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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 5:29לֹֽא־ · 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?
  2. Jeremiah 6:8ל֥וֹא · without
    Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
  3. Jeremiah 6:10וְלֹ֥א · so they cannot; לֹ֥א · they find no
    To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
  4. Jeremiah 6:15לֹֽא־ · they have no; לֹ֣א · they do not even
    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
  5. Jeremiah 6:16לֹ֥א · We will not
    This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
  6. Jeremiah 6:17לֹ֥א · We will not
    I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
  7. Jeremiah 6:19לֹ֣א · they have paid no
    Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
  8. Jeremiah 6:20לֹ֣א · are not acceptable; לֹא־ · do not
    What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
  9. Jeremiah 6:23וְלֹ֣א
    They grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Zion.”
  10. Jeremiah 6:29לֹ֥א · are not
    The bellows blow fiercely, blasting away the lead with fire. The refining proceeds in vain, for the wicked are not purged.
  11. Jeremiah 7:6לֹ֣א · if you no; לֹ֥א
    …if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,
  12. Jeremiah 7:9לֹֽא־ · you have not
    Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal, and follow other gods that you have not known,
  13. Jeremiah 7:13וְלֹ֣א · but you would not; וְלֹ֥א · but you would not
    And now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and because I have spoken to you again and again but you would not listen, and I have called to you but you would not answer,
  14. Jeremiah 7:19הֲל֣וֹא · Is it not
    But am I the One they are provoking? declares the LORD. Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?
  15. Jeremiah 7:20וְלֹ֥א · and not
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, My anger and My fury will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the produce of the land, and it will burn and not be extinguished.
  16. Jeremiah 7:22לֹֽא־ · I did not merely; וְלֹ֣א
    For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices,
  17. Jeremiah 7:24וְלֹ֤א · Yet they did not; וְלֹֽא־ · or; וְלֹ֥א · and not
    Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
  18. Jeremiah 7:26וְל֤וֹא · Yet they would not; וְלֹ֥א · [or]
    Yet they would not listen to Me or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and did more evil than their fathers.
  19. Jeremiah 7:27וְלֹ֥א · they will not; וְלֹ֥א · they will not
    When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.
  20. Jeremiah 7:28לֽוֹא־ · would not; וְלֹ֥א · and would not
    Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.
  21. Jeremiah 7:31לֹ֣א · something I never; וְלֹ֥א · nor
    They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
  22. Jeremiah 7:32וְלֹא־ · when this place will no
    So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room.
  23. Jeremiah 8:2לֹ֤א · Their bones will not; וְלֹ֣א · [or]
    They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
  24. Jeremiah 8:4וְלֹ֣א · and not; וְלֹ֥א · and not
    So you are to tell them this is what the LORD says: “Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not return?
  25. Jeremiah 8:6לוֹא־ · they do not
    I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
  26. Jeremiah 8:7לֹ֣א · do not
    Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
  27. Jeremiah 8:12לֹֽא־ · they have no; לֹ֣א · they do not even
    Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.
  28. Jeremiah 8:20ל֥וֹא · have not
    “The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”
  29. Jeremiah 8:22לֹ֣א · not
    Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?
  30. Jeremiah 9:3וְלֹ֥א · over; לֹֽא־ · and they do not
    “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.
  31. Jeremiah 9:5לֹ֣א · no
    Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.
  32. Jeremiah 9:9לֹֽא־ · 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?”