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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 22:18הֲלוֹא֙ · Did I not; לֽוֹא־ · that he never
    Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Did I not tell you that he never prophesies good for me, but only bad?”
  2. 1 Kings 22:28לֹֽא־ · has not
    But Micaiah replied, “If you ever return safely, the LORD has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take heed, all you people!”
  3. 1 Kings 22:31לֹ֚א · Do not
    Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight with anyone, small or great, except the king of Israel.”
  4. 1 Kings 22:33לֹא־ · was not
    And when the chariot commanders saw that he was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him.
  5. 1 Kings 22:39הֲלֽוֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahab, along with all his accomplishments and the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  6. 1 Kings 22:43לֹא־ · he did not; לֹֽא־ · were not
    And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  7. 1 Kings 22:45הֲלֹֽא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, along with the might he exercised and how he waged war, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  8. 1 Kings 22:48וְלֹ֣א · but they never
    Jehoshaphat built ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they never set sail, because they were wrecked at Ezion-geber.
  9. 1 Kings 22:49וְלֹ֥א · refused
    At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.
  10. 2 Kings 1:4לֹֽא־ · You will not
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘You will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’” So Elijah departed.
  11. 2 Kings 1:6לֹֽא־ · you will not
    They replied, “A man came up to meet us and said, ‘Go back to the king who sent you and tell him that this is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending these men to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.’”
  12. 2 Kings 1:16לֹֽא־ · you will not
    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”
  13. 2 Kings 1:17לֹֽא־ · no
    So Ahaziah died according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. And since he had no son, Jehoram succeeded him in the second year of the reign of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah.
  14. 2 Kings 1:18הֲלֽוֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
  15. 2 Kings 2:10לֹ֥א · then it will not
    “You have requested a difficult thing,” said Elijah. “Nevertheless, if you see me as I am taken from you, it will be yours. But if not, then it will not be so.”
  16. 2 Kings 2:12וְלֹ֥א · no
    As Elisha watched, he cried out, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And he saw Elijah no more. So taking hold of his own clothes, he tore them in two.
  17. 2 Kings 2:16לֹ֥א · Do not
    “Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  18. 2 Kings 2:17וְלֹ֥א · but did not
    But when they pressed him to the point of embarrassment, he said, “Send them.” And they sent fifty men, who searched for three days but did not find Elijah.
  19. 2 Kings 2:18הֲלֽוֹא־ · Didn’t
    When they returned to Elisha, who was staying in Jericho, he said to them, “Didn’t I tell you not to go?”
  20. 2 Kings 2:21לֹֽא־ · No
    …and Elisha went out to the spring, cast the salt into it, and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘I have healed this water. No longer will it cause death or unfruitfulness.’”
  21. 2 Kings 3:2לֹ֥א · not
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
  22. 2 Kings 3:3לֹא־ · he did not
    Nevertheless, he clung to the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  23. 2 Kings 3:9וְלֹא־ · they had no
    So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out, and after they had traveled a roundabout route for seven days, they had no water for their army or for their animals.
  24. 2 Kings 3:17לֹֽא־ · You will not; וְלֹֽא־
    For the LORD says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the valley will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
  25. 2 Kings 3:26וְלֹ֥א
    When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not prevail.
  26. 2 Kings 4:23לֹֽא־ · It is not; וְלֹ֣א · [or]
    “Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
  27. 2 Kings 4:27וְלֹ֥א · and has not
    When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, “Leave her alone, for her soul is in deep distress, and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me.”
  28. 2 Kings 4:28הֲלֹ֣א · Didn’t; לֹ֥א · Do not
    Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my lord? Didn’t I say, ‘Do not deceive me?’”
  29. 2 Kings 4:29לֹ֣א · do not; לֹ֣א · do not
    So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
  30. 2 Kings 4:31לֹ֥א · has not
    Gehazi went on ahead of them and laid the staff on the boy’s face, but there was no sound or response. So he went back to meet Elisha and told him, “The boy has not awakened.”
  31. 2 Kings 4:39לֹ֥א · no one
    One of them went out to the field to gather herbs, and he found a wild vine from which he gathered as many wild gourds as his garment could hold. Then he came back and cut them up into the pot of stew, though no one knew what they were.
  32. 2 Kings 4:40וְלֹ֥א · And they could not
    And they poured it out for the men to eat, but when they tasted the stew they cried out, “There is death in the pot, O man of God!” And they could not eat it.
  33. 2 Kings 4:41וְלֹ֥א · nothing
    Then Elisha said, “Get some flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing harmful in the pot.
  34. 2 Kings 5:12הֲלֹ֡א · [Are] not; הֲלֹֽא־ · Could I not
    Are not the Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not have washed in them and been cleansed?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
  35. 2 Kings 5:13הֲל֣וֹא · would you not
    Naaman’s servants, however, approached him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’?”
  36. 2 Kings 5:17וָלֹ֕א · If you will not; לֽוֹא־ · will never
    “If you will not,” said Naaman, “please let me, your servant, be given as much soil as a pair of mules can carry. For your servant will never again make a burnt offering or a sacrifice to any other god but the LORD.
  37. 2 Kings 5:25לֹֽא־ · did not
    When Gehazi went in and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, “Gehazi, where have you been?” “Your servant did not go anywhere,” he replied.
  38. 2 Kings 5:26לֹא־ · Did not
    But Elisha questioned him, “Did not my spirit go with you when the man got down from his chariot to meet you? Is this the time to accept money and clothing, olive groves and vineyards, sheep and oxen, menservants and maidservants?
  39. 2 Kings 6:10לֹ֥א; וְלֹ֥א
    So the king of Israel sent word to the place the man of God had pointed out. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he was on his guard in such places.
  40. 2 Kings 6:11הֲלוֹא֙
    For this reason the king of Aram became enraged and called his servants to demand of them, “Tell me, which one of us is on the side of the king of Israel?”
  41. 2 Kings 6:12ל֖וֹא · No one
    But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”