לֹא
not
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Grammatical forms
- Particle, Negative 5,188 times (100%)
- Noun, Proper 2 times (0%)
- Preposition 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 5,191 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 12 of 20 — showing verses 2,201–2,400 of 3,966 distinct verses where H3808 appears, across 39 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Job 260 verses
- Job 18:21 לֹא ptcl neg Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know God."
- Job 19:3 לֹֽא ptcl neg You have reproached me ten times. You aren't ashamed that you attack me.
- Job 19:7 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 19:8 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, And has set darkness in my paths.
- Job 19:16 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer; I beg him with my mouth.
- Job 19:22 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Why do you persecute me as God, And are not satisfied with my flesh?
- Job 19:27 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Whom I, even I, shall see on my side. My eyes shall see, and not as a stranger. "My heart is consumed within me.
- Job 20:8 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: Yes, he shall be chased away like a vision of the night.
- Job 20:9 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg The eye which saw him shall see him no more, Neither shall his place any more see him.
- Job 20:13 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
- Job 20:18 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down; According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice.
- Job 20:19 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor. He has violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
- Job 20:20 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg "Because he knew no quietness within him, He shall not save anything of that in which he delights.
- Job 20:21 לֹא ptcl neg There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
- Job 20:26 לֹֽא ptcl neg All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
- Job 21:4 לֹא ptcl neg As for me, is my complaint to man? Why shouldn't I be impatient?
- Job 21:9 וְ/לֹ֤א conj + ptcl neg Their houses are safe from fear, Neither is the rod of God upon them.
- Job 21:10 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don't miscarry.
- Job 21:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg They tell God, 'Depart from us, For we don't want to know about your ways.
- Job 21:16 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand: The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
- Job 21:25 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
- Job 21:29 הֲ/לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg ptcl neg Haven't you asked wayfaring men? Don't you know their evidences,
- Job 22:5 הֲ/לֹ֣א ptcl inter + ptcl neg Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
- Job 22:7 לֹא ptcl neg You haven't given water to the weary to drink, And you have withheld bread from the hungry.
- Job 22:11 לֹֽא ptcl neg Or darkness, so that you can not see, And floods of waters cover you.
- Job 22:12 הֲֽ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg "Isn't God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
- Job 22:14 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he doesn't see. He walks on the vault of the sky.'
- Job 22:16 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundation was poured out as a stream,
- Job 22:20 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
- Job 23:6 לֹ֥א ptcl neg Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would listen to me.
- Job 23:8 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg "If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can't find him;
- Job 23:9 וְ/לֹא וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
- Job 23:11 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg My foot has held fast to his steps. His way have I kept, and not turned aside.
- Job 23:12 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg I haven't gone back from the commandment of his lips. I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
- Job 23:17 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Because I was not cut off before the darkness, Neither did he cover the thick darkness from my face.
- Job 24:1 לֹא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg "Why aren't times laid up by the Almighty? Why don't those who know him see his days?
- Job 24:12 לֹא ptcl neg From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, Yet God doesn't regard the folly.
- Job 24:13 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg "These are of those who rebel against the light; They don't know the ways of it, Nor abide in the paths of it.
- Job 24:15 לֹא ptcl neg The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises his face.
- Job 24:16 לֹא ptcl neg In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don't know the light.
- Job 24:18 לֹֽא ptcl neg "They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth: They don't turn into the way of the vineyards.
- Job 24:20 לֹֽא ptcl neg The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
- Job 24:21 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg He devours the barren who don't bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
- Job 24:22 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
- Job 24:25 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
- Job 25:3 לֹא ptcl neg Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?
- Job 25:5 וְ/לֹ֣א לֹא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg Behold, even the moon has no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight;
- Job 26:2 לְ/לֹא לֹא prep + ptcl neg ptcl neg "How have you helped him who is without power! How have you saved the arm that has no strength!
- Job 26:3 לְ/לֹ֣א prep + ptcl neg How have you counseled him who has no wisdom, And plentifully declared sound knowledge!
- Job 26:8 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, And the cloud is not burst under them.
- Job 27:5 לֹא ptcl neg Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
- Job 27:6 וְ/לֹ֣א לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
- Job 27:11 לֹ֣א ptcl neg I will teach you about the hand of God. That which is with the Almighty will I not conceal.
- Job 27:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Job 27:15 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Those who remain of him shall be buried in death. His widows shall make no lamentation.
- Job 27:19 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
- Job 27:22 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg For it hurls at him, and does not spare, As he flees away from his hand.
