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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 19:24וְלֹא־ · [or]; לֹ֣א
    Then Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, went down to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet or trimmed his mustache or washed his clothes from the day the king had left until the day he returned safely.
  2. 2 Samuel 19:25לֹא־ · did you not
    And he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, who asked him, “Mephibosheth, why did you not go with me?”
  3. 2 Samuel 19:28לֹ֨א
    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”
  4. 2 Samuel 19:43וְלֹא־ · Were we not
    “We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
  5. 2 Samuel 20:1וְלֹ֤א · no
    Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
  6. 2 Samuel 20:3לֹא־ · but he no longer
    When David returned to his palace in Jerusalem, he took the ten concubines he had left to take care of the palace, and he placed them in a house under guard. He provided for them, but he no longer slept with them. They were confined until the day of their death, living as widows.
  7. 2 Samuel 20:10לֹֽא־ · was not; וְלֹא־ · And Joab did not need
    Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.
  8. 2 Samuel 20:21לֹא־ · not
    That is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
  9. 2 Samuel 21:2לֹ֣א · not
    At this, David summoned the Gibeonites and spoke to them. (Now the Gibeonites were not Israelites, but a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had taken an oath concerning them, but in his zeal for Israel and Judah, Saul had sought to kill them.)
  10. 2 Samuel 21:10וְלֹֽא־
    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  11. 2 Samuel 21:17לֹא־ · You must never; וְלֹ֥א · may not
    But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”
  12. 2 Samuel 22:22וְלֹ֥א · and have not
    For I have kept the ways of the LORD and have not wickedly departed from my God.
  13. 2 Samuel 22:23לֹא־ · I have not
    For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
  14. 2 Samuel 22:37וְלֹ֥א · do not
    You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
  15. 2 Samuel 22:38וְלֹ֥א · I did not
    I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
  16. 2 Samuel 22:39וְלֹ֣א · so they could not
    I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
  17. 2 Samuel 22:42וְלֹ֥א · but He did not
    They looked, but there was no one to save them—to the LORD, but He did not answer.
  18. 2 Samuel 22:44לֹא־ · I had not
    You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
  19. 2 Samuel 23:4לֹ֣א · of a cloudless
    …is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
  20. 2 Samuel 23:5לֹא־ · Is not; לֹ֥א · Will He not
    Is not my house right with God? For He has established with me an everlasting covenant, ordered and secured in every part. Will He not bring about my full salvation and my every desire?
  21. 2 Samuel 23:6לֹ֥א · they can never
    But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, for they can never be gathered by hand.
  22. 2 Samuel 23:16וְלֹ֤א · But he refused
    So the three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well near the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,
  23. 2 Samuel 23:17וְלֹ֥א · So he refused
    …saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
  24. 2 Samuel 23:19לֹא־ · even though he was not
    Was he not more honored than the Three? And he became their commander, even though he was not included among the Three.
  25. 2 Samuel 23:23לֹא־ · but he did not
    He was most honored among the Thirty, but he did not become one of the Three. And David appointed him over his guard.
  26. 2 Samuel 24:24לֹ֚א · No; וְלֹ֧א · for I will not
    “No,” replied the king, “I insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
  27. 1 Kings 1:1וְלֹ֥א · he could not
    Now King David was old and well along in years, and though they covered him with blankets, he could not keep warm.
  28. 1 Kings 1:4לֹ֥א · had no
    The girl was unsurpassed in beauty; she cared for the king and served him, but he had no relations with her.
  29. 1 Kings 1:6וְלֹֽא־ · had never
    (His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
  30. 1 Kings 1:8לֹ֥א · would not
    But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men would not join Adonijah.
  31. 1 Kings 1:10לֹ֥א · he did not
    But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, or his brother Solomon.
  32. 1 Kings 1:11הֲל֣וֹא · Have you not; לֹ֥א · does not
    Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, “Have you not heard that Adonijah son of Haggith has become king, and our lord David does not know it?
  33. 1 Kings 1:13הֲלֹֽא־ · not
    Go at once to King David and say, ‘My lord the king, did you not swear to your maidservant, “Surely your son Solomon will reign after me, and he will sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’
  34. 1 Kings 1:18לֹ֥א · do not
    But now, behold, Adonijah has become king, and you, my lord the king, do not know it.
  35. 1 Kings 1:19לֹ֥א · But he has not
    And he has sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the other sons of the king, as well as Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he has not invited your servant Solomon.
  36. 1 Kings 1:26לֹ֥א · he has not
    But me your servant he has not invited, nor Zadok the priest, nor Benaiah son of Jehoiada, nor your servant Solomon.
  37. 1 Kings 1:27וְלֹ֤א · without
    Has my lord the king let this happen without informing your servant who should sit on the throne after my lord the king?”
  38. 1 Kings 1:52לֹֽא־ · not
    And Solomon replied, “If he is a man of character, not a single hair of his will fall to the ground. But if evil is found in him, he will die.”
  39. 1 Kings 2:4לֹֽא־ · you will never
    …and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
  40. 1 Kings 2:6וְלֹֽא־ · and do not
    So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
  41. 1 Kings 2:17לֹֽא־ · he will not
    Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
  42. 1 Kings 2:20לֹֽא־ · I will not
    “I have just one small request of you,” she said. “Do not deny me.” “Make your request, my mother,” the king replied, “for I will not deny you.”
  43. 1 Kings 2:26לֹ֣א · I will not
    Then the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
  44. 1 Kings 2:28לֹ֣א · not
    When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.