לֹא
not
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Psalms
- Psalms 1:1 לֹ֥א לֹ֥א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg Blessed is the man who doesn't walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the way of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers;
- Psalms 1:3 לֹֽא ptcl neg He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
- Psalms 1:4 לֹא ptcl neg The wicked are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
- Psalms 1:5 לֹא ptcl neg Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- Psalms 3:6 לֹֽא ptcl neg I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people Who have set themselves against me on every side.
- Psalms 5:4 לֹ֤א לֹ֖א ptcl neg ptcl neg For you are not a God who has pleasure in wickedness. Evil can't live with you.
- Psalms 5:5 לֹֽא ptcl neg The arrogant shall not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Psalms 7:12 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If a man doesn't relent, he will sharpen his sword; He has bent and strung his bow.
- Psalms 9:10 לֹֽא ptcl neg Those who know your name will put their trust in you, For you, Yahweh, have not forsaken those who seek you.
- Psalms 9:12 לֹֽא ptcl neg For he who avenges blood remembers them. He doesn't forget the cry of the afflicted.
- Psalms 9:18 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For the needy shall not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the poor perish forever.
- Psalms 10:6 לֹֽא ptcl neg He says in his heart, "I shall not be shaken; For generations I shall have no trouble."
- Psalms 10:13 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Why does the wicked person condemn God, And say in his heart, "God won't call me into account?"
- Psalms 14:4 הֲ/לֹ֥א לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg ptcl neg Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on Yahweh?
- Psalms 15:3 לֹֽא לֹא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg He who doesn't slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his friend, Nor casts slurs against his fellow man;
- Psalms 15:4 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg In whose eyes a vile man is despised, But who honors those who fear Yahweh; He who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;
- Psalms 15:5 לֹא לֹ֥א לֹ֖א ptcl neg ptcl neg ptcl neg He who doesn't lend out his money for usury, Nor take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be shaken.
- Psalms 16:10 לֹא לֹֽא ptcl neg ptcl neg For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, Neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
- Psalms 17:1 בְּ֝/לֹ֗א prep + ptcl neg Hear, Yahweh, my righteous plea; Give ear to my prayer, that doesn't go out of deceitful lips.
- Psalms 18:21 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg For I have kept the ways of Yahweh, And have not wickedly departed from my God.
- Psalms 18:22 לֹא ptcl neg For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.
- Psalms 18:36 וְ/לֹ֥א conj + ptcl neg You have enlarged my steps under me, My feet have not slipped.
- Psalms 18:37 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. Neither will I turn again until they are consumed.
- Psalms 18:38 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg I will strike them through, so that they will not be able to rise. They shall fall under my feet.
- Psalms 18:41 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg They cried, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.
- Psalms 18:43 לֹא ptcl neg You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
- Psalms 22:2 וְ/לֹ֣א וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; In the night season, and am not silent.
- Psalms 22:5 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg They cried to you, and were delivered. They trusted in you, and were not disappointed.
- Psalms 22:6 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg But I am a worm, and no man; A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
- Psalms 22:24 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֪א וְ/לֹא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted, Neither has he hidden his face from him; But when he cried to him, he heard.
- Psalms 22:29 לֹ֣א ptcl neg All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he who can't keep his soul alive.
- Psalms 23:1 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
- Psalms 23:4 לֹא ptcl neg Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- Psalms 24:4 לֹא וְ/לֹ֖א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He who has clean hands and a pure heart; Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, And has not sworn deceitfully.
- Psalms 25:3 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Yes, no one who waits for you shall be shamed. They shall be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.
- Psalms 26:1 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Judge me, Yahweh, for I have walked in my integrity. I have trusted also in Yahweh without wavering.
- Psalms 26:4 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg I have not sat with deceitful men, Neither will I go in with hypocrites.
- Psalms 26:5 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I hate the assembly of evil-doers, And will not sit with the wicked.
- Psalms 27:3 לֹֽא ptcl neg Though a host should encamp against me, My heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, Even then I will be confident.
- Psalms 28:5 לֹ֤א וְ/לֹ֣א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Because they don't regard the works of Yahweh, Nor the operation of his hands, He will break them down and not build them up.
- Psalms 30:1 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg I will extol you, Yahweh, for you have raised me up, And have not made my foes to rejoice over me.
- Psalms 30:12 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg To the end that my heart may sing praise to you, and not be silent. Yahweh my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
- Psalms 31:8 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
- Psalms 32:2 לֹ֤א ptcl neg Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, In whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Psalms 32:5 לֹֽא ptcl neg I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn't hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, And you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- Psalms 32:6 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
- Psalms 33:16 לֹֽא ptcl neg There is no king saved by the multitude of a host. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
- Psalms 33:17 לֹ֣א ptcl neg A horse is a vain thing for safety, Neither does he deliver any by his great power.
- Psalms 34:10 לֹא ptcl neg The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, But those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
- Psalms 34:20 לֹ֣א ptcl neg He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
- Psalms 34:22 וְ/לֹ֥א conj + ptcl neg Yahweh redeems the soul of his servants. None of those who take refuge in him shall be condemned.
- Psalms 35:8 לֹֽא ptcl neg Let destruction come on him unawares. Let his net that he has hidden catch himself. Let him fall into that destruction.
- Psalms 35:11 לֹא ptcl neg Unrighteous witnesses rise up. They ask me about things that I don't know about.
- Psalms 35:15 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg But in my adversity, they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together. The attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I didn't know it. They tore at me, and didn't cease.
- Psalms 35:20 לֹ֥א ptcl neg For they don't speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
- Psalms 36:4 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good; He doesn't abhor evil.
- Psalms 36:12 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg There the workers of iniquity are fallen. They are thrust down, and shall not be able to rise.