- Job 28:7 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg That path no bird of prey knows, Neither has the falcon's eye seen it.
- Job 28:8 לֹֽא לֹֽא ptcl neg ptcl neg The proud animals have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed by there.
- Job 28:13 לֹא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.
- Job 28:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
- Job 28:15 לֹא וְ/לֹ֥א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg It can't be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for its price.
- Job 28:16 לֹֽא ptcl neg It can't be valued with the gold of Ophir, With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
- Job 28:17 לֹא ptcl neg Gold and glass can't equal it, Neither shall it be exchanged for jewels of fine gold.
- Job 28:18 לֹ֣א ptcl neg No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yes, the price of wisdom is above rubies.
- Job 28:19 לֹֽא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, Neither shall it be valued with pure gold.
- Job 29:12 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Because I delivered the poor who cried, And the fatherless also, who had none to help him.
- Job 29:16 לֹא ptcl neg I was a father to the needy. The cause of him who I didn't know, I searched out.
- Job 29:22 לֹ֣א ptcl neg After my words they didn't speak again; My speech fell on them.
- Job 29:24 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn't reject the light of my face.
- Job 30:10 לֹא ptcl neg They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And don't hesitate to spit in my face.
- Job 30:13 לֹ֖א ptcl neg They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Without anyone's help.
- Job 30:17 לֹ֣א ptcl neg In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.
- Job 30:20 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg I cry to you, and you do not answer me. I stand up, and you gaze at me.
- Job 30:24 לֹא ptcl neg "However doesn't one stretch out a hand in his fall? Or in his calamity therefore cry for help?
- Job 30:25 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Didn't I weep for him who was in trouble? Wasn't my soul grieved for the needy?
- Job 30:27 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg My heart is troubled, and doesn't rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
- Job 30:28 בְּ/לֹ֣א prep + ptcl neg I go mourning without the sun. I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
- Job 31:3 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Is it not calamity to the unrighteous, And disaster to the workers of iniquity?
- Job 31:4 הֲ/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Doesn't he see my ways, And number all my steps?
- Job 31:15 הֲֽ֝/לֹא ptcl inter + ptcl neg Didn't he who made me in the womb make him? Didn't one fashion us in the womb?
- Job 31:17 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it
- Job 31:20 לֹ֣א ptcl neg If his heart hasn't blessed me, If he hasn't been warmed with my sheep's fleece;
- Job 31:23 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For calamity from God is a terror to me, By reason of his majesty I can do nothing.
- Job 31:30 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg (Yes, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking his life with a curse);
- Job 31:31 לֹ֣א לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg If the men of my tent have not said, 'Who can find one who has not been filled with his meat?'
- Job 31:32 לֹא ptcl neg (The foreigner has not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveler);
- Job 31:34 לֹא ptcl neg Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and didn't go out of the door--
- Job 31:36 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Surely I would carry it on my shoulder; And I would bind it to me as a crown.
- Job 32:3 לֹא ptcl neg Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
- Job 32:9 לֹֽא ptcl neg It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.
- Job 32:13 לֹא ptcl neg Beware lest you say, 'We have found wisdom, God may refute him, not man:'
- Job 32:14 וְ/לֹא לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg For he has not directed his words against me; Neither will I answer him with your speeches.
- Job 32:15 לֹא ptcl neg "They are amazed. They answer no more. They don't have a word to say.
- Job 32:16 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg Shall I wait, because they don't speak, Because they stand still, and answer no more?
- Job 32:19 לֹא ptcl neg Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; Like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
- Job 32:21 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Please don't let me respect any man's person, Neither will I give flattering titles to any man.
- Job 32:22 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For I don't know how to give flattering titles; Or else my Maker would soon take me away.
- Job 33:7 לֹ֣א לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, Neither shall my pressure be heavy on you.
- Job 33:9 וְ/לֹ֖א conj + ptcl neg 'I am clean, without disobedience. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me:
- Job 33:12 לֹא ptcl neg "Behold, I will answer you. In this you are not just; For God is greater than man.
- Job 33:13 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Why do you strive against him, Because he doesn't give account of any of his matters?
- Job 33:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For God speaks once, Yes twice, though man pays no attention.
- Job 33:21 לֹ֣א ptcl neg His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen; His bones that were not seen stick out.
- Job 33:27 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg He sings before men, and says, 'I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it didn't profit me.
- Job 34:9 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.'
- Job 34:12 לֹֽא לֹֽא ptcl neg ptcl neg Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
- Job 34:19 לֹֽא וְ/לֹ֣א ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, Nor regards the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.
