HebrewH3808Neg

לֹא

lo

3,684Occurrences
H3808Strong's #
NegPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (*לָא *"not" H3809)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Neg

Morphology Code

H:Neg

Full Description

H:Neg

Occurrences

לֹא appears 3,684 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
355
Deuteronomy
269
Isaiah
263
Job
254
Ezk
227
Leviticus
204
Genesis
184
Exodus
182

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:4BSB

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run it through me, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me!”But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.

Amos 5:11BSB

Therefore, because you trample on the poorand exact from him a tax of grain,you will never livein the stone houses you have built;you will never drink the winefrom the lush vineyards you have planted.

Ezk 33:31BSB

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Jeremiah 15:10BSB

Woe to me, my mother,that you have borne me,a man of strife and conflictin all the land.I have neither lent nor borrowed,yet everyone curses me.

Leviticus 15:11BSB

If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands with water, the one who was touched must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening.

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