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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 28:9וְלֹא־ · not
    Will you still say, ‘I am a god,’ in the presence of those who slay you? You will be only a man, not a god, in the hands of those who wound you.
  2. Ezekiel 28:24וְלֹֽא־ · no
    For the people of Israel will no longer face a pricking brier or a painful thorn from all around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.’
  3. Ezekiel 29:5לֹ֥א · and will not; וְלֹ֣א
    I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams. You will fall on the open field and will not be taken away or gathered for burial. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the air.
  4. Ezekiel 29:11לֹ֤א · No; לֹ֣א · [or]; וְלֹ֥א · and
    No foot of man or beast will pass through, and it will be uninhabited for forty years.
  5. Ezekiel 29:15וְלֹֽא־ · and will never
    Egypt will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the nations. For I will diminish Egypt so that it will never again rule over the nations.
  6. Ezekiel 29:16וְלֹ֣א · Egypt will never
    Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD.”
  7. Ezekiel 29:18לֹא־ · no
    “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
  8. Ezekiel 30:13לֹ֣א · There will no
    This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
  9. Ezekiel 30:21לֹֽא־ · it has not
    “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. See, it has not been bound up for healing, or splinted for strength to hold the sword.
  10. Ezekiel 31:8לֹֽא־ · could not; לֹ֤א · could not; לֹֽא־ · nor; לֹא־
    The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it; the cypresses could not compare with its branches, nor the plane trees match its boughs. No tree in the garden of God could compare with its beauty.
  11. Ezekiel 31:14לֹא־ · no; וְלֹֽא־ · and; וְלֹֽא־ · and no other
    This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’
  12. Ezekiel 32:7לֹא־ · will not
    When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
  13. Ezekiel 32:9לֹֽא־ · you do not
    ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
  14. Ezekiel 32:13וְלֹ֨א · No; לֹ֥א · and no
    I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
  15. Ezekiel 32:27וְלֹ֤א · They do not
    They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
  16. Ezekiel 33:4וְלֹ֣א · but fails
    Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.
  17. Ezekiel 33:5וְלֹ֣א · but failed
    Since he heard the sound of the horn but failed to heed the warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life.
  18. Ezekiel 33:6וְלֹֽא־ · and fails; לֹֽא־
    But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’
  19. Ezekiel 33:8וְלֹ֣א · but you do not
    If I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ but you do not speak out to dissuade him from his way, then that wicked man will die in his iniquity, yet I will hold you accountable for his blood.
  20. Ezekiel 33:9וְלֹא־ · and he does not
    But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
  21. Ezekiel 33:12לֹ֤א · will not; לֹֽא־ · neither; לֹ֥א · Nor will
    Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
  22. Ezekiel 33:13לֹ֣א
    If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
  23. Ezekiel 33:15לֹ֥א · he will not
    …if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
  24. Ezekiel 33:16לֹ֥א
    None of the sins he has committed will be held against him. He has done what is just and right; he will surely live.
  25. Ezekiel 33:17לֹ֥א · is not; לֹֽא־ · that is not
    Yet your people say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But it is their way that is not just.
  26. Ezekiel 33:20לֹ֥א · is not
    Yet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
  27. Ezekiel 33:22וְלֹ֥א · and I was no
    Now the evening before the fugitive arrived, the hand of the LORD was upon me, and He opened my mouth before the man came to me in the morning. So my mouth was opened and I was no longer mute.
  28. Ezekiel 33:27לֹ֞א
    Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘As surely as I live, those in the ruins will fall by the sword, those in the open field I will give to be devoured by wild animals, and those in the strongholds and caves will die by plague.
  29. Ezekiel 33:31לֹ֣א · but they do not
    So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
  30. Ezekiel 34:2הֲל֣וֹא · Should not
    “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Woe to the shepherds of Israel, who only feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed their flock?
  31. Ezekiel 34:3לֹ֥א · but you do not
    You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
  32. Ezekiel 34:4לֹ֨א · You have not; לֹֽא־; לֹ֣א; לֹ֣א; לֹ֣א · Instead
    You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
  33. Ezekiel 34:8לֹ֣א
    ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,