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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. Jeremiah 3:4הֲל֣וֹא · Have you not
    Have you not just called to Me, ‘My Father, You are my friend from youth.
  2. Jeremiah 3:7וְלֹא־ · But she did not
    I thought that after she had done all these things, she would return to Me. But she did not return, and her unfaithful sister Judah saw it.
  3. Jeremiah 3:8וְלֹ֨א · had no
    She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
  4. Jeremiah 3:10לֹא־ · did not
    Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.
  5. Jeremiah 3:12לֽוֹא־ · I will no longer; לֹ֥א · I will not
    Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
  6. Jeremiah 3:13לֹא־ · and have not
    Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.
  7. Jeremiah 3:16לֹא־ · they will no; וְלֹ֥א · It will never; וְלֹ֤א · and no one; וְלֹ֣א; וְלֹ֥א · nor
    “In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.
  8. Jeremiah 3:17וְלֹא־ · They will no longer
    At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.
  9. Jeremiah 3:19לֹ֥א · and never
    Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
  10. Jeremiah 3:25וְלֹ֣א · we have not
    Let us lie down in our shame; let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God.”
  11. Jeremiah 4:1וְלֹ֥א · and no longer
    “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver,
  12. Jeremiah 4:8לֹא־ · has not
    So put on sackcloth, mourn and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us.”
  13. Jeremiah 4:11ל֥וֹא · but not; וְל֥וֹא
    At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift;
  14. Jeremiah 4:19לֹ֣א · I cannot
    My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  15. Jeremiah 4:22לֹ֣א · they have not; וְלֹ֥א · without; לֹ֥א · not
    “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
  16. Jeremiah 4:27לֹ֥א · but I will not
    For this is what the LORD says: “The whole land will be desolate, but I will not finish its destruction.
  17. Jeremiah 4:28וְלֹ֥א · and I will not; וְלֹא־
    Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.”
  18. Jeremiah 5:3הֲל֣וֹא · do not; וְֽלֹא־ · but they felt no
    O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
  19. Jeremiah 5:4לֹ֤א · they do not
    Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
  20. Jeremiah 5:7בְּלֹ֣א · by [gods] that are not
    “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
  21. Jeremiah 5:9לוֹא־ · Should I not; לֹ֥א · Should I not
    Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
  22. Jeremiah 5:10ל֥וֹא · do not
    Go up through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not finish them off. Strip off her branches, for they do not belong to the LORD.
  23. Jeremiah 5:12לֹא־ · will not do anything; וְלֹא־ · will not; ל֥וֹא · we will not
    They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.
  24. Jeremiah 5:15לֹא־ · you do not; וְלֹ֥א · you do not
    Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
  25. Jeremiah 5:18לֹֽא־ · I will not
    “Yet even in those days,” declares the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.
  26. Jeremiah 5:19לֹ֥א · that is not
    And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
  27. Jeremiah 5:21וְלֹ֣א · but do not; וְלֹ֥א · but do not
    “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
  28. Jeremiah 5:22לֹא־ · Do you not; לֹ֣א · Do you not; וְלֹ֣א · it cannot; וְלֹ֣א · but they cannot; וְלֹ֥א · but cannot
    Do you not fear Me?” declares the LORD. “Do you not tremble before Me, the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea, an enduring barrier it cannot cross? The waves surge, but they cannot prevail. They roar but cannot cross it.
  29. Jeremiah 5:24וְלֹֽא־ · They have not
    They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
  30. Jeremiah 5:28לֹא־ · They have not; לֹ֥א · nor have they
    They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.