- Psalms 37:19 לֹֽא ptcl neg They shall not be disappointed in the time of evil. In the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
- Psalms 37:21 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg The wicked borrow, and don't pay back, But the righteous give generously.
- Psalms 37:24 לֹֽא ptcl neg Though he stumble, he shall not fall, For Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
- Psalms 37:25 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg I have been young, and now am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his children begging for bread.
- Psalms 37:28 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg For Yahweh loves justice, And doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, But the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Psalms 37:31 לֹ֖א ptcl neg The law of his God is in his heart. None of his steps shall slide.
- Psalms 37:33 לֹא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, Nor condemn him when he is judged.
- Psalms 37:36 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Psalms 38:9 לֹא ptcl neg Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
- Psalms 38:13 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
- Psalms 38:14 לֹא ptcl neg Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.
- Psalms 39:6 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg "Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and doesn't know who shall gather.
- Psalms 39:9 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I was mute. I didn't open my mouth, Because you did it.
- Psalms 40:4 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, And doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
- Psalms 40:6 לֹֽא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears: Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
- Psalms 40:9 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I have proclaimed glad news of righteousness in the great assembly. Behold, I will not seal my lips, Yahweh, you know.
- Psalms 40:10 לֹא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg I have not hidden your righteousness within my heart. I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation. I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great assembly.
- Psalms 40:11 לֹא ptcl neg Don't withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
- Psalms 40:12 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
- Psalms 41:8 לֹא ptcl neg "An evil disease," they say, "has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more."
- Psalms 41:11 לֹֽא ptcl neg By this I know that you delight in me, Because my enemy doesn't triumph over me.
- Psalms 43:1 לֹא ptcl neg Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
- Psalms 44:3 לֹ֪א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, Because you were favorable to them.
- Psalms 44:6 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
- Psalms 44:9 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, And don't go out with our armies.
- Psalms 44:12 בְ/לֹא וְ/לֹ֥א prep + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg You sell your people for nothing, And have gained nothing from their sale.
- Psalms 44:17 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg All this has come on us, Yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.
- Psalms 44:18 לֹא ptcl neg Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps strayed from your path,
- Psalms 44:21 הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg Won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
- Psalms 46:2 לֹא ptcl neg Therefore we won't be afraid, though the earth changes, Though the mountains are shaken into the heart of the seas;
- Psalms 49:7 לֹא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg None of them can by any means redeem his brother, Nor give God a ransom for him.
- Psalms 49:9 לֹ֖א ptcl neg That he should live on forever, That he should not see corruption.
- Psalms 49:17 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.
- Psalms 49:19 לֹ֣א ptcl neg He shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.
- Psalms 49:20 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg A man who has riches without understanding, Is like the animals that perish.
- Psalms 50:8 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I don't rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
- Psalms 50:9 לֹא ptcl neg I have no need for a bull from your stall, Nor male goats from your pens.
- Psalms 50:12 לֹא ptcl neg If I were hungry, I would not tell you, For the world is mine, and all that is in it.
- Psalms 51:16 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
- Psalms 51:17 לֹ֣א ptcl neg The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
- Psalms 52:7 לֹ֤א ptcl neg "Behold, this is the man who didn't make God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness."
- Psalms 53:4 הֲ/לֹ֥א לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg ptcl neg Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on God?
- Psalms 53:5 לֹא ptcl neg There they were in great fear, where no fear was, For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, Because God has rejected them.
- Psalms 54:1 הֲ/לֹ֥א ptcl inter + ptcl neg Save me, God, by your name. Vindicate me in your might.
- Psalms 54:3 לֹ֤א ptcl neg For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.
- Psalms 55:11 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.
- Psalms 55:12 לֹֽא לֹֽא ptcl neg ptcl neg For it was not an enemy who insulted me, Then I could have endured it. Neither was it he who hated me who raised himself up against me, Then I would have hid myself from him.
- Psalms 55:19 וְ/לֹ֖א conj + ptcl neg God, who is enthroned forever, Will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, Who don't fear God.
- Psalms 55:22 לֹא ptcl neg Cast your burden on Yahweh, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.
- Psalms 55:23 לֹא ptcl neg But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, But I will trust in you.
- Psalms 56:4 לֹ֣א ptcl neg In God, I praise his word. In God, I put my trust. I will not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Psalms 56:8 הֲ֝/לֹ֗א ptcl inter + ptcl neg You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book?
- Psalms 56:11 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I have put my trust in God. I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Psalms 56:13 הֲ/לֹ֥א ptcl inter + ptcl neg For you have delivered my soul from death, And prevented my feet from falling, That I may walk before God in the light of the living.
- Psalms 58:5 לֹא ptcl neg Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.
- Psalms 59:3 לֹא וְ/לֹא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg For, behold, they lie in wait for my soul. The mighty gather themselves together against me, Not for my disobedience, nor for my sin, Yahweh.
- Psalms 59:15 לֹ֥א ptcl neg They shall wander up and down for food, And wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
- Psalms 60:10 הֲ/לֹֽא וְֽ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Haven't you, God, rejected us? You don't go out with our armies, God.
- Psalms 62:2 לֹא ptcl neg He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress-- I will never be greatly shaken.
- Psalms 62:6 לֹ֣א ptcl neg He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 64:4 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg To shoot innocent men from ambushes. They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly.
- Psalms 66:9 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg Who preserves our life among the living, And doesn't allow our feet to be moved.
- Psalms 66:18 לֹ֖א ptcl neg If I cherished sin in my heart, The Lord wouldn't have listened.
- Psalms 66:20 לֹֽא ptcl neg Blessed be God, who has not turned away my prayer, Nor his loving kindness from me.
- Psalms 69:4 לֹא ptcl neg Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head. Those who want to cut me off, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty. I have to restore what I didn't take away.
