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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 9:10וְלֹ֥א · is not
    I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.
  2. Jeremiah 9:13וְלֹא־ · they have not; וְלֹא־ · [or]
    And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.
  3. Jeremiah 9:16לֹ֣א · neither
    I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”
  4. Jeremiah 10:4וְל֥וֹא · so that it will not
    They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.
  5. Jeremiah 10:5וְלֹ֣א · cannot; לֹ֣א · they cannot; לֹ֣א · they can do no
    Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.”
  6. Jeremiah 10:7לֹ֤א · would not
    Who would not fear You, O King of nations? This is Your due. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You.
  7. Jeremiah 10:10וְלֹֽא־ · cannot
    But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  8. Jeremiah 10:14וְלֹא־ · and [there is] no
    Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
  9. Jeremiah 10:16לֹֽא־ · is not
    The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  10. Jeremiah 10:21לֹ֣א · they do not; לֹ֣א · they have not
    For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
  11. Jeremiah 10:23לֹ֥א · is not his own; לֹֽא־ · no
    I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; no one who walks directs his own steps.
  12. Jeremiah 10:25לֹֽא־ · do not; לֹ֣א · do not
    Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
  13. Jeremiah 11:3לֹ֣א · does not
    You must tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Cursed is the man who does not obey the words of this covenant,
  14. Jeremiah 11:8וְלֹ֤א · Yet they would; וְלֹֽא־ · not; וְלֹ֥א
    Yet they would not obey or incline their ears, but each one followed the stubbornness of his evil heart. So I brought on them all the curses of this covenant I had commanded them to follow but they did not keep.”
  15. Jeremiah 11:11לֹֽא־ · they cannot; וְלֹ֥א · but I will not
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them.
  16. Jeremiah 11:12לֹֽא־ · but [these gods] certainly will not
    Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
  17. Jeremiah 11:19וְלֹֽא־ · I did not; לֹֽא־ · no
    For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
  18. Jeremiah 11:21לֹ֤א · You must not; וְלֹ֥א
    Therefore this is what the LORD says concerning the people of Anathoth who are seeking your life and saying, “You must not prophesy in the name of the LORD, or you will die by our hand.”
  19. Jeremiah 11:23לֹ֥א · no
    There will be no remnant, for I will bring disaster on the people of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.”
  20. Jeremiah 12:4לֹ֥א · He cannot
    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
  21. Jeremiah 12:13לֹ֣א · to no
    They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
  22. Jeremiah 12:17לֹ֣א · they will not
    But if they will not obey, then I will uproot that nation; I will uproot it and destroy it, declares the LORD.”
  23. Jeremiah 13:1לֹ֥א · but do not
    This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”
  24. Jeremiah 13:7לֹ֥א · of no
    So I went to Perath and dug up the loincloth, and I took it from the place where I had hidden it. But now it was ruined—of no use at all.
  25. Jeremiah 13:10לֹא־ · of no
    These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
  26. Jeremiah 13:11וְלֹ֖א · But they did not
    For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
  27. Jeremiah 13:12לֹ֣א · Don’t we
    Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
  28. Jeremiah 13:14לֹֽא־ · I will allow no; וְלֹֽא־ · [or]; וְלֹ֥א · [or]
    I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
  29. Jeremiah 13:17לֹ֣א · you do not
    But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.
  30. Jeremiah 13:21הֲל֤וֹא · Will not
    What will you say when He sets over you close allies whom you yourself trained? Will not pangs of anguish grip you, as they do a woman in labor?
  31. Jeremiah 13:27לֹ֣א · unclean
    Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”
  32. Jeremiah 14:3לֹא־ · no
    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
  33. Jeremiah 14:4לֹא־ · no
    The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen on the land. The farmers are ashamed; they cover their heads.
  34. Jeremiah 14:5לֹֽא־ · no
    Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass.
  35. Jeremiah 14:9לֹא־
    Why are You like a man taken by surprise, like a warrior powerless to save? Yet You are among us, O LORD, and we are called by Your name. Do not forsake us!
  36. Jeremiah 14:10לֹ֣א · they have not; לֹ֣א · does not
    This is what the LORD says about this people: “Truly they love to wander; they have not restrained their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; He will now remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins.”