לֹא

lo · not

Hebrew · Strong's H3808 · Particle · Sounds like: lo · 5,170 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not

Every occurrence

  1. Genesis 16:10 וְלֹ֥א ve.Lo' · Small word: and not

    And the angel of Jehovah said unto her, I will greatly multiply thy seed, that it shall not be numbered for multitude.

  2. Genesis 17:5 וְלֹא־ ve.lo'- · Small word: and not

    Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

  3. Genesis 17:12 לֹ֥א lo' · Small word: not

    And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed.

  4. Genesis 17:14 לֹֽא־ lo'- · Small word: not

    And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

  5. Genesis 17:15 לֹא־ lo'- · Small word: not

    And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

  6. Genesis 18:15 לֹ֥א lo' · Small word: not

    Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

  7. Genesis 18:15 לֹ֖א lo' · Small word: In-

    Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

  8. Genesis 18:21 לֹ֖א lo' · Small word: not

    I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

  9. Genesis 18:24 וְלֹא־ ve.lo'- · Small word: and not

    Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

  10. Genesis 18:25 לֹ֥א lo' · Small word: not

    That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

  11. Genesis 18:28 לֹ֣א lo' · Small word: not

    peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five.

  12. Genesis 18:29 לֹ֣א lo' · Small word: not

    And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for the forty's sake.

  13. Genesis 18:30 לֹ֣א lo' · Small word: not

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  14. Genesis 18:31 לֹ֣א lo' · Small word: not

    And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.

  15. Genesis 18:32 לֹ֣א lo' · Small word: not

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

  16. Genesis 19:2 לֹּ֔א Lo' · Small word: In-

    and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

  17. Genesis 19:8 לֹֽא־ lo'- · Small word: not

    Behold now, I have two daughters that have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing, forasmuch as they are come under the shadow of my roof.

  18. Genesis 19:19 לֹ֤א lo' · Small word: not

    behold now, thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy lovingkindness, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die:

  19. Genesis 19:20 הֲלֹ֥א ha.Lo' · Small word: ¿ not

    behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape thither (is it not a little one?), and my soul shall live.

  20. Genesis 19:22 לֹ֤א lo' · Small word: not

    Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

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