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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. Ezekiel 18:8לֹ֣א · [or]
    He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
  2. Ezekiel 18:11לֹ֣א
    …though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
  3. Ezekiel 18:12לֹ֣א · and does not
    He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
  4. Ezekiel 18:13לֹ֣א · He will not
    He engages in usury and takes excess interest. Will this son live? He will not! Since he has committed all these abominations, he will surely die; his blood will be on his own head.
  5. Ezekiel 18:14וְלֹ֥א · and does not
    Now suppose this son has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed, considers them, and does not do likewise:
  6. Ezekiel 18:15לֹ֣א · He does not; לֹ֣א · [or]; לֹ֥א · He does not
    He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
  7. Ezekiel 18:16לֹ֣א · He does not; לֹ֣א; לֹ֣א
    He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
  8. Ezekiel 18:17לֹ֣א · no; לֹ֥א · Such a man will not
    He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
  9. Ezekiel 18:18לֹא־ · was wrong
    As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
  10. Ezekiel 18:19לֹא־
    Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live.
  11. Ezekiel 18:20לֹא־ · will not; לֹ֤א · will not
    The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
  12. Ezekiel 18:21לֹ֥א · he will not
    But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
  13. Ezekiel 18:22לֹ֥א
    None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live.
  14. Ezekiel 18:23הֲל֛וֹא · Wouldn’t I prefer
    Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
  15. Ezekiel 18:24לֹ֣א · None
    But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
  16. Ezekiel 18:25לֹ֥א · is not; לֹ֣א · that is unjust; הֲלֹ֥א · Is it not; לֹ֥א · that are unjust
    Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Hear now, O house of Israel: Is it My way that is unjust? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
  17. Ezekiel 18:28לֹ֥א · he will not
    Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
  18. Ezekiel 18:29לֹ֥א · is not; לֹ֤א · unjust; הֲלֹ֥א · Is it not; לֹ֥א · that are unjust
    Yet the house of Israel says, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ Are My ways unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are unjust?
  19. Ezekiel 18:30וְלֹֽא־ · will not
    Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
  20. Ezekiel 18:32לֹ֤א · I take no
    For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
  21. Ezekiel 19:9לֹא־ · no
    With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.
  22. Ezekiel 19:14וְלֹא־ · no
    Fire has gone out from its main branch and devoured its fruit; on it no strong branch remains fit for a ruler’s scepter.’ This is a lament and shall be used as a lament.”
  23. Ezekiel 20:8וְלֹ֤א · and refused; לֹ֣א; לֹ֣א · and they did not
    But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
  24. Ezekiel 20:13לֹא־ · They did not
    Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.
  25. Ezekiel 20:16לֹא־ · refusing
    …because they kept rejecting My ordinances, refusing to walk in My statutes, and profaning My Sabbaths; for their hearts continually went after their idols.
  26. Ezekiel 20:17וְלֹֽא־ · or
    Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.
  27. Ezekiel 20:21לֹֽא־ · They did not; לֹא־
    But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.
  28. Ezekiel 20:24לֹֽא־ · they did not
    For they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
  29. Ezekiel 20:25לֹ֣א · that were not; לֹ֥א · they could not
    I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live.
  30. Ezekiel 20:32לֹ֣א · will never
    When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.
  31. Ezekiel 20:33לֹ֠א
    As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
  32. Ezekiel 20:38לֹ֣א · but they will not
    And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  33. Ezekiel 20:39לֹ֣א · and you will no
    And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
  34. Ezekiel 20:44לֹא֩ · and not according to
    Then you will know, O house of Israel, that I am the LORD, when I have dealt with you for the sake of My name and not according to your wicked ways and corrupt acts, declares the Lord GOD.”