- Psalms 69:5 לֹא ptcl neg God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren't hidden from you.
- Psalms 69:20 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; For comforters, but I found none.
- Psalms 69:33 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For Yahweh hears the needy, And doesn't despise his captive people.
- Psalms 71:15 לֹ֖א ptcl neg My mouth will tell about your righteousness, And of your salvation all day, Though I don't know its full measure.
- Psalms 73:5 לֹ֣א ptcl neg They are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other men.
- Psalms 73:22 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg I was so senseless and ignorant. I was a brute beast before you.
- Psalms 73:25 לֹא ptcl neg Who do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth who I desire besides you.
- Psalms 74:9 לֹ֥א וְ/לֹֽא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
- Psalms 75:6 לֹ֣א וְ֝/לֹ֗א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg For neither from the east, nor from the west, Nor yet from the south, comes exaltation.
- Psalms 76:5 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Valiant men lie plundered, They have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
- Psalms 77:2 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 77:4 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.
- Psalms 77:7 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg "Will the Lord reject us forever? Will he be favorable no more?
- Psalms 77:19 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Your way was through the sea; Your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- Psalms 78:4 לֹ֤א ptcl neg We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, His strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
- Psalms 78:7 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg That they might set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep his commandments,
- Psalms 78:8 וְ/לֹ֤א לֹא וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg And might not be as their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, Whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
- Psalms 78:10 לֹ֣א ptcl neg They didn't keep God's covenant, And refused to walk in his law.
- Psalms 78:22 לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Because they didn't believe in God, And didn't trust in his salvation.
- Psalms 78:30 לֹא ptcl neg They didn't turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
- Psalms 78:32 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg For all this they still sinned, And didn't believe in his wondrous works.
- Psalms 78:37 לֹא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg For their heart was not right with him, Neither were they faithful in his covenant.
- Psalms 78:38 וְֽ/לֹא וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, And didn't stir up all his wrath.
- Psalms 78:39 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
- Psalms 78:42 לֹא ptcl neg They didn't remember his hand, Nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
- Psalms 78:50 לֹא ptcl neg He made a path for his anger. He didn't spare their soul from death, But gave their life over to the pestilence,
- Psalms 78:53 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He led them safely, so that they weren't afraid, But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
- Psalms 78:56 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, And didn't keep his testimonies;
- Psalms 78:63 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.
- Psalms 78:64 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Their priests fell by the sword, And their widows couldn't weep.
- Psalms 78:67 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, And didn't choose the tribe of Ephraim,
- Psalms 79:6 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your name;
- Psalms 80:18 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg So we will not turn away from you. Revive us, and we will call on your name.
- Psalms 81:5 לֹא ptcl neg He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn't know.
- Psalms 81:9 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg There shall be no strange god in you, Neither shall you worship any foreign god.
- Psalms 81:11 וְ/לֹא לֹא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg But my people didn't listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
- Psalms 82:5 לֹ֤א וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg They don't know, neither do they understand. They walk back and forth in darkness. All the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Psalms 83:4 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg "Come," they say, "and let's destroy them as a nation, That the name of Israel may be remembered no more."
- Psalms 84:11 לֹ֥א ptcl neg For Yahweh God is a sun and a shield. Yahweh will give grace and glory. He withholds no good thing from those who walk blamelessly.
- Psalms 85:6 הֲֽ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Won't you revive us again, That your people may rejoice in you?
- Psalms 86:14 וְ/לֹ֖א conj + ptcl neg God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, And they don't hold regard for you before them.
- Psalms 88:5 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Set apart among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
- Psalms 88:8 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
- Psalms 89:22 לֹֽא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg No enemy will tax him. No wicked man will oppress him.
- Psalms 89:30 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If his children forsake my law, And don't walk in my ordinances;
- Psalms 89:31 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If they break my statutes, And don't keep my commandments;
- Psalms 89:33 לֹֽא וְ/לֹֽא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg But I will not completely take my loving kindness from him, Nor allow my faithfulness to fail.
- Psalms 89:34 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg I will not break my covenant, Nor alter what my lips have uttered.
- Psalms 89:43 וְ/לֹ֥א conj + ptcl neg Yes, you turn back the edge of his sword, And haven't supported him in battle.
- Psalms 89:48 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg What man is he who shall live and not see death, Who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.
- Psalms 91:5 לֹא ptcl neg You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day;
- Psalms 91:7 לֹ֣א ptcl neg A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it will not come near you.
- Psalms 91:10 לֹֽא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg No evil shall happen to you, Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
- Psalms 92:6 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg A senseless man doesn't know, Neither does a fool understand this:
- Psalms 92:15 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg To show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, And there is no unrighteousness in him.
- Psalms 94:7 לֹ֣א וְ/לֹא ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg They say, "Yah will not see, Neither will Jacob's God consider."
- Psalms 94:9 הֲ/לֹ֣א הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg ptcl inter + ptcl neg He who implanted the ear, won't he hear? He who formed the eye, won't he see?
- Psalms 94:10 הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg He who disciplines the nations, won't he punish? He who teaches man knows.
- Psalms 94:14 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg For Yahweh won't reject his people, Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
- Psalms 95:10 לֹא ptcl neg Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, And said, "It is a people that errs in their heart. They have not known my ways."
- Psalms 100:3 ו/לא conj + ptcl neg Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
- Psalms 101:3 לֹֽא לֹ֖א ptcl neg ptcl neg I will set no vile thing before my eyes. I hate the deeds of faithless men. They will not cling to me.
- Psalms 101:4 לֹ֣א ptcl neg A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
- Psalms 101:5 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
- Psalms 101:7 לֹֽא לֹֽא ptcl neg ptcl neg He who practices deceit won't dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won't be established before my eyes.
