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 20:47לֹֽא־ · will not
    Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
  2. Ezekiel 20:48לֹ֖א · it will not
    Then all people will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it will not be quenched.”
  3. Ezekiel 20:49הֲלֹ֛א · not
    Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
  4. Ezekiel 21:5לֹ֥א · not
    Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
  5. Ezekiel 21:13לֹ֣א · does not
    Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
  6. Ezekiel 21:26לֹא־ · will not remain as they are
    This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted.
  7. Ezekiel 21:27לֹ֣א · will not
    A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’
  8. Ezekiel 21:32לֹ֣א · You will not
    You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’”
  9. Ezekiel 22:24לֹ֥א · that has not; לֹ֥א
    “Son of man, say to her, ‘In the day of indignation, you are a land that has not been cleansed, upon which no rain has fallen.’
  10. Ezekiel 22:26לֹ֣א · They make no; לֹ֣א · and they fail
    Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
  11. Ezekiel 22:28לֹ֥א · has not
    Her prophets whitewash these deeds by false visions and lying divinations, saying, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says,’ when the LORD has not spoken.
  12. Ezekiel 22:29בְּלֹ֥א · without
    The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.
  13. Ezekiel 22:30וְלֹ֖א · no one
    I searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
  14. Ezekiel 23:8לֹ֣א · She did not
    She did not give up the prostitution she began in Egypt, when men slept with her in her youth, caressed her virgin bosom, and poured out their lust upon her.
  15. Ezekiel 23:27וְלֹֽא־ · and you will not; לֹ֥א
    So I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
  16. Ezekiel 23:48וְלֹ֥א · not
    So I will put an end to indecency in the land, and all the women will be admonished not to imitate your behavior.
  17. Ezekiel 24:6לֹ֥א · will not; לֹא־ · no
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the city of bloodshed, to the pot now rusted, whose rust will not come off! Empty it piece by piece; cast no lots for its contents.
  18. Ezekiel 24:7לֹ֤א · she did not
    For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
  19. Ezekiel 24:12וְלֹֽא־ · has not
    It has frustrated every effort; its thick rust has not been removed, even by the fire.
  20. Ezekiel 24:13וְלֹ֣א · but you would not; לֹ֣א · You will not
    Because of the indecency of your uncleanness I tried to cleanse you, but you would not be purified from your filthiness. You will not be pure again until My wrath against you has subsided.
  21. Ezekiel 24:14לֹֽא־ · I will not; וְלֹא־ · [or]; וְלֹ֣א · nor
    I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
  22. Ezekiel 24:16וְלֹ֤א · But you must not; וְלֹ֣א; וְל֥וֹא
    “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
  23. Ezekiel 24:17לֹֽא־ · do not; וְלֹ֤א · do not; לֹ֥א
    Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
  24. Ezekiel 24:19הֲלֹֽא־ · Won’t
    Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
  25. Ezekiel 24:22לֹ֣א · You will not; לֹ֥א
    Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
  26. Ezekiel 24:23לֹ֥א · You will not; וְלֹ֣א · or
    Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
  27. Ezekiel 24:25הֲל֗וֹא
    And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
  28. Ezekiel 24:27וְלֹ֥א · and no
    On that day your mouth will be opened to him who has escaped; you will speak and no longer be mute. So you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.”
  29. Ezekiel 25:10לֹֽא־ · will no longer
    I will give it along with the Ammonites as a possession to the people of the East, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations.
  30. Ezekiel 26:13לֹ֥א · will no
    So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
  31. Ezekiel 26:14לֹ֥א · You will never
    I will make you a bare rock, and you will become a place to spread the fishing nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken, declares the Lord GOD.’
  32. Ezekiel 26:15הֲלֹ֣א׀ · Will not
    This is what the Lord GOD says to Tyre: ‘Will not the coastlands quake at the sound of your downfall, when the wounded groan at the slaughter in your midst?
  33. Ezekiel 26:19לֹֽא־ · like other deserted
    For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I make you a desolate city like other deserted cities, and when I raise up the deep against you so that the mighty waters cover you,
  34. Ezekiel 26:20לֹ֣א · you will no
    …then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.
  35. Ezekiel 26:21וְלֹֽא־ · but will never
    I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
  36. Ezekiel 28:2וְֽלֹא־ · and not
    “Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.
  37. Ezekiel 28:3לֹ֥א · no
    Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you!