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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 35:7לֹֽא־ · [or]; לֹֽא־ · [or]; וְלֹ֥א · not
    Nor are you ever to build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard. Those things are not for you. Instead, you must live in tents all your lives, so that you may live a long time in the land where you wander.’
  2. Jeremiah 35:9לֹ֥א
    Nor have we built houses in which to live, and we have not owned any vineyards or fields or crops.
  3. Jeremiah 35:13הֲל֨וֹא · Will you not
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
  4. Jeremiah 35:14וְלֹ֤א · and they have not; וְלֹ֥א · and you have not
    The words of Jonadab son of Rechab have been carried out. He commanded his sons not to drink wine, and they have not drunk it to this very day because they have obeyed the command of their forefather. But I have spoken to you again and again, and you have not obeyed Me!
  5. Jeremiah 35:15וְלֹ֤א · But you have not; וְלֹ֥א · [or]
    Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
  6. Jeremiah 35:16לֹ֥א · have not
    Yes, the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab carried out the command their forefather gave them, but these people have not listened to Me.
  7. Jeremiah 35:17וְלֹ֣א · but they have not; וְלֹ֥א · but they have not
    Therefore this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Behold, I will bring to Judah and to all the residents of Jerusalem all the disaster I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them but they have not obeyed, and I have called to them but they have not answered.’”
  8. Jeremiah 35:19לֹֽא־ · will never
    …this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
  9. Jeremiah 36:5לֹ֣א · I cannot
    Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
  10. Jeremiah 36:24וְלֹ֣א · did not; וְלֹ֥א
    Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
  11. Jeremiah 36:25וְלֹ֥א · he would not
    Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
  12. Jeremiah 36:30לֹא־ · no
    Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
  13. Jeremiah 36:31וְלֹ֥א · but they did not
    I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
  14. Jeremiah 37:2וְלֹ֥א · refused
    But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.
  15. Jeremiah 37:4וְלֹֽא־ · for they had not
    Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.
  16. Jeremiah 37:9לֹ֖א · they will not
    This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!
  17. Jeremiah 37:14וְלֹ֥א · would not
    “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
  18. Jeremiah 37:19לֹֽא־ · will not
    Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
  19. Jeremiah 37:20וְלֹ֥א · or
    But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”
  20. Jeremiah 38:15הֲל֖וֹא; לֹ֥א · you will not
    “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
  21. Jeremiah 38:17לֹ֥א · will not
    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
  22. Jeremiah 38:18לֹֽא־ · you do not; לֹֽא־ · yourself will not
    But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
  23. Jeremiah 38:20לֹ֣א · They will not
    “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.
  24. Jeremiah 38:23לֹא־ · yourself will not
    All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
  25. Jeremiah 38:24וְלֹ֥א · or
    Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
  26. Jeremiah 38:25וְלֹ֣א · [or]
    If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
  27. Jeremiah 38:27לֹֽא־ · no one
    When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.
  28. Jeremiah 39:16וְלֹ֣א · and not
    “Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes.
  29. Jeremiah 39:17וְלֹ֤א · and you will not
    But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be delivered into the hands of the men whom you fear.
  30. Jeremiah 39:18לֹ֣א · so that you do not
    For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
  31. Jeremiah 40:3וְלֹֽא־ · and have not
    …and now the LORD has fulfilled it; He has done just as He said. Because you people have sinned against the LORD and have not obeyed His voice, this thing has happened to you.
  32. Jeremiah 40:5לֹֽא־ · But before Jeremiah
    But before Jeremiah turned to go, Nebuzaradan added, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere else that seems right.” Then the captain of the guard gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
  33. Jeremiah 40:7לֹֽא־ · had not
    When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women, and children who were the poorest of the land and had not been exiled to Babylon,
  34. Jeremiah 40:14וְלֹא־ · did not
    …and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
  35. Jeremiah 40:15לֹ֣א · No
    Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
  36. Jeremiah 41:4לֹ֥א · when no
    On the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,
  37. Jeremiah 41:8וְלֹ֥א
    But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
  38. Jeremiah 42:4לֹֽא־ · I will not
    “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”
  39. Jeremiah 42:5לֹ֡א · we do not
    Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
  40. Jeremiah 42:10וְלֹ֣א · and not; וְלֹ֣א · and not
    ‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
  41. Jeremiah 42:13לֹ֥א · We will not
    But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,