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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 65:6לֹ֤א · I will not
    Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will pay it back into their laps,
  2. Isaiah 65:12וְלֹ֣א · and you did not; וְלֹ֣א · and you did not; לֹֽא־ · I did not
    I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  3. Isaiah 65:17וְלֹ֤א · will not; וְלֹ֥א · nor
    For behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind.
  4. Isaiah 65:19וְלֹֽא־ · will no
    I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.
  5. Isaiah 65:20לֹא־ · No; לֹֽא־ · fail
    No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
  6. Isaiah 65:22לֹ֤א · No longer; לֹ֥א · nor
    No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
  7. Isaiah 65:23לֹ֤א · They will not; וְלֹ֥א · [or]
    They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them.
  8. Isaiah 65:25לֹֽא־ · They will neither; וְלֹֽא־ · nor
    The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
  9. Isaiah 66:4וְלֹ֣א · and no one; לֹֽא־ · I did not
    So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”
  10. Isaiah 66:9וְלֹ֥א · and not
    Shall I bring a baby to the point of birth and not deliver it?” says the LORD. “Or will I who deliver close the womb?” says your God.
  11. Isaiah 66:19לֹא־ · have not; וְלֹא־
    I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
  12. Isaiah 66:24לֹ֣א · will never; לֹ֣א · will never
    “As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
  13. Jeremiah 1:6לֹא־ · do not
    “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
  14. Jeremiah 1:19וְלֹא־ · but will never
    They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
  15. Jeremiah 2:2לֹ֥א · not
    “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
  16. Jeremiah 2:6וְלֹ֣א · They did not; לֹֽא־ · where no; וְלֹֽא־ · no
    They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
  17. Jeremiah 2:8לֹ֤א · did not; לֹ֣א · no; לֹֽא־ · useless
    The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.
  18. Jeremiah 2:11לֹ֣א · not; בְּל֥וֹא · for useless
    Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
  19. Jeremiah 2:13לֹא־ · cannot
    “For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  20. Jeremiah 2:17הֲלוֹא־ · Have you not
    Have you not brought this on yourself by forsaking the LORD your God when He led you in the way?
  21. Jeremiah 2:19וְלֹ֤א · no
    Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.
  22. Jeremiah 2:20לֹ֣א · I will not
    “For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
  23. Jeremiah 2:23לֹ֣א · I am not; לֹ֣א · I have not
    “How can you say, ‘I am not defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a swift young she-camel galloping here and there,
  24. Jeremiah 2:24לֹ֣א · need not
    …a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
  25. Jeremiah 2:25ל֕וֹא
    You should have kept your feet from going bare and your throat from being thirsty. But you said, ‘It is hopeless! For I love foreign gods, and I must go after them.’
  26. Jeremiah 2:27וְלֹ֣א · and not
    …say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’
  27. Jeremiah 2:30לֹ֣א · no
    “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
  28. Jeremiah 2:31לֽוֹא־ · we will
    You people of this generation, consider the word of the LORD: “Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do My people say, ‘We are free to roam; we will come to You no more’?
  29. Jeremiah 2:34לֹֽא־ · though you did not
    Moreover, your skirts are stained with the blood of the innocent poor, though you did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things
  30. Jeremiah 2:35לֹ֥א · I have not
    …you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
  31. Jeremiah 2:37וְלֹ֥א · you will not
    Moreover, you will leave that place with your hands on your head, for the LORD has rejected those you trust; you will not prosper by their help.”
  32. Jeremiah 3:1הֲל֛וֹא · Would not
    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
  33. Jeremiah 3:2לֹ֣א · you have not
    “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
  34. Jeremiah 3:3ל֣וֹא · and no
    Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.