- Psalms 102:17 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, And has not despised their prayer.
- Psalms 102:27 לֹ֣א ptcl neg But you are the same. Your years will have no end.
- Psalms 103:9 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֖א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He will not always accuse; Neither will he stay angry forever.
- Psalms 103:10 לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor repaid us for our iniquities.
- Psalms 103:16 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
- Psalms 105:14 לֹֽא ptcl neg He allowed no one to do them wrong. Yes, he reproved kings for their sakes,
- Psalms 105:28 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg He sent darkness, and made it dark. They didn't rebel against his words.
- Psalms 106:7 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg Our fathers didn't understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn't remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, But were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
- Psalms 106:11 לֹ֣א ptcl neg The waters covered their adversaries. There was not one of them left.
- Psalms 106:13 לֹֽא ptcl neg They soon forgot his works. They didn't wait for his counsel,
- Psalms 106:24 לֹֽא ptcl neg Yes, they despised the pleasant land. They didn't believe his word,
- Psalms 106:25 לֹ֥א ptcl neg But murmured in their tents, And didn't listen to Yahweh's voice.
- Psalms 106:34 לֹֽא ptcl neg They didn't destroy the peoples, As Yahweh commanded them,
About this entry
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At its core, לא (lôʼ) means “not.” Where the King James Version says “not,” newer translations reach for “no” (Berean Standard Bible); the renderings breakdown has the detail. It appears 3,966 verses across 39 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its most common vocabulary. First canonically at Genesis 2:5, it enters the text early. Carrying more than one sense, it rewards its full sense range. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3808 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 3,966
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 3,966 distinct verses.
- 39 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 39 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #8
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 8 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 3,966 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Jeremiah 361 verses 9%
- Deuteronomy 305 verses 8%
- Isaiah 275 verses 7%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 3,966 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1,865 verses · 47%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 1,052 verses · 27%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1,049 verses · 26%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Not 5×, Except 3×, Without 3×
- American Standard Version: Not 5×, Before 3×, Except 3×
- Berean Standard Bible: No 378×, Not 369×, Will not 207×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Not 4,071×, And 807×, But 248×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3808 across 73 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 42 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3808 across 72 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 46 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3808 across 4,657 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 377 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 456 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3808 across 6,227 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 138 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
17 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 17 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. in predication:
