לֹא

lo

Hebrew H3808 Negative 5,187 occurrences in 3,967 verses
לֹא not

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)

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Concordance 3,967 verses

  1. Genesis 31:15 הֲל֧וֹא

    Are we not regarded by him as outsiders? Not only has he sold us, but he has certainly squandered what was paid for us.

  2. Genesis 31:27 וְלֹא־

    Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.

  3. Genesis 31:28 וְלֹ֣א

    But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.

  4. Genesis 31:32 לֹ֣אוְלֹֽא־

    If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.

  5. Genesis 31:33 וְלֹ֣א

    So Laban went into Jacob’s tent, then Leah’s tent, and then the tents of the two maidservants, but he found nothing. Then he left Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

  6. Genesis 31:34 וְלֹ֥א

    Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.

  7. Genesis 31:35 ל֤וֹאוְלֹ֥א

    Rachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched, but could not find the household idols.

  8. Genesis 31:38 לֹ֣אלֹ֥א

    I have been with you for twenty years now. Your sheep and goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flock.

  9. Genesis 31:39 לֹא־

    I did not bring you anything torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss myself. And you demanded payment from me for what was stolen by day or night.

  10. Genesis 31:52 לֹֽא־לֹא־

    This mound is a witness, and this pillar is a witness, that I will not go past this mound to harm you, and you will not go past this mound and pillar to harm me.

  11. Genesis 32:12 לֹא־

    But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

  12. Genesis 32:25 לֹ֤א

    When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

  13. Genesis 32:26 לֹ֣א

    Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

  14. Genesis 32:28 לֹ֤א

    Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

  15. Genesis 32:32 לֹֽא־

    Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon which is at the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

  16. Genesis 34:7 לֹ֥א

    When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

  17. Genesis 34:14 לֹ֤א

    “We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

  18. Genesis 34:17 לֹ֧א

    But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”

  19. Genesis 34:19 וְלֹֽא־

    The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

  20. Genesis 34:23 הֲל֥וֹא

    Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

  21. Genesis 35:5 וְלֹ֣א

    As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.

  22. Genesis 35:10 לֹֽא־

    And God said to him, “Though your name is Jacob, you will no longer be called Jacob. Instead, your name will be Israel.” So God named him Israel.

  23. Genesis 36:7 וְלֹ֨א

    For their possessions were too great for them to dwell together; the land where they stayed could not support them because of their livestock.

  24. Genesis 37:4 וְלֹ֥א

    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.

  25. Genesis 37:13 הֲל֤וֹא

    Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph replied.

  26. Genesis 37:21 לֹ֥א

    When Reuben heard this, he tried to rescue Joseph from their hands. “Let us not take his life,” he said.

  27. Genesis 37:32 לֹֽא׃

    They sent the robe of many colors to their father and said, “We found this. Examine it to see whether it is your son’s robe or not.”

  28. Genesis 38:9 לֹּ֥א

    But Onan knew that the offspring would not belong to him; so whenever he would sleep with his brother’s wife, he would spill his seed on the ground so that he would not produce offspring for his brother.

  29. Genesis 38:14 לֹֽא־

    she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.

  30. Genesis 38:16 לֹ֣א

    Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.

  31. Genesis 38:20 וְלֹ֖א

    Now when Judah sent his friend Hirah the Adullamite with the young goat to collect the items he had left with the woman, he could not find her.

  32. Genesis 38:21 לֹא־

    He asked the men of that place, “Where is the shrine prostitute who was beside the road at Enaim?” “No shrine prostitute has been here,” they answered.

  33. Genesis 38:22 לֹ֣אלֹא־

    So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”

  34. Genesis 38:23 לֹ֥א

    “Let her keep the items,” Judah replied. “Otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I did send her this young goat, but you could not find her.”

  35. Genesis 38:26 לֹא־וְלֹֽא־

    Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.

  36. Genesis 39:6 וְלֹא־

    So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

  37. Genesis 39:8 לֹא־

    But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

  38. Genesis 39:9 וְלֹֽא־

    No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

  39. Genesis 39:10 וְלֹא־

    Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

  40. Genesis 40:8 הֲל֤וֹא

    “We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

  41. Genesis 40:15 לֹא־

    For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

  42. Genesis 40:23 וְלֹֽא־

    The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

  43. Genesis 41:19 לֹֽא־

    After them, seven other cows—sickly, ugly, and thin—came up. I have never seen such ugly cows in all the land of Egypt!

  44. Genesis 41:21 וְלֹ֤א

    When they had devoured them, however, no one could tell that they had done so; their appearance was as ugly as it had been before. Then I awoke.

  45. Genesis 41:31 וְלֹֽא־

    The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.

  46. Genesis 41:36 וְלֹֽא־

    This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”

  47. Genesis 41:44 לֹֽא־

    And Pharaoh declared to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, but without your permission, no one in all the land of Egypt shall lift his hand or foot.”

  48. Genesis 42:2 וְלֹ֥א

    “Look,” he added, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”

  49. Genesis 42:4 לֹא־

    But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

  50. Genesis 42:8 לֹ֥א

    Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.

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