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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. Esther 5:9וְלֹא־
    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.
  2. Esther 5:12לֹא־ · no
    “What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
  3. Esther 6:3לֹא־ · Nothing
    The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
  4. Esther 6:13לֹא־
    Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
  5. Esther 9:2לֹא־ · No
    In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
  6. Esther 9:10לֹ֥א · but they did not
    They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  7. Esther 9:15לֹ֥א · but they did not
    On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  8. Esther 9:16לֹ֥א · but they did not
    The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
  9. Esther 9:27וְלֹ֣א · should not
    …the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
  10. Esther 9:28לֹ֤א · should not; לֹא־
    These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
  11. Esther 10:2הֲלוֹא־ · not
    And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
  12. Job 1:10הֲלֹֽא־ · Have You not
    Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
  13. Job 1:11לֹ֥א
    But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  14. Job 1:22לֹא־ · did not; וְלֹא־ · or
    In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
  15. Job 2:5לֹ֥א
    But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  16. Job 2:10לֹ֣א · and not; לֹא־ · did not
    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  17. Job 2:12וְלֹ֣א · they could barely
    When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
  18. Job 3:10לֹ֣א · that night did not
    For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
  19. Job 3:11לֹּ֣א
    Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
  20. Job 3:16לֹ֣א · I not; לֹא־ · who never
    Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
  21. Job 3:18לֹ֥א · they do not
    The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.
  22. Job 3:26לֹ֤א · I am not; וְלֹ֖א · I have no; וְֽלֹא־
    I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
  23. Job 4:6הֲלֹ֣א · not
    Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
  24. Job 4:16וְֽלֹא־ · but I could not
    It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
  25. Job 4:18לֹ֣א · God puts no
    If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
  26. Job 4:21הֲלֹא־; וְלֹ֣א · without
    Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
  27. Job 5:6לֹא־ · does not; לֹא־ · does not
    For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
  28. Job 5:12וְֽלֹא־ · no
    He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
  29. Job 5:19לֹא־ · no
    He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
  30. Job 5:21וְֽלֹא־ · and will not
    You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
  31. Job 5:24וְלֹ֣א · and find nothing
    You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
  32. Job 6:10לֹ֣א · through unrelenting; לֹ֥א · I have not
    It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
  33. Job 6:21לֹא · of no help
    For now you are of no help; you see terror, and you are afraid.
  34. Job 6:30לֹא־ · not
    Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
  35. Job 7:1הֲלֹא־ · Is not
    “Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
  36. Job 7:7לֹא־ · will never
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  37. Job 7:8לֹֽא־ · will no
    The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
  38. Job 7:9לֹ֣א · does not
    As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.
  39. Job 7:10לֹא־ · He never; וְלֹא־
    He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
  40. Job 7:11לֹ֤א · will not
    Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.