לֹא
lo
1. not, no
a. not (with verb-absolute prohibition)
b. not (with modifier-negation)
c. nothing (subst)
d. without (with particle)
e. before (of time)
Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
Translated as (BSB)
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- Genesis 2:5 לֹ֨א
Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
- Genesis 2:17 לֹ֥א
but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
- Genesis 2:18 לֹא־
The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
- Genesis 2:20 לֹֽא־
The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
- Genesis 2:25 וְלֹ֖א
And the man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
- Genesis 3:1 לֹ֣א
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
- Genesis 3:3 לֹ֤אוְלֹ֥א
but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
- Genesis 3:4 לֹֽא־
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
- Genesis 3:17 לֹ֥א
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 4:5 לֹ֣א
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
- Genesis 4:7 הֲל֤וֹאלֹ֣א
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”
- Genesis 4:9 לֹ֣א
And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
- Genesis 4:12 לֹֽא־
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 6:3 לֹֽא־
So the LORD said, “My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days shall be 120 years.”
- Genesis 7:2 לֹ֣א
You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
- Genesis 8:9 וְלֹֽא־
But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
- Genesis 8:12 וְלֹֽא־
And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
- Genesis 8:21 לֹֽא־וְלֹֽא־
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
- Genesis 8:22 לֹ֥א
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall never cease.”
- Genesis 9:4 לֹ֥א
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
- Genesis 9:11 וְלֹֽא־וְלֹֽא־
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”
- Genesis 9:15 וְלֹֽא־
I will remember My covenant between Me and you and every living creature of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
- Genesis 9:23 לֹ֥א
Then Shem and Japheth took a garment and placed it across their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away so that they did not see their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 11:6 לֹֽא־
And the LORD said, “If they have begun to do this as one people speaking the same language, then nothing they devise will be beyond them.
- Genesis 11:7 לֹ֣א
Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
- Genesis 12:18 לֹא־
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?
- Genesis 13:6 וְלֹא־וְלֹ֥א
But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
- Genesis 13:9 הֲלֹ֤א
Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
- Genesis 14:23 וְלֹ֣א
that I will not accept even a thread, or a strap of a sandal, or anything that belongs to you, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’
- Genesis 15:3 לֹ֥א
Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
- Genesis 15:4 לֹ֥א
Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
- Genesis 15:10 לֹ֥א
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
- Genesis 15:13 לֹ֣א
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Genesis 15:16 לֹא־
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
- Genesis 16:1 לֹ֥א
Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
- Genesis 16:10 וְלֹ֥א
Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”
- Genesis 17:5 וְלֹא־
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
- Genesis 17:12 לֹ֥א
Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.
- Genesis 17:14 לֹֽא־
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
- Genesis 17:15 לֹא־
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
- Genesis 18:15 לֹ֥אלֹ֖א
But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
- Genesis 18:21 לֹ֖א
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
- Genesis 18:24 וְלֹא־
What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?
- Genesis 18:25 לֹ֥א
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- Genesis 18:28 לֹ֣א
suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
- Genesis 18:29 לֹ֣א
Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
- Genesis 18:30 לֹ֣א
Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”
- Genesis 18:31 לֹ֣א
And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
- Genesis 18:32 לֹ֣א
Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”
- Genesis 19:2 לֹּ֔א
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”