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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 23:4וְלֹ֥א
    I will raise up shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or dismayed, nor will any go missing, declares the LORD.
  2. Jeremiah 23:7וְלֹא־ · when they will no
    So 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.’
  3. Jeremiah 23:10לֹא־ · is misused
    For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.
  4. Jeremiah 23:16לֹ֖א · not
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.
  5. Jeremiah 23:17לֹֽא־ · No
    They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
  6. Jeremiah 23:20לֹ֤א · will not
    The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
  7. Jeremiah 23:21לֹא־ · I did not; לֹא־ · I did not
    I did not send these prophets, yet they have run with their message; I did not speak to them, yet they have prophesied.
  8. Jeremiah 23:23וְלֹ֥א · and not
    “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
  9. Jeremiah 23:24לֹֽא־ · cannot; הֲל֨וֹא · not
    “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
  10. Jeremiah 23:29הֲל֨וֹא · Is not
    “Is not My word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that smashes a rock?”
  11. Jeremiah 23:32לֹֽא־ · It was not; וְלֹ֣א · and they are of no; לֹֽא־
    “Indeed,” declares the LORD, “I am against those who prophesy false dreams and retell them to lead My people astray with their reckless lies. It was not I who sent them or commanded them, and they are of no benefit at all to these people,” declares the LORD.
  12. Jeremiah 23:36לֹ֣א · no
    But refer no more to the burden of the LORD, for each man’s word becomes the burden, so that you pervert the words of the living God, the LORD of Hosts, our God.
  13. Jeremiah 23:38לֹ֥א · you not
    But if you claim, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ then this is what the LORD says: Because you have said, ‘This is the burden of the LORD,’ and I specifically told you not to make this claim,
  14. Jeremiah 23:40לֹ֥א · will never
    And I will bring upon you everlasting shame and perpetual humiliation that will never be forgotten.”
  15. Jeremiah 24:2לֹא־ · they could not
    One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
  16. Jeremiah 24:3לֹא־ · they cannot
    “Jeremiah,” the LORD asked, “what do you see?” “Figs!” I replied. “The good figs are very good, but the bad figs are very bad, so bad they cannot be eaten.”
  17. Jeremiah 24:6וְלֹ֣א · and not; וְלֹ֥א · and not
    I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
  18. Jeremiah 24:8לֹא־ · they cannot
    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  19. Jeremiah 25:3וְלֹ֥א · but you have not
    “From the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah until this very day—twenty-three years—the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened.
  20. Jeremiah 25:4וְלֹ֣א · but you have not; וְלֹֽא־ · [or]
    And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.
  21. Jeremiah 25:6וְלֹֽא־ · and do not; וְלֹ֥א · Then I will do you no
    Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
  22. Jeremiah 25:7וְלֹֽא־ · you have not
    ‘But to your own harm, you have not listened to Me,’ declares the LORD, ‘so you have provoked Me to anger with the works of your hands.’
  23. Jeremiah 25:8לֹֽא־ · you have not
    Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words,
  24. Jeremiah 25:27וְלֹ֣א · and never
    “Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
  25. Jeremiah 25:29לֹ֣א · You will not
    For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
  26. Jeremiah 25:33לֹ֣א · They will not; וְלֹ֤א; וְלֹ֣א
    Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.
  27. Jeremiah 26:4לֹ֤א · you do not
    And you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘If you do not listen to Me and walk in My law, which I have set before you,
  28. Jeremiah 26:5וְלֹ֥א · even though you did not
    …and if you do not listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent you again and again even though you did not listen,
  29. Jeremiah 26:19הֲלֹא֮ · Did [Hezekiah] not
    Did Hezekiah king of Judah or anyone else in Judah put him to death? Did Hezekiah not fear the LORD and seek His favor, and did not the LORD relent of the disaster He had pronounced against them? But we are about to bring great harm on ourselves!”
  30. Jeremiah 27:8לֹֽא־ · does not; לֹֽא־ · and does not
    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
  31. Jeremiah 27:9לֹ֥א · You will not
    But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
  32. Jeremiah 27:13לֹֽא־ · does not
    Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
  33. Jeremiah 27:14לֹ֥א · You must not
    Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
  34. Jeremiah 27:15לֹ֤א · I have not
    For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
  35. Jeremiah 27:20לֹֽא־ · did not
    …which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.
  36. Jeremiah 28:15לֹֽא־ · did not
    Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
  37. Jeremiah 29:9לֹ֥א · I have not
    For they are falsely prophesying to you in My name; I have not sent them, declares the LORD.”
  38. Jeremiah 29:11וְלֹ֣א · and not
    For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
  39. Jeremiah 29:16לֹֽא־ · did not
    …this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
  40. Jeremiah 29:17לֹא־ · they cannot
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.