Usually translated as
not, neither, no, nor, cannot, none, nothing, never, without, surely, nay, except, ere, before, ignorant, out of, verily, or else, otherwise, of a truth, for want, whether, ig, much, less, of nought, as truly as
Occurrences
Lôʼ occurs 5,158 times in 3,945 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (188), Exodus (201), Leviticus (208), Numbers (145), Deuteronomy (303), Joshua (82), Judges (114), Ruth (16), 1 Samuel (161), 2 Samuel (107), 1 Kings (147), 2 Kings (150), 1 Chronicles (48), 2 Chronicles (127), Ezra (13), Nehemiah (49), Esther (23), Job (257), Psalms (265), Proverbs (119), Ecclesiastes (45), Song of Songs (9), Isaiah (274), Jeremiah (361), Lamentations (35), Ezekiel (235), Daniel (35), Hosea (44), Joel (10), Amos (52), Obadiah (4), Jonah (7), Micah (20), Nahum (9), Habakkuk (15), Zephaniah (12), Haggai (4), Zechariah (37), Malachi (14)
- Genesis 2:5 — And 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 (לֹ֨א) caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
- Genesis 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not (לֹ֥א) eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Genesis 2:18 — And the LORD God said, It is not (לֹא) good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
- Genesis 2:20 — And 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 (לֹֽא) found an help meet for him.
- Genesis 2:25 — And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not (וְלֹ֖א) ashamed.
- Genesis 3:1 — Now 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 (לֹ֣א) eat of every tree of the garden?
- Genesis 3:3 — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not (לֹ֤א) eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
- Genesis 3:3 — But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither (וְלֹ֥א) shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
- Genesis 3:4 — And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not (לֹֽא) surely die:
- Genesis 3:17 — And 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 (לֹ֥א) eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- Genesis 4:5 — But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect (לֹ֣א). And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Genesis 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not (הֲל֤וֹא) be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- Genesis 4:7 — If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not (לֹ֣א) well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
- Genesis 4:9 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not (לֹ֣א): Am I my brother’s keeper?
- Genesis 4:12 — When thou tillest the ground, it shall not (לֹֽא) henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
- Genesis 6:3 — And the LORD said, My spirit shall not (לֹֽא) always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
- Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not (לֹ֣א) clean by two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 8:9 — But the dove found no (וְלֹֽא) rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
- Genesis 8:12 — And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not (וְלֹֽא) again unto him any more.
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not (לֹֽא) again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither (וְלֹֽא) will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Genesis 8:22 — While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not (לֹ֥א) cease.
- Genesis 9:4 — But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not (לֹ֥א) eat.
- Genesis 9:11 — And I will establish my covenant with you; neither (וְלֹֽא) shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
- Genesis 9:11 — And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither (וְלֹֽא) shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
- Genesis 9:15 — And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no (וְלֹֽא) more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- Genesis 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not (לֹ֥א) their father’s nakedness.
- Genesis 11:6 — And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing (לֹֽא) will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
- Genesis 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not (לֹ֣א) understand one another’s speech.
- Genesis 12:18 — And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not (לֹא) tell me that she was thy wife?
- Genesis 13:6 — And the land was not (וְלֹא) able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
- Genesis 13:6 — And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not (וְלֹ֥א) dwell together.
- Genesis 13:9 — Is not (הֲלֹ֤א) the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
- Genesis 14:23 — That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest (וְלֹ֣א) thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
- Genesis 15:3 — And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no (לֹ֥א) seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
- Genesis 15:4 — And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not (לֹ֥א) be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
- Genesis 15:10 — And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not (לֹ֥א).
- Genesis 15:13 — And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not (לֹ֣א) theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- Genesis 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not (לֹא) yet full.
- Genesis 16:10 — And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not (וְלֹ֥א) be numbered for multitude.
- Genesis 17:5 — Neither (וְלֹא) shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
- Genesis 17:12 — And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not (לֹ֥א) of thy seed.
- Genesis 17:14 — And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not (לֹֽא) circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
- Genesis 17:15 — And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not (לֹא) call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
- Genesis 18:15 — Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not (לֹ֥א); for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
- Genesis 18:15 — Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay (לֹ֖א); but thou didst laugh.
- Genesis 18:21 — I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not (לֹ֖א), I will know.
- Genesis 18:24 — Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not (וְלֹא) spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
- Genesis 18:25 — That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not (לֹ֥א) the Judge of all the earth do right?
- Genesis 18:28 — Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not (לֹ֣א) destroy it.