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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 16:8לֹא־ · had not
    So the lords of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him up with them.
  2. Judges 16:9וְלֹ֥א · remained unknown
    While the men were hidden in her room, she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame. So the source of his strength remained unknown.
  3. Judges 16:11לֹֽא־ · have never
    He replied, “If they tie me up with new ropes that have never been used, I will become as weak as any other man.”
  4. Judges 16:15וְלֹא־ · and failed
    “How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
  5. Judges 16:17לֹֽא־ · has never
    Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”
  6. Judges 16:20לֹ֣א · did not
    Then she called out, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” When Samson awoke from his sleep, he thought, “I will escape as I did before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
  7. Judges 18:1לֹֽא־ · they had not
    In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites was looking for territory to occupy. For up to that time they had not come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.
  8. Judges 19:10וְלֹֽא־ · was unwilling
    But the man was unwilling to spend the night. He got up and departed, and arrived opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem), with his two saddled donkeys and his concubine.
  9. Judges 19:12לֹ֤א · We will not; לֹֽא־ · there are no
    But his master replied, “We will not turn aside to the city of foreigners, where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah.”
  10. Judges 19:24לֹ֣א · But do not
    Look, let me bring out my virgin daughter and the man’s concubine, and you can use them and do with them as you wish. But do not do such a vile thing to this man.”
  11. Judges 19:25וְלֹֽא־ · not
    But the men would not listen to him. So the Levite took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.
  12. Judges 19:30לֹֽא־ · Nothing; וְלֹֽא־
    And everyone who saw it said, “Nothing like this has been seen or done from the day the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt until this day. Think it over, take counsel, and speak up!”
  13. Judges 20:8לֹ֤א · Not one; וְלֹ֥א
    Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
  14. Judges 20:13וְלֹ֤א
    Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
  15. Judges 20:16וְלֹ֥א · without
    Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
  16. Judges 20:34לֹ֣א · did not
    Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
  17. Judges 21:1לֹא־
    Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
  18. Judges 21:5לֹא־ · did not; לֹא־ · who failed
    The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had taken a solemn oath that anyone who failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah would surely be put to death.
  19. Judges 21:8לֹֽא־ · failed; לֹ֣א · no one
    So they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to come up before the LORD at Mizpah?” And, in fact, no one from Jabesh-gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.
  20. Judges 21:12לֹֽא־ · had not
    So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young women who had not had relations with a man, and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
  21. Judges 21:14וְלֹֽא־ · But there were not
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
  22. Judges 21:17וְלֹֽא־ · will not
    They added, “There must be heirs for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe of Israel will not be wiped out.
  23. Judges 21:18לֹ֥א · cannot
    But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benjamite.”
  24. Judges 21:22לֹ֥א · we did not; לֹ֥א · did not
    When their fathers or brothers come to us to complain, we will tell them, ‘Do us a favor by helping them, since we did not get wives for each of them in the war. Since you did not actually give them your daughters, you have no guilt.’”
  25. Ruth 2:8הֲל֧וֹא; לֹ֥א · do not
    Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Do not go and glean in another field, and do not go away from this place, but stay here close to my servant girls.
  26. Ruth 2:9הֲל֥וֹא · Indeed
    Let your eyes be on the field they are harvesting, and follow along after these girls. Indeed, I have ordered the young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, go and drink from the jars the young men have filled.”
  27. Ruth 2:11לֹא־ · you did not
    Boaz replied, “I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, how you left your father and mother and the land of your birth, and how you came to a people you did not know before.
  28. Ruth 2:13לֹ֣א · not
    “My lord,” she said, “may I continue to find favor in your eyes, for you have comforted and spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your servant girls.”
  29. Ruth 2:15וְלֹ֥א · do not
    When Ruth got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, “Even if she gathers among the sheaves, do not insult her.
  30. Ruth 2:16וְלֹ֥א · Do not
    Rather, pull out for her some stalks from the bundles and leave them for her to gather. Do not rebuke her.”
  31. Ruth 2:20לֹא־ · has not
    Then Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by the LORD, who has not withdrawn His kindness from the living or the dead.” Naomi continued, “The man is a close relative. He is one of our kinsman-redeemers.”
  32. Ruth 2:22וְלֹ֥א · so that nothing
    And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, “My daughter, it is good for you to work with his young women, so that nothing will happen to you in another field.”
  33. Ruth 3:1הֲלֹ֧א · should I not
    One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek a resting place for you, that it may be well with you?
  34. Ruth 3:2הֲלֹ֥א · is not
    Now is not Boaz, with whose servant girls you have been working, a relative of ours? In fact, tonight he is winnowing barley on the threshing floor.
  35. Ruth 3:13לֹ֨א · he does not
    Stay here tonight, and in the morning, if he wants to redeem you, good. Let him redeem you. But if he does not want to redeem you, as surely as the LORD lives, I will. Now lie here until morning.”
  36. Ruth 3:18לֹ֤א · will not
    “Wait, my daughter,” said Naomi, “until you find out how things go, for he will not rest unless he has resolved the matter today.”
  37. Ruth 4:4לֹ֨א · will not
    I thought I should inform you that you may buy it back in the presence of those seated here and in the presence of the elders of my people. If you want to redeem it, do so. But if you will not redeem it, tell me so I may know, because there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am next after you.” “I will redeem it,” he replied.
  38. Ruth 4:6לֹ֤א · I cannot; לֹא־ · I cannot
    The kinsman-redeemer replied, “I cannot redeem it myself, or I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption, because I cannot redeem it.”
  39. Ruth 4:10וְלֹא־ · will not
    Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, Mahlon’s widow, as my wife, to raise up the name of the deceased through his inheritance, so that his name will not disappear from among his brothers or from the gate of his home. You are witnesses today.”
  40. Ruth 4:14לֹ֣א · has not
    Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the LORD, who has not left you this day without a kinsman-redeemer. May his name become famous in Israel.
  41. 1 Samuel 1:7וְלֹ֥א · and would not
    And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.
  42. 1 Samuel 1:8לֹ֣א · won’t you
    “Hannah, why are you crying?” her husband Elkanah asked. “Why won’t you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”