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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. Exodus 23:24לֹֽא־ · You must not; וְלֹ֣א · or; וְלֹ֥א
    You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
  2. Exodus 23:26לֹ֥א · No
    No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
  3. Exodus 23:29לֹ֧א · I will not
    I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
  4. Exodus 23:32לֹֽא־ · no
    You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
  5. Exodus 23:33לֹ֤א · They must not
    They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
  6. Exodus 24:2לֹ֣א · {must} not; לֹ֥א · may not
    Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
  7. Exodus 24:11לֹ֥א · did not
    But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
  8. Exodus 25:15לֹ֥א · they must not
    The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
  9. Exodus 28:28וְלֹֽא־ · and does not
    The rings of the breastpiece shall be tied to the rings of the ephod with a cord of blue yarn, so that the breastpiece is above the waistband of the ephod and does not swing out from the ephod.
  10. Exodus 28:32לֹ֥א · will not
    …with an opening at its top in the center. Around the opening shall be a woven collar with an opening like that of a garment, so that it will not tear.
  11. Exodus 28:35וְלֹ֥א · so that he will not
    Aaron must wear the robe whenever he ministers, and its sound will be heard when he enters or exits the sanctuary before the LORD, so that he will not die.
  12. Exodus 28:43וְלֹא־ · so that they will not
    Aaron and his sons must wear them whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they will not incur guilt and die. This is to be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants.
  13. Exodus 29:33לֹא־ · But no
    They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.
  14. Exodus 29:34לֹ֥א · It must not
    And if any of the meat of ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
  15. Exodus 30:9לֹא־ · you must not; לֹ֥א · nor are you
    On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.
  16. Exodus 30:12וְלֹא־ · Then no
    “When you take a census of the Israelites to number them, each man must pay the LORD a ransom for his life when he is counted. Then no plague will come upon them when they are numbered.
  17. Exodus 30:15לֹֽא־ · shall not; לֹ֣א · nor shall
    In making the offering to the LORD to atone for your lives, the rich shall not give more than a half shekel, nor shall the poor give less.
  18. Exodus 30:20וְלֹ֣א · so that they will not
    Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.
  19. Exodus 30:21וְלֹ֣א · so that they will not
    Thus they are to wash their hands and feet so that they will not die; this shall be a permanent statute for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”
  20. Exodus 30:32לֹ֣א · It must not; לֹ֥א · and you must not
    It must not be used to anoint an ordinary man, and you must not make anything like it with the same formula. It is holy, and it must be holy to you.
  21. Exodus 30:37לֹ֥א
    You are never to use this formula to make incense for yourselves; you shall regard it as holy to the LORD.
  22. Exodus 32:1לֹ֥א · we do not
    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
  23. Exodus 32:23לֹ֥א · we do not
    They told me, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!’
  24. Exodus 33:3לֹ֨א · I will not
    Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
  25. Exodus 33:4וְלֹא־ · and no
    When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
  26. Exodus 33:11לֹ֥א · would not
    Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
  27. Exodus 33:12לֹ֣א · have not
    Then Moses said to the LORD, “Look, You have been telling me, ‘Lead this people up,’ but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have found favor in My sight.’
  28. Exodus 33:16הֲל֖וֹא · unless
    For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people on the face of the earth?”
  29. Exodus 33:20לֹ֥א · You cannot; לֹֽא־ · no
    But He added, “You cannot see My face, for no one can see Me and live.”
  30. Exodus 33:23לֹ֥א · must not
    Then I will take My hand away, and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen.”
  31. Exodus 34:3לֹֽא־ · No
    No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”
  32. Exodus 34:7לֹ֣א · Yet He will by no means
    …maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.”
  33. Exodus 34:10לֹֽא־ · have never
    And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.
  34. Exodus 34:14לֹ֥א · you must not
    For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.
  35. Exodus 34:17לֹ֥א · no
    You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.
  36. Exodus 34:20לֹ֥א · you do not; וְלֹֽא־ · No
    You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.
  37. Exodus 34:24וְלֹא־ · and no
    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
  38. Exodus 34:25לֹֽא־ · Do not; וְלֹא־ · and do not let
    Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
  39. Exodus 34:26לֹא־ · You must not
    Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.”
  40. Exodus 34:28לֹ֣א · without; לֹ֣א
    So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.