- a. with a verb; so most freq., and nearly always (a) with the finite tenses, whether pf. (Gn 2:5b; 4:5 etc.) or impf. (3:4; 8:21, 22 etc.); in short circumst. clauses, as Gn 44:4 לא הרחיקו, Is 40:20 לֹא יִמּוֹט, and with a final force 41:7 Ex 28:32 (v. Ges§ 156. 3 R. b, c Dr§ 162). Governing two closely connected verbs (Dr§115, לא) Ex 28:43 וְלֹא יִשְׂאוּ עָוֹן וָמֵתוּ, Lv 19:12, 29 b Dt 7:25, 26; 19:10; 22:1 al.; and two parallel clauses (Ges§ 152. 3) Is 23:4b ψ 9:19; 44:19 Jb 3:11 al. With the impf., especially with 2 ps., לֹא often expresses (not, like אַל, a deprecation, do not …, let not …, but) a prohibition, as Gn 2:17 לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ thou shalt not eat of it, 3:1, 3 Ex 20:3 לֹא־יִהְיֶה לְךָ there shall not be to thee, etc., v 13 לא תגנב, etc. With the coh. and juss. moods (which are negatived regularly by אַל), it occurs only exceptionally (Ges§109. 1 b R. 1), Gn 24:8 1 S 14:36 2 S 17:12; 18:14 1 K 2:6 Ez 48:14. (b) with the inf. (which is negatived by בִּלְתִּי, q.v.), only once, in בְּלֹא (4 a), and with לְ, in the sense of cannot, or must not; †Ju 1:19 כי לא להורושׁ for it was not (possible) to dispossess, etc. Am 6:10 לא להזכיר בשׁם י׳, 1 Ch 5:1; 15:2 (Dr§ 202. 2); cf. Aramaic לָא Dan 6:9 Ezr 6:8. On its use with the ptcp., see b c. (c) לא always negatives properly the word immed. following: hence, in a verbal sentence, where this is not the verb, some special stress rests upon it, Gn 32:29 לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֹד וג׳ not Jacob shall thy name be called any more, but Israel, 45:8 לֹא אַתֶּם שְׁלַחְתֶּם אֹתִי Not ye (in our idiom: It is not ye who) have sent me hither, but God, Ex 16:8 1 S 8:7 כִּי לֹא אֹתְךָ מָאָסוּ כִּי אֹתִי וג׳, ψ 115:17; without a foll. correcting clause, Gn 38:9 Nu 16:29 לֹא י׳ שְׁלָחָנִי ׃ Not י׳ (but another) hath sent me, Dt 32:27 לֹא י׳ פָּעַל זֹאת, 1 Ch 17:4 Dt 8:9 Is 28:28 לא לנצח … not for ever (but only for a while) … (so 57:16 ψ 9:19; 49:20; 103:9; but Is 13:20 לא תשׁב לנצח is, will not be inhabited for ever), Is 43:22 Jb 13:16; 32:9; hence rhetorically, insinuating something very different, not named, 2 K 6:10 not once, and not twice (but repeatedly), Ezr 10:13 Je 4:11 a wind לֹא לְזָרוֹת וְלוֹא לְהָבַֽר׃ not to winnow, and not to cleanse (but to exterminate), Is 45:13; 48:1b Jos 24:12 Dn 11:20, 29 Jb 34:20 לֹא בְיָד (but by a Divine agency: cf. Dn 2:34; also Jb 20:26 אֵשׁ לֹא נֻפָּ֑ח fire not blown upon [but kindled from heaven], Lam 4:6; and אין Is 47:14). (d) standing alone: (a) אִם־לֹא if not, Gn 18:21 וְאִם־לֹא אֵדָֽעָה׃, 24:49; 42:16 Jb 9:24; 24:25; (β) הֲ … אִם־לֹא, or not, Gn 24:21 waiting to know הַהִצְלִיחַ י׳ דַּדְכּוֹ אִם־לֹא, 27:21; 37:32 Ex 16:4 Nu 11:23 Dt 8:2 Ju 2:22 (cf. אִם אַיִן, אַיִן 2 d β, δ). In answer to a question or request, to deny, or decline, Nay, No: Ju 12:5 ויאמר לא, Hg 2:12; לא אדני Gn 23:11; 42:10 1 S 1:15 +; often sq. כי, No: for … = No: but …, Gn 18:15 ויאמר לֹא כִּי צָחָ֑קְתְּ, 19:2 Jos 5:14; 24:21; 1 S 2:16 Qr (v. Dr), 10:19 (𝔊 MSS), 2 S 16:18; 24:24 1 K 3:22(×2) +; Jb 23:6 (strangely). (Cf., in deprecation, אַל.) (e) with an interrog. force, which however does not lie in לא as such, but (as in other cases) in the contrast with a preceding clause, or in the tone of voice (cf. וְ 1 f; Ew§ 324 a Ges§ 150. 1 Dr 1 S 11:12): Jon 4:11 אַתָּה חַסְתָּ … וַאֲנִי לֹא אָחוּס וג׳, Jb 2:10; 22:11; Ex 8:22; 2 K 5:26 Je 49:9 (‖ Ob 5 הֲלוֹא), Mal 2:15 La 3:38; and in passages, exeg. or text. doubtful (v. Comm.), 1 S 20:14 2 S 23:5 (but v. Bu), Ho 10:9 (Ew We), 11:5 (Ew), Jb 14:16b (but 𝔊 Ew Di תַעֲבֹר), La 1:12 (Ew Ke), 3:36 (Ke Bä). e.g. Genesis 2:5
- b. with adjs. and substs.: (a) Gn 2:18 לֹא טוֹב הֱיוֹת הָאָדָם לְבַדּוֹ not good is man’s being alone, Ex 18:17 + often (b) Ex 4:16 לֹא אִישׁ דְּבָרִים אָנֹכִי, Am 7:14 לא נביא אנכי, Nu 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב, Dt 17:15 (v. אשׁר 2 b) 20:20; 32:47 1 S 15:29 2 S 18:20 לֹא אִישׁ בְּשֹׂרָה אַתָּה הַיּוֹם, 21:2 1 K 22:33 2 K 6:19 לא זֹה הדרך, Mi 2:10 Is 27:11 Ho 8:6; והמה לא אלהים Je 2:11; 16:20 2 K 19:18; 1 K 19:11(×2) לֹא בָרַעַשׁ י׳, Dt 30:12, 13 Jb 15:9; 28:14 לֹא בִי הִיא (‖ אֵין עִמָּדִי), ψ 74:9 Je 5:10 לוא לי׳ המה, 10:16; Dt 32:21 בָּנִים לֹא אֵמוּן בָּם, Je 10:14 Hb 1:14 Jb 16:17; 38:26 מִדְבָּר לֹא אָדָם בּוֹ; 1 K 22:17 לֹא אֲדֹנִים לָאֵלֶּה, Je 49:31 ψ 22:3 וְלֹא דוּמִיָּה לִי, Jb 18:17, 19; 29:12 ולא עֹזֵר לו, 30:13; 33:9; Je 2:19 וְלֹא פַחְדָּתִי אֵלַיִךְ and (that) my terror reached not unto thee, Jb 21:9; abs. Gn 29:7 לֹא־עֵת הֵאָסֵף הַמִּקְנֶה (Hg 1:2), Nu 20:5 2 K 4:23 לא חדשׁ ולא שׁבת, Is 44:19 Je 5:12 ויאמרו לוא הוא, Jb 9:32; 22:16; 36:26 (?) 41:2; Pr 19:7 (si vera l.) מְרַדֵּף אֲמָרִים לֹא־הֵמָּה words which are not, which are nought. (c) with the ptcp. לֹא is rare, a finite vb. being usually preferred (Ex 34:7 וְנַקֵּה לֹא יְנַקֶּה: Ew§ 320 c Dr§ 162): 2 S 3:34 יָדֶיךָ לֹא אֲסֻרוֹת, Ez 4:14; 22:24 Dt 28:61 ψ 38:15 כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא שֹׁמֵעַ who is not hearing, Jb 12:3; 13:2 לֹא נֹפֵל אָנֹכִי מִכֶּם, Zp 3:5 (very anom.); 1 K 10:21 לא is prob. textual error. In וְהוּא לֹא שֹׂנֵא לוֹ or לא שׂנא הוא לו, Dt 4:42; 19:4, 6 Jos 20:5 (cf. אֹיֵב Nu 35:23), שׂנֵא is best construed as a subst., he being a not-hater to him aforetime.—In most of the cases under b, c, אין could have been employed; but the negation by לֹא is more pointed and forcible. e.g. Genesis 2:18