- Job 34:20 לֹ֣א ptcl neg In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, The mighty are taken away without hand.
- Job 34:23 לֹ֣א ptcl neg For he doesn't need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.
- Job 34:24 לֹא ptcl neg He breaks in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And sets others in their place.
- Job 34:27 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Because they turned aside from following him, And wouldn't have regard in any of his ways:
- Job 34:31 לֹ֣א ptcl neg "For has any said to God, 'I am guilty, but I will not offend any more.
- Job 34:32 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Teach me that which I don't see. If I have done iniquity, I will do it no more'?
- Job 34:33 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Shall his recompense be as you desire, that you refuse it? For you must choose, and not I. Therefore speak what you know.
- Job 34:35 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg 'Job speaks without knowledge, His words are without wisdom.'
- Job 35:10 וְֽ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night,
- Job 35:12 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg There they cry, but none gives answer, Because of the pride of evil men.
- Job 35:13 לֹא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg Surely God will not hear an empty cry, Neither will the Almighty regard it.
- Job 35:14 לֹ֣א ptcl neg How much less when you say you don't see him. The cause is before him, and you wait for him!
- Job 35:15 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg But now, because he has not visited in his anger, Neither does he greatly regard arrogance.
- Job 36:4 לֹא ptcl neg For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
- Job 36:5 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg "Behold, God is mighty, and doesn't despise anyone. He is mighty in strength of understanding.
- Job 36:6 לֹא ptcl neg He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.
- Job 36:7 לֹֽא ptcl neg He doesn't withdraw his eyes from the righteous, But with kings on the throne, He sets them forever, and they are exalted.
- Job 36:12 לֹ֣א ptcl neg But if they don't listen, they shall perish by the sword; They shall die without knowledge.
- Job 36:13 לֹ֥א ptcl neg "But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They don't cry for help when he binds them.
- Job 36:16 לֹא ptcl neg Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, Into a broad place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
- Job 36:19 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Would your wealth sustain you in distress, Or all the might of your strength?
- Job 36:26 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Behold, God is great, and we don't know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.
- Job 37:4 וְ/לֹ֥א conj + ptcl neg After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty; He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.
- Job 37:5 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things, which we can't comprehend.
- Job 37:19 לֹ֥א ptcl neg Teach us what we shall tell him; For we can't make our case by reason of darkness.
- Job 37:21 לֹ֘א ptcl neg Now men don't see the light which is bright in the skies, But the wind passes, and clears them.
- Job 37:23 לֹֽא לֹ֣א ptcl neg ptcl neg We can't reach the Almighty, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he will not oppress.
- Job 37:24 לֹֽא ptcl neg Therefore men revere him. He doesn't regard any who are wise of heart."
- Job 38:11 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg And said, 'Here you may come, but no further; Here shall your proud waves be stayed?'
- Job 38:26 לֹא לֹא ptcl neg ptcl neg To cause it to rain on a land where no man is; On the wilderness, in which there is no man;
- Job 39:4 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and don't return again.
- Job 39:7 לֹ֣א ptcl neg He scorns the tumult of the city, Neither hears he the shouting of the driver.
- Job 39:16 לְּ/לֹא prep + ptcl neg She deals harshly with her young ones, as if they were not hers. Though her labor is in vain, she is without fear,
- Job 39:17 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg Because God has deprived her of wisdom, Neither has he imparted to her understanding.
- Job 39:22 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither does he turn back from the sword.
- Job 39:24 וְ/לֹֽא conj + ptcl neg He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, Neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
- Job 40:5 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further."
- Job 40:23 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Behold, if a river overflows, he doesn't tremble. He is confident, though the Jordan swells even to his mouth.
- Job 41:10 לֹֽא ptcl neg None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?
- Job 41:12 לא ptcl neg "I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame.
- Job 41:16 לֹא ptcl neg One is so near to another, That no air can come between them.
- Job 41:17 וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg They are joined one to another; They stick together, so that they can't be pulled apart.
- Job 41:28 לֹֽא ptcl neg The arrow can't make him flee. Sling stones are like chaff to him.
- Job 42:2 וְ/לֹא conj + ptcl neg "I know that you can do all things, And that no purpose of yours can be restrained.
- Job 42:3 וְ/לֹ֣א וְ/לֹ֣א conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.
- Job 42:7 לֹ֣א ptcl neg It was so, that after Yahweh had spoken these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.
- Job 42:8 לֹ֣א ptcl neg Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."
- Job 42:15 וְ/לֹ֨א conj + ptcl neg In all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job. Their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
Psalms 266 verses
- 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.
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.
