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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Concordance 3,967 verses
- Genesis 42:10 לֹ֣א
“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
- Genesis 42:11 לֹא־
We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
- Genesis 42:12 לֹ֕א
“No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.”
- Genesis 42:16 לֹ֕א
Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be confined so that the truth of your words may be tested. If they are untrue, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
- Genesis 42:20 וְלֹ֣א
Then bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be verified, that you may not die.” And to this they consented.
- Genesis 42:21 וְלֹ֣א
Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
- Genesis 42:22 הֲלוֹא֩וְלֹ֣א
And Reuben responded, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you would not listen. Now we must account for his blood!”
- Genesis 42:23 לֹ֣א
They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them.
- Genesis 42:31 לֹ֥א
But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
- Genesis 42:34 לֹ֤א
But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
- Genesis 42:37 לֹ֥א
Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
- Genesis 42:38 לֹֽא־
But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If any harm comes to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
- Genesis 43:3 לֹֽא־
But Judah replied, “The man solemnly warned us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
- Genesis 43:5 לֹ֣אלֹֽא־
But if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
- Genesis 43:8 וְלֹ֣א
And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
- Genesis 43:9 לֹ֨א
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then may I bear the guilt before you all my life.
- Genesis 43:22 לֹ֣א
We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”
- Genesis 43:32 לֹ֨א
They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
- Genesis 44:4 לֹ֣א
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
- Genesis 44:5 הֲל֣וֹא
Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
- Genesis 44:15 הֲל֣וֹא
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
- Genesis 44:22 לֹא־
So we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father. If he were to leave, his father would die.’
- Genesis 44:23 לֹ֥אלֹ֥א
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
- Genesis 44:26 לֹ֥אלֹ֣א
But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
- Genesis 44:28 וְלֹ֥א
When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
- Genesis 44:32 לֹ֤א
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
- Genesis 45:1 וְלֹֽא־וְלֹא־
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
- Genesis 45:3 וְלֹֽא־
Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence.
- Genesis 45:8 לֹֽא־
Therefore it was not you who sent me here, but God, who has made me a father to Pharaoh—lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:26 לֹא־
“Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them.
- Genesis 47:9 וְלֹ֣א
“My travels have lasted 130 years,” Jacob replied. “My years have been few and hard, and they have not matched the years of the travels of my fathers.”
- Genesis 47:18 לֹֽא־לֹ֤א
When that year was over, they came to him the second year and said, “We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and all our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.
- Genesis 47:19 וְלֹ֣אלֹ֥א
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
- Genesis 47:22 לֹ֣אלֹ֥א
However, he did not acquire the priests’ portion of the land, for it had been given to them by Pharaoh. They ate the rations that Pharaoh supplied; so they did not sell their land.
- Genesis 47:26 לֹ֥א
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 48:10 לֹ֥א
Now Israel’s eyesight was poor because of old age; he could hardly see. Joseph brought his sons to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them.
- Genesis 48:11 לֹ֣א
“I never expected to see your face again,” Israel said to Joseph, “but now God has let me see your children as well.”
- Genesis 48:18 לֹא־
“Not so, my father!” Joseph said. “This one is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head.”
- Genesis 49:10 לֹֽא־
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- Exodus 1:8 לֹֽא־
Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
- Exodus 1:17 וְלֹ֣א
The midwives, however, feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt had instructed; they let the boys live.
- Exodus 1:19 לֹ֧א
The midwives answered Pharaoh, “The Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women, for they are vigorous and give birth before a midwife arrives.”
- Exodus 2:3 וְלֹא־
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
- Exodus 3:3 לֹא־
So Moses thought, “I must go over and see this marvelous sight. Why is the bush not burning up?”
- Exodus 3:19 לֹֽא־וְלֹ֖א
But I know that the king of Egypt will not allow you to go unless a mighty hand compels him.
- Exodus 3:21 לֹ֥א
And I will grant this people such favor in the sight of the Egyptians that when you leave, you will not go away empty-handed.
- Exodus 4:1 לֹֽא־וְלֹ֥אלֹֽא־
Then Moses answered, “What if they do not believe me or listen to my voice? For they may say, ‘The LORD has not appeared to you.’”
- Exodus 4:8 לֹ֣אוְלֹ֣א
And the LORD said, “If they refuse to believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe that of the second.
- Exodus 4:9 לֹ֣אוְלֹ֤א
But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
- Exodus 4:10 לֹא֩
“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”