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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. Genesis 29:7לֹא־ · it is not yet
    “Look,” said Jacob, “it is still broad daylight; it is not yet time to gather the livestock. Water the sheep and take them back to pasture.”
  2. Genesis 29:8לֹ֣א · We cannot
    But they replied, “We cannot, until all the flocks have been gathered and the stone has been rolled away from the mouth of the well. Then we will water the sheep.”
  3. Genesis 29:25הֲלֹ֤א · Wasn’t
    When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
  4. Genesis 29:26לֹא־ · It is not
    Laban replied, “It is not our custom here to give the younger daughter in marriage before the older.
  5. Genesis 30:1לֹ֤א · she was not
    When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
  6. Genesis 30:31לֹא־ · You do not
    “What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
  7. Genesis 30:40וְלֹ֥א · and did not
    Jacob set apart the young, but made the rest face the streaked dark-colored sheep in Laban’s flocks. Then he set his own stock apart and did not put them with Laban’s animals.
  8. Genesis 30:42לֹ֣א · he did not
    But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.
  9. Genesis 31:7וְלֹֽא־ · has not
    And although he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times, God has not allowed him to harm me.
  10. Genesis 31:15הֲל֧וֹא · Are we not
    Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.
  11. Genesis 31:27וְלֹא־ · without even
    Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
  12. Genesis 31:28וְלֹ֣א · But you did not
    But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
  13. Genesis 31:32לֹ֣א · he shall not; וְלֹֽא־ · did not
    If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
  14. Genesis 31:33וְלֹ֣א · nothing
    So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.
  15. Genesis 31:34וְלֹ֥א · nothing
    Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
  16. Genesis 31:35ל֤וֹא · I cannot; וְלֹ֥א · but could not
    Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
  17. Genesis 31:38לֹ֣א · have not; לֹ֥א · nor have I
    I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.
  18. Genesis 31:39לֹא־ · I did not
    I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.
  19. Genesis 31:52לֹֽא־ · will not; לֹא־ · will not
    This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.
  20. Genesis 32:12לֹא־
    But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”
  21. Genesis 32:25לֹ֤א · he could not
    When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.
  22. Genesis 32:26לֹ֣א · I will not
    Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
  23. Genesis 32:28לֹ֤א · will no
    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
  24. Genesis 32:32לֹֽא־ · do not
    Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
  25. Genesis 34:7לֹ֥א · that should not
    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.
  26. Genesis 34:14לֹ֤א · We cannot
    “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.
  27. Genesis 34:17לֹ֧א · you will not
    But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”
  28. Genesis 34:19וְלֹֽא־ · did not
    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.
  29. Genesis 34:23הֲל֥וֹא · Will not
    Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
  30. Genesis 35:5וְלֹ֣א · so that they did not
    As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
  31. Genesis 35:10לֹֽא־ · you will no
    And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.
  32. Genesis 36:7וְלֹ֨א · not
    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.
  33. Genesis 37:4וְלֹ֥א · not
    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
  34. Genesis 37:13הֲל֤וֹא · Are not
    Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.
  35. Genesis 37:21לֹ֥א · Let us not
    When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.
  36. Genesis 37:32לֹֽא׃ · not
    They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”
  37. Genesis 38:9לֹּ֥א · would not
    But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.
  38. Genesis 38:14לֹֽא־ · had not
    …she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
  39. Genesis 38:16לֹ֣א · Not
    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.
  40. Genesis 38:20וְלֹ֖א · he could not
    Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.
  41. Genesis 38:21לֹא־ · No
    He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.
  42. Genesis 38:22לֹ֣א · I could not; לֹא־ · No
    So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
  43. Genesis 38:23לֹ֥א · could not
    “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”
  44. Genesis 38:26לֹא־ · I did not; וְלֹֽא־ · And he did not
    Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.