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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 Kings 19:10לֹ֤א · will not
    “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
  2. 2 Kings 19:18לֹ֨א · were not
    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
  3. 2 Kings 19:25הֲלֹֽא־ · Have you not
    Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
  4. 2 Kings 19:32לֹ֤א · He will not; וְלֹֽא־; וְלֹֽא־; וְלֹֽא־ · [or]
    So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
  5. 2 Kings 19:33לֹ֥א · and he will not
    He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.
  6. 2 Kings 20:1וְלֹ֥א · you will not
    In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.’”
  7. 2 Kings 20:4לֹ֣א · Before
    Before Isaiah had left the middle courtyard, the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
  8. 2 Kings 20:10לֹ֣א · but not
    “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps,” answered Hezekiah, “but not for it to go back ten steps.”
  9. 2 Kings 20:13לֹֽא־ · nothing; לֹֽא־ · did not
    And Hezekiah received the envoys and showed them all that was in his treasure house—the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, as well as his armory—all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his palace or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
  10. 2 Kings 20:15לֹא־ · There is nothing; לֹֽא־ · I did not
    “What have they seen in your palace?” Isaiah asked. “They have seen everything in my palace,” answered Hezekiah. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”
  11. 2 Kings 20:17לֹֽא־ · Nothing
    The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
  12. 2 Kings 20:19הֲל֛וֹא · Will there not
    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “Will there not at least be peace and security in my lifetime?”
  13. 2 Kings 20:20הֲלֹא־
    As for the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, along with all his might and how he constructed the pool and the tunnel to bring water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  14. 2 Kings 21:8וְלֹ֣א · I will never
    I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to wander from the land that I gave to their fathers, if only they are careful to do all I have commanded them—the whole Law that My servant Moses commanded them.”
  15. 2 Kings 21:9וְלֹ֖א · But [the people] did not
    But the people did not listen and Manasseh led them astray, so that they did greater evil than the nations that the LORD had destroyed before the Israelites.
  16. 2 Kings 21:17הֲלֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Manasseh, along with all his accomplishments and the sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  17. 2 Kings 21:22וְלֹ֥א · and did not
    He abandoned the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD.
  18. 2 Kings 21:25הֲלֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Amon, along with his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  19. 2 Kings 22:2וְלֹא־ · he did not
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  20. 2 Kings 22:7לֹא־ · they need not
    But they need not account for the money put into their hands, since they work with integrity.”
  21. 2 Kings 22:13לֹֽא־ · have not
    “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
  22. 2 Kings 22:17וְלֹ֥א · and will not
    …because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
  23. 2 Kings 22:20וְלֹא־ · will not
    ‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
  24. 2 Kings 23:9לֹ֤א · did not
    Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
  25. 2 Kings 23:22לֹ֤א · No
    No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
  26. 2 Kings 23:25לֹֽא־ · Neither; לֹֽא־ · nor
    Neither before nor after Josiah was there any king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, according to all the Law of Moses.
  27. 2 Kings 23:26לֹֽא־ · did not
    Nevertheless, the LORD did not turn away from the fury of His burning anger, which was kindled against Judah because of all that Manasseh had done to provoke Him to anger.
  28. 2 Kings 23:28הֲלֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Josiah and all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  29. 2 Kings 24:4וְלֹֽא־
    …and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
  30. 2 Kings 24:5הֲלֹא־ · not
    As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
  31. 2 Kings 24:7וְלֹֽא־ · did not
    Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
  32. 2 Kings 24:14לֹ֣א
    He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
  33. 2 Kings 25:3וְלֹא־ · no
    By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
  34. 2 Kings 25:16לֹא־
    As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.
  35. 1 Chronicles 2:30לֹ֥א · without
    The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
  36. 1 Chronicles 2:32לֹ֥א · without
    The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
  37. 1 Chronicles 2:34וְלֹֽא־ · no
    Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
  38. 1 Chronicles 4:27לֹ֥א · did not
    Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.
  39. 1 Chronicles 5:1וְלֹ֥א · So he is not
    These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. Though he was the firstborn, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. So he is not reckoned according to birthright.
  40. 1 Chronicles 10:4וְלֹ֤א · and refused
    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
  41. 1 Chronicles 10:13לֹא־ · he did not
    So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,
  42. 1 Chronicles 10:14וְלֹֽא־ · and he failed
    …and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.
  43. 1 Chronicles 11:5לֹ֥א · You will never
    The people of Jebus said to David, “You will never get in here.” Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).
  44. 1 Chronicles 11:18וְלֹֽא־ · refused
    So the Three broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from the well at the gate of Bethlehem, and brought it back to David. But he refused to drink it; instead, he poured it out to the LORD,