וְלֹ֤א · did not
    But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders.
  23. Joshua 9:19לֹ֥א · we cannot
    All the leaders answered, “We have sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them.
  24. Joshua 9:20וְלֹֽא־ · so that no
    This is how we will treat them: We will let them live, so that no wrath will fall on us because of the oath we swore to them.”
  25. Joshua 9:23וְלֹֽא־ · and will perpetually
    Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
  26. Joshua 9:26וְלֹ֥א · and they did not
    So Joshua did this and delivered them from the hands of the Israelites, and they did not kill the Gibeonites.
  27. Joshua 10:8לֹֽא־ · Not
    The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”
  28. Joshua 10:13הֲלֹא־ · not; וְלֹא־ · and delayed
    So the sun stood still and the moon stopped until the nation took vengeance upon its enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jashar? “So the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and delayed going down about a full day.”
  29. Joshua 10:14וְלֹ֨א · no
    There has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
  30. Joshua 10:21לֹֽא־ · [and] no one
    The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
  31. Joshua 10:28לֹ֥א · no
    On that day Joshua captured Makkedah and put it to the sword, along with its king. He devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. So he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
  32. Joshua 10:30לֹֽא־ · no
    And the LORD also delivered that city and its king into the hand of Israel, and Joshua put all the people to the sword, leaving no survivors. And he did to the king of Libnah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
  33. Joshua 10:37לֹֽא־ · no
    They captured it and put to the sword its king, all its villages, and all the people. Joshua left no survivors, just as he had done at Eglon; he devoted to destruction Hebron and everyone in it.
  34. Joshua 10:39לֹ֥א · no
    And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
  35. Joshua 10:40לֹ֥א · no
    So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
  36. Joshua 11:11לֹ֥א · Nothing
    The Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
  37. Joshua 11:13לֹ֥א · did not
    Yet Israel did not burn any of the cities built on their mounds, except Hazor, which Joshua burned.
  38. Joshua 11:14לֹ֥א
    The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
  39. Joshua 11:15לֹֽא־ · leaving nothing
    As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.
  40. Joshua 11:19לֹֽא־ · No
    No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
  41. Joshua 11:22לֹֽא־ · No
    No Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
  42. Joshua 13:13וְלֹ֤א · did not
    …but the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites. So Geshur and Maacath dwell among the Israelites to this day.
  43. Joshua 13:14לֹ֥א · no
    To the tribe of Levi, however, Moses had given no inheritance. The food offerings to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, just as He had promised them.