- 2. Not in predication:
- a. coupled to an adj. to negative it, like the Gk. ἀ—, but usually by way of litotes: Ho 13:13 בן לא־חכם an unwise son, ψ 36:5 דֶּרֶךְ לֹא טוֹב a way not good, 43:1 גוי לא חסיד, Pr 16:29; 30:25, 26 Ez 20:25 2 Ch 30:17: Is 16:14 לוֹא כַבִּיר, cf. 10:7 לֹא מְעַט. e.g. Hosea 13:13
- b. with a ptcp. Je 2:2 ארץ לא זרועה, 18:15 (the finite verb is more common: see Is 62:12 עִיר לֹא נֶעֱזָ֫בָה (cf. 54:11), Je 6:8 אֶרֶץ לוֹא נוֹשָׁ֫בָה, 15:18; 22:6; 31:18 Zp 2:1). e.g. Jeremiah 2:2
- c. †Gn 15:13 בארץ לא להם, Je 5:19 Hab 1:6 מִשְׁכָּנוֹת לֹא־לוֹ, Pr 26:17 רִיב לֹא־לוֹ. e.g. Genesis 15:13
- d. with a subst., in poetry, forming a kind of compound, expressing pointedly its antithesis or negation (Germ. un- is sometimes used similarly): Dt 32:5 (?), 17, 21 a they made me jealous בְּלֹא אֵל with a not-God (with what in no respect deserved the name of God), v b בְּלֹא עָם i.e. with an unorganized horde, Am 6:13 הַשְּׂמֵחִים לְלֹא דָבָר i.e. at a thing wh. is not, an unreality (of their boasted strength), Is 10:15 כְּהָרִים מַטֶּה לֹא עֵץ like a rod’s lifting up what is no wood (but the agent wielding it), 31:8 חרב לא אישׁ, חרב לא אדם, 55:2 בלוא לחם for what is not bread, בלוא לשׂבעה for what is not for satiety, Je 5:7 וַיּשָּֽׁבְעוּ בְּלֹא אֱלֹהִים by not-goods, in late prose 2 Ch 13:9 כֹּהֵן לְלֹא אֱלֹהִים; ψ 44:13 תִּמְכֹּר עַמְּךָ בְּלֹא־הוֹן for no-value (i.e. cheaply), Pr 13:23 Jb 10:22 צלמות וְלֹא סְדָרִים darkness and disorder; so לֹא־עַמִּי Ho 1:9; 2:25: still more pregnantly Jb 26:2a מֶה־עָזַרְתָּ לְלֹא־כֹחַ (poet. for לאשׁר אין לו כח) the powerless, v 2b, 3a (Ew§ 286 g Ges§ 152. 1 n.), 39:16 הִקְשִׁיחַ בָּנֶיהָ לְלֹא לָהּ useth hardly her young ones (making them) into none of hers; and even Hb 2:6 הַמַּרְבֶּה לֹא־לוֹ what is not his own (cf. Jb 18:15 מִבְּלִי לוֹ). Cf. with a verb, and ellipse of אשׁר, Is 65:1 לְלֹא שָׁאָ֑לוּ to those who have not asked, v b Je 2:8 אַחֲרֵי לֹא יוֹעִילוּ, v 11b; also לֹא רֻחָ֫מָה Ho 1:6, 8; 2:25, and prob. Jb 31:31 לֹא נִשְׂבָּ֑ע (pf. in p.) one not satisfied. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:5
- e. in circ. clauses (Dr§ 164), poet. and rare: qualifying a subst., 2 S 23:4 בֹּקֶר לֹא עָבוֹת a morning without clouds, Job 12:24 בְּתֹהוּ לֹא דֶרֶךְ in a pathless waste, 38:26a; and a verb Jb 34:24 יָרֹעַ כַּבִּירִים לֹא חֵקֶר without inquiry, ψ 59:4 לא פשׁעי ולא חטאתי (cf. v 4 בלי עון), in late prose, twice, 1 Ch 2:30, 32 וימת לא בנים (אֵין and בְּלִי, q.v., are more usual in such cases). e.g. 2 Samuel 23:4
- 3. Once (according to many MSS), as a subst., Jb 6:21 כִּי־עַתָּה הֱיִיתֶם לֹא for now are ye become nothing, Hi De Kö (cf. Dn 4:32 (Aramaic) כְּלָה חֲשִׁיבִין; 𝔗 here הֲוֵיתוּן כְּלָא, and אַל Jb 24:25); but reading fluctuates (Orientals לֹא, Qr לו, Westerns, Baer (v. pp. 37, 56) לוֹ [‘now are ye become that,’ viz. the נַחַל אַכְזָב of v 15]; but even לוֹ yields a forced sense; and text is prob. wrong: Mich Ew Ol Sgf Bu כֵּן … לִי (𝔊 𝔖 also read לִי); Bö Di כִּי … לְאָ֑יִן. Cf. Köii. 1. 236 f. e.g. Job 6:21
- 4. With prefixes:—
- a. †בְּלֹא31 (chiefly poet. or late), according to the varying signif. of בְּ: (a) usually with not = without, Je 22:13 בונה ביתו בלא־צדק without justice (‖ בלא משׁפט; so Ez 22:29 Pr 16:8), Is 55:1, 1 Pr 19:2, Jb 8:11 הֲיִגְאֶה־גֹּמֶא בְּלֹא בִצָּה without mire (‖ בלי מים), 30:28 בְּלֹא חַמָּה (= not through the sun), La 1:6 וילכו בלא־כח, Nu 35:22 בְּלֹא אֵיבָה … בְּלֹא צְדִיָּה, v 23 (sq. inf.) בְּלֹא רְאוֹת, 2 Ch 21:20 Ec 10:11; ψ 17:1 תְּפִלָּתִי בְּלֹא שִׂפְתֵי מִרְמָה; used more freely in Chr, 1 Ch 12:18 בְּלֹא חָמָס בְּכַפָּֽי׃, v 34 בְּלֹא לֵב וָלֵב, 2 Ch 30:18 בְּלֹא כַכָּתוּב. With ellipse of rel., La 4:14 בְּלֹא יוּכְלוּ יִגְּעוּ without (that) men are able to touch, etc. (b) of time, in not, i.e. outside of, Lv 15:25 בלא עֶת־נִדָּתָתּ, before Jb 15:32 בלא־יומו, Ec 7:17 בְּלֹא עִתֶּךְ ׃. (c) where לֹא belongs to the foll. word, and is only accidentally preceded by ב (v. supr. 2 d), Dt 32:21(×2) Je 5:7 Pr 13:23 בלא משׁפט through injustice; with בְּ pretii, ψ 44:13 Is 55:2(×2) Je 2:11 בְּלוֹא יוֹעִיל for (that which) profiteth not. e.g. Jeremiah 22:13
