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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 14:13לֹֽא־ · You will not; לֹֽא־
    “Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
  2. Jeremiah 14:14לֹ֤א · I did not; וְלֹ֣א · [or]; וְלֹ֥א · [or]
    “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds.
  3. Jeremiah 14:15לֹֽא־ · did not; לֹ֥א · No
    Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!
  4. Jeremiah 14:18וְלֹ֥א · they do not
    If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”
  5. Jeremiah 14:22הֲלֹ֨א · Is this not
    Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.
  6. Jeremiah 15:7לוֹא־ · who have not
    I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
  7. Jeremiah 15:10לֹֽא־ · I have neither; וְלֹא־ · nor
    Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
  8. Jeremiah 15:11לֹ֥א; ל֣וֹא׀
    The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.
  9. Jeremiah 15:13לֹ֣א · without
    Your wealth and your treasures I will give up as plunder, without charge for all your sins within all your borders.
  10. Jeremiah 15:14לֹ֣א · you do not
    Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”
  11. Jeremiah 15:17לֹֽא־ · I never
    I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
  12. Jeremiah 15:18לֹ֥א · that is not
    Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.
  13. Jeremiah 15:19לֹֽא־ · must not
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
  14. Jeremiah 15:20וְלֹא־ · but will not
    Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD.
  15. Jeremiah 16:2לֹֽא־ · You must not; וְלֹֽא־ · [or]
    “You must not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.”
  16. Jeremiah 16:4לֹ֤א · They will not; וְלֹ֣א
    “They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”
  17. Jeremiah 16:6לֹ֣א · They will not; וְלֹֽא־ · [or]; וְלֹ֣א · nor; וְלֹ֥א
    “Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.
  18. Jeremiah 16:7וְלֹֽא־ · No food; וְלֹֽא־ · not even
    No food will be offered to comfort those who mourn the dead; not even a cup of consolation will be given for the loss of a father or mother.
  19. Jeremiah 16:8לֹא־ · You must not
    You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
  20. Jeremiah 16:11לֹ֥א · and did not
    Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
  21. Jeremiah 16:13לֹ֣א · neither; לֹֽא־ · no
    So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
  22. Jeremiah 16:14וְלֹֽא־ · when they will no
    Yet behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
  23. Jeremiah 16:17לֹ֥א · They are not; וְלֹֽא־ · is not
    For My eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from My face, and their guilt is not concealed from My eyes.
  24. Jeremiah 16:20לֹ֥א · are not
    Can man make gods for himself? Such are not gods!”
  25. Jeremiah 17:4לֹֽא־ · you do not
    And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
  26. Jeremiah 17:6וְלֹ֥א · he will not; וְלֹ֥א · where no
    He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
  27. Jeremiah 17:8וְלֹ֤א · It does not; לֹ֣א · It does not; וְלֹ֥א
    He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
  28. Jeremiah 17:11וְלֹ֣א; וְלֹ֣א · it did not
    Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
  29. Jeremiah 17:16לֹא־ · have not; לֹ֥א · I have not
    But I have not run away from being Your shepherd; I have not desired the day of despair. You know that the utterance of my lips was spoken in Your presence.
  30. Jeremiah 17:22וְלֹא־ · You must not; לֹ֣א
    You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers.