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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. Isaiah 13:17לֹ֥א · and no
    Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold.
  2. Isaiah 13:18לֹ֣א · they will have no; לֹֽא־ · they will not
    Their bows will dash young men to pieces; they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb; they will not look with pity on the children.
  3. Isaiah 13:20לֹֽא־ · She will never; וְלֹ֥א · or; וְלֹֽא־ · no; לֹא־ · no
    She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
  4. Isaiah 13:22לֹ֥א · will not
    Hyenas will howl in her fortresses and jackals in her luxurious palaces. Babylon’s time is at hand, and her days will not be prolonged.
  5. Isaiah 14:8לֹֽא־ · no
    Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
  6. Isaiah 14:17לֹא־ · who refused
    …who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
  7. Isaiah 14:20לֹֽא־ · You will not; לֹֽא־ · will never again
    You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
  8. Isaiah 14:24לֹ֞א
    The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
  9. Isaiah 15:6לֹ֥א · no more
    The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
  10. Isaiah 16:6לֹא־ · is empty
    We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
  11. Isaiah 16:10לֹֽא־ · no one; לֹ֣א · No; לֹֽא־
    Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
  12. Isaiah 16:12וְלֹ֥א · it will do him no
    When Moab appears on the high place, when he wearies himself and enters his sanctuary to pray, it will do him no good.
  13. Isaiah 16:14ל֥וֹא · [and] feeble
    And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”
  14. Isaiah 17:8וְלֹ֣א · They will not; לֹ֣א
    They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.
  15. Isaiah 17:10לֹ֣א · and failed
    For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
  16. Isaiah 19:15וְלֹֽא־ · nothing
    There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.
  17. Isaiah 22:2לֹ֣א · did not; וְלֹ֖א · nor were they
    O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.
  18. Isaiah 22:11וְלֹ֤א · but you did not; לֹ֥א
    You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
  19. Isaiah 23:4לֹֽא־ · I have not; וְלֹֽא־ · I have not; וְלֹ֥א
    Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”
  20. Isaiah 23:12לֹֽא־ · no; לֹא־ · you will find no
    He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”
  21. Isaiah 23:13לֹ֣א · now
    Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.
  22. Isaiah 23:18לֹ֥א · they will not; וְלֹ֣א
    Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
  23. Isaiah 24:9לֹ֣א · They no
    They no longer sing and drink wine; strong drink is bitter to those who consume it.
  24. Isaiah 24:20וְלֹא־ · never
    The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
  25. Isaiah 25:2לֹ֥א
    Indeed, You have made the city a heap of rubble, the fortified town a ruin. The fortress of strangers is a city no more; it will never be rebuilt.
  26. Isaiah 26:21וְלֹֽא־ · and will no
    For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
  27. Isaiah 27:9לֹֽא־ · no
    Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
  28. Isaiah 27:11לֹ֤א · without; לֹֽא־ · has no; לֹ֥א · shows them no
    When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
  29. Isaiah 28:12וְלֹ֥א · not
    …to whom He has said: “This is the place of rest, let the weary rest; this is the place of repose.” But they would not listen.
  30. Isaiah 28:15לֹ֣א · it will not
    For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.”
  31. Isaiah 28:16לֹ֥א · will never
    So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.
  32. Isaiah 28:18לֹ֣א · will not
    Your covenant with death will be dissolved, and your agreement with Sheol will not stand. When the overwhelming scourge passes through, you will be trampled by it.
  33. Isaiah 28:25הֲלוֹא֙ · does he not
    When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
  34. Isaiah 28:27לֹ֤א · is not
    Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.