Keraia
Lexicon

לֹא

lonotHow to read Hebrew
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

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

5,187 total
  1. Nehemiah 8:17לֹֽא־ · had not
    The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
  2. Nehemiah 9:16וְלֹ֥א · and did not
    But they and our fathers became arrogant and stiff-necked and did not obey Your commandments.
  3. Nehemiah 9:17וְלֹא־ · and failed; וְלֹ֥א · and You did not
    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  4. Nehemiah 9:19לֹ֥א · did not; לֹא־ · never
    You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.
  5. Nehemiah 9:20לֹא־ · You did not
    You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
  6. Nehemiah 9:21לֹ֣א · nothing; לֹ֣א · did not; לֹ֥א · did not
    For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
  7. Nehemiah 9:29וְלֹא־; וְלֹ֥א · and would not
    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
  8. Nehemiah 9:30וְלֹ֣א · Yet they would not
    You were patient with them for many years, and Your Spirit admonished them through Your prophets. Yet they would not listen, so You gave them into the hands of the neighboring peoples.
  9. Nehemiah 9:31לֹֽא־ · You did not; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
  10. Nehemiah 9:34לֹ֥א · did not; וְלֹ֤א
    Our kings and leaders and priests and fathers did not obey Your law or listen to Your commandments and warnings that You gave them.
  11. Nehemiah 9:35לֹ֣א · they would not; וְֽלֹא־
    For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
  12. Nehemiah 10:30לֹא־ · We will not; לֹ֥א · and we will not
    We will not give our daughters in marriage to the people of the land, and we will not take their daughters for our sons.
  13. Nehemiah 10:31לֹא־ · we will not
    When the people of the land bring merchandise or any kind of grain to sell on the Sabbath day, we will not buy from them on a Sabbath or holy day. Every seventh year we will let the fields lie fallow and will cancel every debt.
  14. Nehemiah 10:39וְלֹ֥א · Thus we will not
    For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the ministering priests, the gatekeepers, and the singers stay. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God.”
  15. Nehemiah 13:1לֹא־ · no
    At that time the Book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people, and in it they found the passage stating that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God,
  16. Nehemiah 13:2לֹ֧א · they had not
    …because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
  17. Nehemiah 13:6לֹ֥א · I was not
    While all this was happening, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to Artaxerxes king of Babylon in the thirty-second year of his reign. Some time later I obtained leave from the king
  18. Nehemiah 13:10לֹ֣א · had not
    I also learned that because the portions for the Levites had not been given to them, all the Levites and singers responsible for performing the service had gone back to their own fields.
  19. Nehemiah 13:18הֲל֨וֹא · Did not
    Did not your forefathers do the same things, so that our God brought all this disaster on us and on this city? And now you are rekindling His wrath against Israel by profaning the Sabbath!”
  20. Nehemiah 13:19לֹ֣א · and not; לֹא־ · so that no
    When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem, just before the Sabbath, I ordered that the gates be shut and not opened until after the Sabbath. I posted some of my servants at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day.
  21. Nehemiah 13:21לֹא־ · they did not
    …but I warned them, “Why are you camping in front of the wall? If you do it again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they did not return on the Sabbath.
  22. Nehemiah 13:26הֲל֣וֹא · Did not; לֹֽא־ · not
    Did not King Solomon of Israel sin in matters like this? There was not a king like him among many nations, and he was loved by his God, who made him king over all Israel—yet foreign women drew him into sin.
  23. Esther 1:15לֹֽא־ · she refused to obey
    “According to law,” he asked, “what should be done with Queen Vashti, since she refused to obey the command of King Xerxes delivered by the eunuchs?”
  24. Esther 1:16לֹ֤א · not
    And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
  25. Esther 1:17וְלֹא־ · but she did not
    For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
  26. Esther 1:19וְלֹ֣א · so that it cannot; לֹֽא־ · shall never again
    So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
  27. Esther 2:10לֹא־ · did not; לֹא־ · not
    Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
  28. Esther 2:14לֹא־ · She would not
    She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
  29. Esther 2:15לֹ֤א · she did not
    Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
  30. Esther 3:2לֹ֥א · would not; וְלֹ֥א
    All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
  31. Esther 3:4וְלֹ֥א · but he would not
    Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
  32. Esther 4:4וְלֹ֥א · but he would not
    When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
  33. Esther 4:11לֹֽא־; לֹ֤א · have not
    “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
  34. Esther 4:16לֹֽא־ · it is against
    “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
  35. Esther 5:9וְלֹא־ · who did not
    That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.