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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 Kings 10:7לֹֽא־ · not even
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  2. 1 Kings 10:10לֹא־ · Never
    Then she gave the king 120 talents of gold, a great quantity of spices, and precious stones. Never again were spices in such abundance brought in as those the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon.
  3. 1 Kings 10:12לֹ֣א · Never; וְלֹ֣א · nor has such
    The king made the almug wood into steps for the house of the LORD and for the king’s palace, and into lyres and harps for the singers. Never before had such almug wood been brought in, nor has such been seen again to this day.)
  4. 1 Kings 10:20לֹֽא־ · Nothing
    Twelve lions stood on the six steps, one at either end of each step. Nothing like this had ever been made for any kingdom.
  5. 1 Kings 10:21לֹ֥א · as nothing
    All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.
  6. 1 Kings 11:2לֹֽא־ · You must not; לֹא־
    These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.
  7. 1 Kings 11:4וְלֹא־ · not
    For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
  8. 1 Kings 11:6וְלֹ֥א · he did not
    So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
  9. 1 Kings 11:10וְלֹ֣א · Solomon did not
    Although He had warned Solomon explicitly not to follow other gods, Solomon did not keep the LORD’s command.
  10. 1 Kings 11:11וְלֹ֤א · and have not
    Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.
  11. 1 Kings 11:12לֹ֣א · I will not
    Nevertheless, for the sake of your father David, I will not do it during your lifetime; I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
  12. 1 Kings 11:13לֹ֣א · I will not
    Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”
  13. 1 Kings 11:22לֹ֔א · Nothing
    But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
  14. 1 Kings 11:33וְלֹֽא־ · They have not
    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
  15. 1 Kings 11:34וְלֹֽא־ · Nevertheless, I will not
    Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.
  16. 1 Kings 11:39לֹ֥א · not
    Because of this, I will humble David’s descendants—but not forever.’”
  17. 1 Kings 11:41הֲלֽוֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Solomon—all that he did, as well as his wisdom—are they not written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon?
  18. 1 Kings 12:15וְלֹֽא־ · did not
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
  19. 1 Kings 12:16לֹֽא־ · had refused; וְלֹֽא־ · and what
    When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So the Israelites went home,
  20. 1 Kings 12:20לֹ֤א · Only
    When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
  21. 1 Kings 12:24לֹֽא־ · You are not; וְלֹא־
    …that this is what the LORD says: ‘You are not to go up and fight against your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you must return home, for this is My doing.’” So they listened to the word of the LORD and turned back according to the word of the LORD.
  22. 1 Kings 12:31לֹֽא־ · not
    Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.
  23. 1 Kings 13:4וְלֹ֥א · not
    Now when King Jeroboam, who was at the altar in Bethel, heard the word that the man of God had cried out against it, he stretched out his hand and said, “Seize him!” But the hand he stretched out toward him withered, so that he could not pull it back.
  24. 1 Kings 13:8לֹ֥א · I still would not; וְלֹֽא־ · nor; וְלֹ֣א
    But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.
  25. 1 Kings 13:9לֹא־ · You must not; וְלֹ֣א; וְלֹ֣א
    For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”
  26. 1 Kings 13:10וְלֹֽא־ · and did not
    So the man of God went another way and did not return by the way he had come to Bethel.
  27. 1 Kings 13:16לֹ֥א · I cannot; וְלֹֽא־ · and I will not; וְלֹֽא־
    But the man replied, “I cannot go home with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water with you in this place.
  28. 1 Kings 13:17לֹֽא־ · You must not; וְלֹֽא־; לֹא־
    For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”
  29. 1 Kings 13:21וְלֹ֤א · and have not
    …and the prophet cried out to the man of God who had come from Judah, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Because you have defied the word of the LORD and have not kept the commandment that the LORD your God gave you,
  30. 1 Kings 13:22לֹֽא־ · shall never
    …but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”
  31. 1 Kings 13:28לֹֽא־ · had not; וְלֹ֥א
    …and he went and found the body lying in the road, with the donkey and the lion standing beside it. The lion had not eaten the body or mauled the donkey.
  32. 1 Kings 13:33לֹֽא־ · did not
    Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.
  33. 1 Kings 14:2וְלֹ֣א · so they will not
    …and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
  34. 1 Kings 14:4לֹֽא־ · not
    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
  35. 1 Kings 14:8וְלֹֽא־
    I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
  36. 1 Kings 14:29הֲלֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, along with all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  37. 1 Kings 15:3וְלֹא־ · not
    And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.