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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. Exodus 12:39וְלֹ֤א · not; לֹא־ · had not
    Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
  2. Exodus 12:43לֹא־
    And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
  3. Exodus 12:45לֹא־ · shall not
    A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.
  4. Exodus 12:46לֹא־ · You are not; לֹ֥א · and you may not
    It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.
  5. Exodus 12:48לֹֽא־ · But no
    If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.
  6. Exodus 13:3וְלֹ֥א · And nothing
    So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
  7. Exodus 13:7וְלֹֽא־ · Nothing; וְלֹֽא־ · nor shall
    Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.
  8. Exodus 13:13לֹ֥א · you do not
    You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.
  9. Exodus 13:17וְלֹא־ · did not
    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
  10. Exodus 13:22לֹֽא־ · Neither
    Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.
  11. Exodus 14:12הֲלֹא־ · {Did we} not
    Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  12. Exodus 14:13לֹ֥א · you will never
    But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.
  13. Exodus 14:20וְלֹא־ · neither [camp]
    …so that it came between the camps of Egypt and Israel. The cloud was there in the darkness, but it lit up the night. So all night long neither camp went near the other.
  14. Exodus 14:28לֹֽא־ · Not
    The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
  15. Exodus 15:22וְלֹא־ · without
    Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
  16. Exodus 15:23וְלֹ֣א · not
    And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)
  17. Exodus 15:26לֹא־ · [then] I will not
    …saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  18. Exodus 16:4לֹֽא׃ · or not
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
  19. Exodus 16:8לֹא־ · are not
    And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
  20. Exodus 16:15לֹ֥א · they did not
    When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  21. Exodus 16:18וְלֹ֤א · had no; לֹ֣א · had no
    When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
  22. Exodus 16:20וְלֹא־ · But they did not
    But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.
  23. Exodus 16:24וְלֹ֣א · and it did not; לֹא־ · [or]
    So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.
  24. Exodus 16:25לֹ֥א · you will not
    “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.
  25. Exodus 16:26לֹ֥א
    For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”
  26. Exodus 16:27וְלֹ֖א · but they did not
    Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.
  27. Exodus 18:17לֹא־ · is not
    But Moses’ father-in-law said to him, “What you are doing is not good.
  28. Exodus 18:18לֹא־ · You cannot
    Surely you and these people with you will wear yourselves out, because the task is too heavy for you. You cannot handle it alone.
  29. Exodus 19:13לֹא־ · No; לֹ֣א · he must not
    No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”
  30. Exodus 19:23לֹא־ · cannot
    But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”
  31. Exodus 20:3לֹֽ֣א · no
    You shall have no other gods before Me.
  32. Exodus 20:4לֹֽ֣א · {You shall} not
    You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.
  33. Exodus 20:5לֹֽא־ · You shall not; וְלֹ֣א · or
    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  34. Exodus 20:7לֹ֥א · You {shall} not; לֹ֤א · will not
    You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.
  35. Exodus 20:10לֹֽ֣א־ · on which you must not
    …but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.
  36. Exodus 20:13לֹ֥֖א · You shall not
    You shall not murder.
  37. Exodus 20:14לֹ֣֖א · You shall not
    You shall not commit adultery.
  38. Exodus 20:15לֹ֣֖א · You shall not
    You shall not steal.
  39. Exodus 20:16לֹֽא־ · You shall not
    You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  40. Exodus 20:17לֹ֥א · You shall not; לֹֽא־ · You shall not
    You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
  41. Exodus 20:23לֹ֥א · You are not
    You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.