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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. 1 Samuel 17:29הֲל֖וֹא
    “What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
  2. 1 Samuel 17:33לֹ֤א · You cannot
    But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
  3. 1 Samuel 17:39לֹֽא־ · he was not; לֹ֥א · I cannot; לֹ֣א · I am not
    David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
  4. 1 Samuel 17:47לֹ֛א · it is not
    And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
  5. 1 Samuel 18:2וְלֹ֣א · and did not
    And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.
  6. 1 Samuel 18:26וְלֹ֥א
    When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
  7. 1 Samuel 19:4ל֤וֹא · he has not
    Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
  8. 1 Samuel 20:2לֹ֣א · You will not; לוֹ־; וְלֹ֥א · without
    “Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
  9. 1 Samuel 20:9וְלֹ֥א · would I not
    “Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
  10. 1 Samuel 20:12וְלֹֽא־ · will I not
    …and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?
  11. 1 Samuel 20:14וְלֹ֖א · And; וְלֹֽא־; וְלֹ֥א · that I may not
    And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,
  12. 1 Samuel 20:15וְלֹֽא־ · and do not; וְלֹ֗א · not
    …and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”
  13. 1 Samuel 20:26וְלֹֽא־ · nothing; לֹ֥א · unclean
    Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”
  14. 1 Samuel 20:27לֹא־ · hasn’t
    But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”
  15. 1 Samuel 20:29לֹא־ · he has not
    …saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”
  16. 1 Samuel 20:30הֲל֣וֹא · Do I not
    Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
  17. 1 Samuel 20:31לֹ֥א · neither
    For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
  18. 1 Samuel 20:34וְלֹא־ · and did not
    Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.
  19. 1 Samuel 20:37הֲל֥וֹא · Isn’t
    When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
  20. 1 Samuel 20:39לֹֽא־ · did not
    But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.
  21. 1 Samuel 21:6לֹא־ · no
    So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
  22. 1 Samuel 21:8לֹֽא־ · neither
    Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s mission was urgent.”
  23. 1 Samuel 21:11הֲלוֹא־ · not; הֲל֣וֹא · Did they not
    But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
  24. 1 Samuel 22:5לֹ֤א · Do not
    Then the prophet Gad said to David, “Do not stay in the stronghold. Depart and go into the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.
  25. 1 Samuel 22:15לֹֽא־ · nothing
    Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
  26. 1 Samuel 22:17וְלֹ֥א · but they did not; וְלֹֽא־ · not
    Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
  27. 1 Samuel 23:14וְלֹֽא־ · would not
    And David stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Day after day Saul searched for him, but God would not deliver David into his hand.
  28. 1 Samuel 23:17לֹ֤א · will never
    …saying, “Do not be afraid, for my father Saul will never lay a hand on you. And you will be king over Israel, and I will be your second-in-command. Even my father Saul knows this is true.”
  29. 1 Samuel 23:19הֲל֣וֹא · Is not
    Then the Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah south of Jeshimon?
  30. 1 Samuel 24:7וְלֹ֥א · and he did not
    With these words David restrained his men, and he did not let them rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and went on his way.
  31. 1 Samuel 24:10לֹא־ · I will not
    Behold, this day you have seen with your own eyes that the LORD delivered you into my hand in the cave. I was told to kill you, but I spared you and said, ‘I will not lift my hand against my lord, since he is the LORD’s anointed.’
  32. 1 Samuel 24:11וְלֹ֣א · but I did not; וְלֹא־ · I have not
    See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
  33. 1 Samuel 24:12לֹ֥א · will never
    May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
  34. 1 Samuel 24:13לֹ֥א · will never
    As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
  35. 1 Samuel 24:18וְלֹ֥א · you did not
    And you have declared this day how you have treated me well, for when the LORD delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me.
  36. 1 Samuel 25:7לֹ֣א · we did not; וְלֹֽא־ · and nothing
    Now I hear that it is time for shearing. When your shepherds were with us, we did not harass them, and nothing of theirs was missing the whole time they were in Carmel.
  37. 1 Samuel 25:11לֹ֣א · I do not
    Why should I take my bread and water and the meat I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give them to these men whose origin I do not know?”
  38. 1 Samuel 25:15וְלֹ֤א · we were not
    Yet these men were very good to us. When we were in the field, we were not harassed, and nothing of ours went missing the whole time we lived among them.