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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. Judges 1:29לֹ֣א · also failed
    Ephraim also failed to drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer; so the Canaanites continued to dwell among them in Gezer.
  2. Judges 1:30לֹ֤א · failed
    Zebulun failed to drive out the inhabitants of Kitron and Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and served as forced laborers.
  3. Judges 1:31לֹ֤א · failed
    Asher failed to drive out the inhabitants of Acco, Sidon, Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, and Rehob.
  4. Judges 1:32לֹ֥א · they did not
    So the Asherites lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, because they did not drive them out.
  5. Judges 1:33לֹֽא־ · failed
    Naphtali failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath. So the Naphtalites also lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath served them as forced laborers.
  6. Judges 1:34לֹ֥א · did not
    The Amorites forced the Danites into the hill country and did not allow them to come down into the plain.
  7. Judges 2:1לֹֽא־ · I will never
    Now the angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bochim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I had promised to your fathers, and I said, ‘I will never break My covenant with you,
  8. Judges 2:2לֹֽא־ · are not; וְלֹֽא־ · Yet you have not
    …and you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
  9. Judges 2:3לֹֽא־ · that I will not
    So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
  10. Judges 2:10לֹא־ · did not
    After that whole generation had also been gathered to their fathers, another generation rose up who did not know the LORD or the works that He had done for Israel.
  11. Judges 2:14וְלֹֽא־ · no
    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
  12. Judges 2:17לֹ֣א · did not; לֹא־ · they did not
    Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
  13. Judges 2:19לֹ֤א · They would not
    But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
  14. Judges 2:20וְלֹ֥א · and has not
    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, “Because this nation has transgressed the covenant I laid down for their fathers and has not heeded My voice,
  15. Judges 2:21לֹ֣א · will no
    I will no longer drive out before them any of the nations Joshua left when he died.
  16. Judges 2:22לֹֽא׃
    In this way I will test whether Israel will keep the way of the LORD by walking in it as their fathers did.”
  17. Judges 2:23וְלֹ֥א
    That is why the LORD had left those nations in place and had not driven them out immediately by delivering them into the hand of Joshua.
  18. Judges 3:1לֹֽא־ · had not
    These are the nations that the LORD left to test all the Israelites who had not known any of the wars in Canaan,
  19. Judges 3:2לֹ֥א · had not
    …if only to teach warfare to the subsequent generations of Israel, especially to those who had not known it formerly:
  20. Judges 3:22לֹ֥א · Ehud did not
    Even the handle sank in after the blade, and Eglon’s fat closed in over it, so that Ehud did not withdraw the sword from his belly. And Eglon’s bowels emptied.
  21. Judges 3:28וְלֹֽא־ · and they did not
    “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and they did not allow anyone to cross over.
  22. Judges 3:29וְלֹ֥א · Not
    At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
  23. Judges 4:6הֲלֹ֥א · [Surely]
    She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, “Surely the LORD, the God of Israel, is commanding you: ‘Go and march to Mount Tabor, taking with you ten thousand men of Naphtali and Zebulun.
  24. Judges 4:8לֹ֥א · you will not; לֹ֥א · I will not
    Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
  25. Judges 4:9לֹ֨א · no
    “I will certainly go with you,” Deborah replied, “but the road you are taking will bring you no honor, because the LORD will be selling Sisera into the hand of a woman.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh,
  26. Judges 4:14הֲלֹ֥א · Has not
    Then Deborah said to Barak, “Arise, for this is the day that the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the LORD gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.
  27. Judges 4:16לֹ֥א · not
    Then Barak pursued the chariots and army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.
  28. Judges 5:19לֹ֥א · no
    Kings came and fought; then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no plunder of silver.
  29. Judges 5:23לֹֽא־ · they did not
    ‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
  30. Judges 5:30הֲלֹ֨א · Are they not
    ‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
  31. Judges 6:4וְלֹֽא־ · with no
    …encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
  32. Judges 6:10לֹ֤א · You must not; וְלֹ֥א · But you did not
    And I said to you: ‘I am the LORD your God. You must not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.’ But you did not obey Me.”
  33. Judges 6:13הֲלֹ֤א · Has not
    “Please, my Lord,” Gideon replied, “if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all His wonders of which our fathers told us, saying, ‘Has not the LORD brought us up out of Egypt?’ But now the LORD has forsaken us and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
  34. Judges 6:14הֲלֹ֖א · Am I not
    The LORD turned to him and said, “Go in the strength you have and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Am I not sending you?”
  35. Judges 6:23לֹ֖א · for you will not
    But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
  36. Judges 7:4לֹא־ · shall not; לֹ֥א · shall not
    Then the LORD said to Gideon, “There are still too many men. Take them down to the water, and I will sift them for you there. If I say to you, ‘This one shall go with you,’ he shall go. But if I say, ‘This one shall not go with you,’ he shall not go.”
  37. Judges 8:2הֲל֗וֹא · Are not
    But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?
  38. Judges 8:19לֹ֥א · I would not
    “They were my brothers,” Gideon replied, “the sons of my mother! As surely as the LORD lives, if you had let them live, I would not kill you.”
  39. Judges 8:20וְלֹא־ · did not
    So he said to Jether, his firstborn, “Get up and kill them.” But the young man did not draw his sword; he was fearful because he was still a youth.
  40. Judges 8:23לֹֽא־ · will not; וְלֹֽא־ · nor
    But Gideon replied, “I will not rule over you, nor will my son. The LORD shall rule over you.”
  41. Judges 8:28וְלֹ֥א · and did not
    In this way Midian was subdued before the Israelites and did not raise its head again. So the land had rest for forty years in the days of Gideon,
  42. Judges 8:34וְלֹ֤א · failed
    The Israelites failed to remember the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side.
  43. Judges 8:35וְלֹֽא־ · They did not
    They did not show kindness to the house of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) for all the good things he had done for Israel.
  44. Judges 9:28הֲלֹ֥א · Is he not
    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?