- b. הֲלֹא nonne? Gn 4:7 + often Inviting, as it does, an affirmative answer, it is often used, (a) especially in conversation, for pointing to a fact in such a way as to arouse the interest of the person addressed, or to win his assent: Gn 13:9 Is not the whole land before thee? 19:20; 20:5; 27:36; 29:25 Ex 4:11 Who maketh dumb or deaf, etc.? Do not I? 33:16 Ju 4:6, 14; 8:2; 9:28, 38 1 S 9:20, 21; 15:17 etc.; with a vb. in 1 ps., Jos 1:9 הלא צויתיך, Ju 6:14 הלא שׁלחתיך, 1 S 20:30; 2 S 19:23 Ru 2:9: similarly in a poet. or rhet. style, Ju 5:30 הלא ימצאו יחלקו שׁלל, Is 8:19; 10:8, 9, 11; 28:25; 29:17; 40:21, 23; 42:24; 43:19 etc., Jb 4:6, 21; 7:1; 10:10, 20, etc. (β) it has a tendency to become little more than an affirm. particle, declaring with some rhetor. emph. what is, or might be, well known: Dt 3:11 הֲלֹה הִיא בְרַבַּת בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן, 11:30 1 S 21:12 הלוא זה דוד וג׳ (cf. 29:3, 5 2 S 11:3), 23:19; 26:1 2 S 15:35; it is thus nearly = הִנֵּה (𝔊 sometimes represents it by ἰδού, as Jos 1:9 Ju 6:14 Ru 2:9 2 S 15:35); so especially in the phrase of the compiler of K, And the rest of the acts of … הֲלֹא הֵם (הֵמָּה) כְּתוּבִים are they not written in, etc.? 1 K 11:41; 14:29 + often (with which there interchanges הִנָּם כְּתוּבִים 1 K 14:19 2 K 15:11; 15:26, 31, which is gen. used by the Chr, 2 Ch 16:11; 20:34, etc.), Jos 10:13 (cf. 2 S 1:18 הִנֵּה), 1 K 8:53 𝔊, Est 10:2; ψ 56:14 (strangely: contr. 116:8).—הֲלֹא הִנֵּה †Hb 2:13 2 Ch 25:26 (הִנָּם).—On Ju 14:15, see הֲ 1 end. e.g. Genesis 4:7
- c. †וָלֹ֕א and not = and if not, 2 S 13:26 2 K 5:17. Comp. וָיֵשׁ. e.g. 2 Samuel 13:26
- d. †כְּלוֹא Ob 16 והיו כלוא היו, poet. for כאשׁר, as though they had not been. e.g. Obadiah 1:16
- e. †לְלֹא without, lit. in the condition of no … 2 Ch 15:3 (comp. לְאֵין, also in Chr). Elsewhere לא belongs to the foll. word, Am 6:13 2 Ch 13:9 Is 65:1(×2) Jb 26:2, 3; 39:16 (v. supr. 2 d). e.g. 2 Chronicles 15:3
- —Fifteen times, according to Mas. (v. De ψ 100:3 FrMM 247 Str Prol. Cr. 84), לא is written by error for לוֹ, viz. Ex 21:8 Lv 11:21; 25:30 1 S 2:3 2 S 16:18 2 K 8:10 Is 9:2; 63:9 ψ 100:3; 139:16 Jb 13:15; 41:4 Pr 19:7; 26:2 Ezr 4:2 (always with Qr לוֹ). The passages must be considered each upon its own merits: in some לוֹ yields a preferable sense; but this is not the case in all. There is the same קרי (rightly) on Is 49:5 1 Ch 11:20; but these were not considered to rest upon equal authority, and are hence not reckoned with the fifteen.—In Ju 21:22 (v. GFM), 1 S 13:13; 20:14(×2), and in Jb 9:33 (לֹא יֵשׁ), read prob. לֻא for לֹא. e.g. Psalms 100:3
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
or לוֹא adv. not (Arabic لَا, Aramaic לָא, ܠܴܐ, Sab. לא, Assyrian lâ; not in Ethiopic: cf. Köii. 1. 236 Walker AJSL 1896, 237 ff.)—לוֹא, according to Mass. (FrMM 248), 35 times, besides בְּלוֹא 6 times, and הֲלוֹא, the orthogr. of which varies much (ib.p. 251), e.g. in S always הֲלוֹא, in Chr always הֲלֹא, on the whole הֲלוֹא 141 times, הֲלֹא 128 times; twice, according to Mass, written לו (Qr לֹא), 1 S 2:16; 20:2, once לה Dt 3:11 Kt:—not—denying objectively, like οὐ (not μὴ = אַל):—
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Origin: a primitive particle
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
לֹא
- v. לַאי) not, no. Ber. I, 1 לא קרינו וכ׳ we have omitted to recite &c. Ib. III, 4 לא … ולא וכ׳ neither before nor after. Nidd. 5ᵃ לא אין להן וכ׳, no; it means &c., v. לַאו; a. v. fr.—וְלֹא indeed not? Ḥull. 4ᵇ ולא והכתיב וכ׳ indeed not (is it so that the verb הֵסִית never refers to persuasion by speech)? Do we not read &c.?; a. v. fr.—(מִצְוַת) לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה a prohibitory law, opp. עֲשֵׂה, a positive command; v. לַאו. Kidd. I, 7. Macc. 14ᵇ bot.; a. v. fr.—בְּלֹא without. Ber. 35ᵃ bot. ב׳ ברכה without pronouncing a benediction; a. v. fr.—והוא שלא, v. הוּא.
