לֹא

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. Ezekiel 5:9לֹֽא־ · I have never; לֹֽא־ · will never
    Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
  2. Ezekiel 5:11לֹ֗א; וְלֹא־; לֹ֥א
    Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
  3. Ezekiel 6:10לֹ֤א · I did not
    And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not declare in vain that I would bring this calamity upon them.
  4. Ezekiel 7:4וְלֹא־ · I will not; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’
  5. Ezekiel 7:7וְלֹא־ · instead of shouts of joy
    Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
  6. Ezekiel 7:9וְלֹא־ · I will not; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
  7. Ezekiel 7:11לֹא־ · None; וְלֹ֧א · none; וְלֹ֥א · none; וְלֹא־ · and nothing
    Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.
  8. Ezekiel 7:13לֹ֣א · not; לֹ֣א · will not; לֹ֥א
    The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.
  9. Ezekiel 7:19לֹֽא־ · cannot; לֹ֣א · They cannot; לֹ֣א
    They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.
  10. Ezekiel 8:18לֹֽא־ · I will not; וְלֹ֣א · nor; וְלֹ֥א · I will not
    Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
  11. Ezekiel 9:10לֹא־ · will not; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
  12. Ezekiel 10:11לֹ֥א · without; לֹ֥א · without
    When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions, without turning as they moved. For wherever the head faced, the cherubim would go in that direction, without turning as they moved.
  13. Ezekiel 10:16לֹא־ · did not
    When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them, and even when they spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not veer away from their side.
  14. Ezekiel 11:3לֹ֥א · Is not
    They are saying, ‘Is not the time near to build houses? The city is the cooking pot, and we are the meat.’
  15. Ezekiel 11:11לֹֽא־ · will not
    The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.
  16. Ezekiel 11:12לֹ֣א · you have neither; לֹ֣א · nor
    Then you will know that I am the LORD. For you have neither followed My statutes nor practiced My ordinances, but you have conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.”
  17. Ezekiel 12:2וְלֹ֣א · but do not; וְלֹ֣א · but do not
    “Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
  18. Ezekiel 12:6וְלֹ֥א · so that you cannot
    And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
  19. Ezekiel 12:9הֲלֹ֨א · hasn’t
    “Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
  20. Ezekiel 12:12לֹא־ · cannot
    And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
  21. Ezekiel 12:13לֹֽא־ · yet he will not
    But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
  22. Ezekiel 12:23וְלֹֽא־ · they will no longer
    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
  23. Ezekiel 12:24לֹ֣א · no
    For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
  24. Ezekiel 12:25לֹ֥א · without
    …because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  25. Ezekiel 12:28לֹא־ · None
    Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
  26. Ezekiel 13:5לֹ֤א · You did not
    You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
  27. Ezekiel 13:6לֹ֣א · did not
    They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
  28. Ezekiel 13:7הֲל֤וֹא · Haven’t you; לֹ֥א · have not
    Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
  29. Ezekiel 13:9לֹֽא־ · They will not; לֹ֣א · nor will they; לֹ֣א
    My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.