Keraia
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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 28:28לֹ֥א · it is not; לֹֽא־ · do not
    Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
  2. Isaiah 29:9וְלֹא־ · but not; וְלֹ֥א · but not
    Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
  3. Isaiah 29:11לֹ֣א · I cannot
    And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
  4. Isaiah 29:12לֹֽא־ · unable; לֹ֥א · I cannot read
    Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”
  5. Isaiah 29:16לֹ֣א · He did not; לֹ֥א · He has no
    You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?
  6. Isaiah 29:17הֲלוֹא־
    In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
  7. Isaiah 29:22לֹֽא־ · No; וְלֹ֥א · and no
    Therefore the LORD who redeemed Abraham says of the house of Jacob: “No longer will Jacob be ashamed and no more will his face grow pale.
  8. Isaiah 30:1וְלֹ֣א · [that is] not; וְלֹ֣א · but against
    “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.
  9. Isaiah 30:2לֹ֣א · without
    They set out to go down to Egypt without asking My advice, to seek shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and take refuge in Egypt’s shade.
  10. Isaiah 30:5לֹא־; לֹ֤א · They bring neither; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    …everyone will be put to shame because of a people useless to them. They bring neither help nor benefit, but only shame and disgrace.”
  11. Isaiah 30:6לֹ֥א · of no
    This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
  12. Isaiah 30:9לֹֽא־
    These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction.
  13. Isaiah 30:10לֹ֣א · Stop; לֹ֥א · Do not
    They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.
  14. Isaiah 30:14לֹ֣א · so that no fragment; וְלֹֽא־ · can be found
    It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
  15. Isaiah 30:15וְלֹ֖א · but you were not
    For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.”
  16. Isaiah 30:16לֹא־ · No
    “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
  17. Isaiah 30:19לֹֽא־ · no
    O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
  18. Isaiah 30:20וְלֹֽא־ · will no longer
    The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
  19. Isaiah 31:1וְלֹ֤א · They do not; לֹ֥א · they do not
    Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
  20. Isaiah 31:2לֹ֣א · He does not
    Yet He too is wise and brings disaster; He does not call back His words. He will rise up against the house of the wicked and against the allies of evildoers.
  21. Isaiah 31:3וְֽלֹא־ · not; וְלֹא־ · not
    But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
  22. Isaiah 31:4לֹ֣א · it is not; לֹ֣א
    For this is what the LORD has said to me: “Like a lion roaring or a young lion over its prey—and though a band of shepherds is called out against it, it is not terrified by their shouting or subdued by their clamor—so the LORD of Hosts will come down to do battle on Mount Zion and its heights.
  23. Isaiah 31:8לֹא־ · but not; לֹֽא־ · but not
    “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
  24. Isaiah 32:3וְלֹ֥א · will no longer
    Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
  25. Isaiah 32:5לֹֽא־ · No; לֹ֥א · nor
    No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
  26. Isaiah 33:1לֹ֣א · never; וְלֹא־ · never
    Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
  27. Isaiah 33:8לֹ֥א · and human life
    The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
  28. Isaiah 33:19לֹ֣א · You will no
    You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
  29. Isaiah 33:21לֹ֥א · and no
    But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
  30. Isaiah 34:10לֹ֣א · It will not
    It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
  31. Isaiah 34:16לֹ֣א · Not; לֹ֣א
    Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
  32. Isaiah 35:8לֹֽא־ · will not; לֹ֥א · will not
    And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.