Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3808
לֹא
lo · “not”
Used 5,191 times across 39 books
Definition
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)
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)
Where it appears
Genesis213
Exodus245
Leviticus284
Numbers190
Deuteronomy412
Joshua103
Judges134
Ruth18
1 Samuel200
2 Samuel134
1 Kings180
2 Kings179
1 Chronicles55
2 Chronicles158
Ezra16
Nehemiah64
Esther29
Job317
Psalms337
Proverbs133
Ecclesiastes65
Song of Solomon11
Isaiah446
Jeremiah513
Lamentations41
Ezekiel344
Daniel46
Hosea66
Joel12
Amos72
Obadiah5
Jonah9
Micah30
Nahum9
Habakkuk21
Zephaniah25
Haggai4
Zechariah52
Malachi19
In the text
Genesis 2:5And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.Genesis 2:17But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.Genesis 2:20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.Genesis 2:25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?Genesis 3:3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.Genesis 3:4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;Genesis 4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
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