לָא I
- Targ. Gen. II, 5; a. v. fr.—Pes. 10ᵇ מקמיה … אין בתר … לא before the time when it is forbidden, yes (he must search after leavened bread); after the time, no (he must not search). Ib. לא שנא there is no difference; a. v. fr.
לָא II
- (preced. wds.) particle, mote. Yoma 20ᵇ, v. חִרְגָּא. Midr. Till. to Ps. LXVIII, 3 כלא חשיבי they are like a mote.
לָא III
- La, abbrev. of אִילָא, הִילָא; v. Fr. M’bo, p. 75ᵇ.
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Forms in the corpus
The 120 distinct written forms H3808 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | Amos 1:3 | 824 |
| לֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 2:14 | 725 |
| לֹֽא | Particle, Negative | Amos 4:7 | 674 |
| לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Amos 2:15 | 666 |
| וְ/לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Amos 1:9 | 416 |
| וְ/לֹֽא | Particle, Negative | Amos 3:10 | 353 |
| וְ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | Amos 4:8 | 351 |
| וְ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:11 | 278 |
| לֹ֤א | Particle, Negative | Amos 7:16 | 195 |
| וְ/לֹ֤א | Particle, Negative | Daniel 1:19 | 90 |
| לֹ֖א | Particle, Negative | Amos 2:12 | 36 |
| הֲ/ל֣וֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 6:13 | 32 |
| וְֽ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 1:29 | 32 |
| הֲ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:20 | 30 |
| לֹ֨א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 22:2 | 28 |
| וְ/לֹ֖א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 5:18 | 26 |
| לֹ֧א | Particle, Negative | Amos 3:7 | 22 |
| הֲ/לוֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 32:6 | 18 |
| הֲ/לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Exodus 4:11 | 17 |
| הֲ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 26:15 | 16 |
| הֲ/ל֤וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 13:7 | 15 |
| הֲ/לֽוֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 37:18 | 15 |
| לא | Particle, Negative | Exodus 21:8 | 15 |
| הֲ/לֹֽא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 24:19 | 14 |
| וְ/לֹ֨א | Particle, Negative | Amos 9:15 | 14 |
| הֲ/ל֥וֹא | Particle, Negative | Genesis 34:23 | 11 |
| הֲ/ל֨וֹא | Particle, Negative | 1 Samuel 9:21 | 11 |
| הֲ/לֹ֤א | Particle, Negative | Genesis 13:9 | 11 |
| בְּ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | 2 Chronicles 21:20 | 10 |
| הֲ/לֹ֨א | Particle, Negative | Exodus 4:14 | 10 |
| וְ/לֹ֧א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 16:16 | 10 |
| לֹא֩ | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 9:11 | 9 |
| הֲ/ל֖וֹא | Particle, Negative | Exodus 33:16 | 8 |
| הֲ/ל֛וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 18:23 | 8 |
| הֲ/ל֧וֹא | Particle, Negative | Genesis 31:15 | 8 |
| לֹ֕א | Particle, Negative | Genesis 24:49 | 8 |
| הֲ/לוֹא֙ | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 13:12 | 7 |
| ל֥וֹא | Particle, Negative | Isaiah 16:14 | 7 |
| לֹ֗א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 5:11 | 7 |
| לֹ֚א | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 22:31 | 7 |
| הֲ/ל֗וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 24:25 | 6 |
| לֽוֹא | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 22:18 | 6 |
| הֲ/לֹ֗א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 31:17 | 5 |
| ו/לא | Particle, Negative | Ezra 4:2 | 5 |
| וְ/ל֥וֹא | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 24:16 | 5 |
| ל֣וֹא | Particle, Negative | Jeremiah 3:3 | 5 |
| לְ/לֹ֣א | Particle, Negative | 2 Chronicles 15:3 | 4 |
| בְּ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 32:21 | 4 |
| הֲ/לוֹא֩ | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 17:9 | 4 |
| לֹ֠א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 20:33 | 4 |
| לֹֽ֣א | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 5:8 | 4 |
| בְ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 32:21 | 3 |
| בְּ/לֹ֥א | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 7:17 | 3 |
| הֲ/לֹא֙ | Particle, Negative | 1 Chronicles 21:3 | 3 |
| הֲֽ/לֹא | Particle, Negative | Job 22:12 | 3 |
| וְ/לֹא֙ | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 1:42 | 3 |
| לֹ֘א | Particle, Negative | Job 18:19 | 3 |
| לֹ֞א | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 33:27 | 3 |
| לֹ֦א | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 10:3 | 3 |
| לֹ֪א | Particle, Negative | Psalms 44:3 | 3 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 60 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3808, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- לא דבר Lôʼ Dᵉbar H3810 Lo-debar
- לא עמי Lôʼ ʻAmmîy H3818 Lo-ammi
- לא רחמה Lôʼ Ruchâmâh H3819 Lo-ruhamah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
Most of the 3,966 Hebrew verses this word occurs in also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), so the same passages can be read in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:5
- Exodus 1:8
- Leviticus 1:17
- Numbers 1:47
- Deuteronomy 1:9
- Joshua 1:5
- Judges 1:19
- Ruth 2:8
- 1 Samuel 1:7
- 2 Samuel 1:10
- 1 Kings 1:1
- 2 Kings 1:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
