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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. 2 Samuel 1:23לֹ֣א · were not
    Saul and Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
  2. 2 Samuel 2:19וְלֹֽא־ · not
    …and he chased Abner, not turning to the right or to the left in his pursuit.
  3. 2 Samuel 2:21וְלֹֽא־ · not
    So Abner told him, “Turn to your right or to your left, seize one of the young men, and take his equipment for yourself.” But Asahel would not stop chasing him.
  4. 2 Samuel 2:26הֲל֣וֹא · Do you not; לֹֽא־
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
  5. 2 Samuel 2:28וְלֹֽא־ · they no; וְלֹֽא־
    So Joab blew the ram’s horn, and all the troops stopped; they no longer pursued Israel or continued to fight.
  6. 2 Samuel 3:8וְלֹ֥א · I have not
    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
  7. 2 Samuel 3:11וְלֹֽא־
    And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
  8. 2 Samuel 3:13לֹא־ · Do not
    “Good,” replied David, “I will make a covenant with you. But there is one thing I require of you: Do not appear before me unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to see me.”
  9. 2 Samuel 3:26לֹ֥א · was unaware
    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
  10. 2 Samuel 3:34לֹֽא־ · were not; לֹא־ · were not
    Your hands were not bound, your feet were not fettered. As a man falls before the wicked, so also you fell.” And all the people wept over him even more.
  11. 2 Samuel 3:37לֹ֤א · had no
    So on that day all the troops and all Israel were convinced that the king had no part in the murder of Abner son of Ner.
  12. 2 Samuel 3:38הֲל֣וֹא · Do you not
    Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
  13. 2 Samuel 4:11הֲל֨וֹא
    How much more, when wicked men kill a righteous man in his own house and on his own bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth!”
  14. 2 Samuel 5:6לֹא־ · You will never; לֹֽא־ · cannot
    Now the king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who inhabited the land. The Jebusites said to David: “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you.” For they thought, “David cannot get in here.”
  15. 2 Samuel 5:8לֹ֥א · will never
    On that day he said, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must use the water shaft to reach the lame and blind who are despised by David.” That is why it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the palace.”
  16. 2 Samuel 5:23לֹ֣א · Do not
    So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
  17. 2 Samuel 6:10וְלֹֽא־
    So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  18. 2 Samuel 6:23לֹֽא־ · no
    And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
  19. 2 Samuel 7:6לֹ֤א · I have not
    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.
  20. 2 Samuel 7:7לֹֽא־ · haven’t
    In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
  21. 2 Samuel 7:10וְלֹ֥א · no; וְלֹֽא־ · No
    And I will provide a place for My people Israel and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own and be disturbed no more. No longer will the sons of wickedness oppress them as they did at the beginning
  22. 2 Samuel 7:15לֹא־ · will never
    But My loving devotion will never be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.
  23. 2 Samuel 10:3הֲ֠לוֹא · Has not
    …the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Has not David instead sent his servants to explore the city, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
  24. 2 Samuel 11:3הֲלוֹא־
    So David sent and inquired about the woman, and he was told, “This is Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite.”
  25. 2 Samuel 11:9וְלֹ֥א · he did not
    But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
  26. 2 Samuel 11:10לֹֽא־ · did not; הֲל֤וֹא · Haven’t you; לֹֽא־ · didn’t you
    And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
  27. 2 Samuel 11:13לֹ֥א · but he did not
    Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
  28. 2 Samuel 11:20הֲל֣וֹא · Did you not
    …if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
  29. 2 Samuel 11:21הֲלֽוֹא־ · Was it not
    Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
  30. 2 Samuel 12:6לֹֽא־ · and has shown no
    Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
  31. 2 Samuel 12:10לֹא־ · will never
    Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
  32. 2 Samuel 12:13לֹ֥א · You will not
    Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
  33. 2 Samuel 12:17וְלֹ֣א · but he was unwilling; וְלֹֽא־ · and would not
    The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
  34. 2 Samuel 12:18וְלֹא־ · and he would not
    On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
  35. 2 Samuel 12:23לֹֽא־ · will not
    But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
  36. 2 Samuel 13:4הֲל֖וֹא · Won’t
    …and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
  37. 2 Samuel 13:12לֹא־ · a thing should never
    “No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
  38. 2 Samuel 13:13לֹ֥א · he will not
    Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
  39. 2 Samuel 13:14וְלֹ֥א · But [Amnon] refused
    But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
  40. 2 Samuel 13:16וְלֹ֥א · But he refused
    “No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
  41. 2 Samuel 13:22וְלֹֽא־ · never
    And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
  42. 2 Samuel 13:25וְלֹ֥א · or
    “No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.