לֹא
lôʼ · lo
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
Lexicon
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- not (the simple or abs. negation)
- by implication, no
- often used with other particles
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › strength, the leader
Authority, the one who leads of strength, the leader.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לֹא above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
5170 occurrences · 5170 OT · 0 NT · 134 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- except3 · 8%
- without3 · 8%
- not3 · 8%
- none2 · 6%
- had not2 · 6%
- such as there was none2 · 6%
- nay2 · 6%
- before2 · 6%
- seeing thou hast not1 · 3%
- which shall be1 · 3%
- me, neither1 · 3%
- neither1 · 3%
- be not1 · 3%
- and hast not1 · 3%
- you: or else1 · 3%
- him no1 · 3%
- as i never1 · 3%
- than i; neither1 · 3%
- i cannot1 · 3%
- like it, nor1 · 3%
- unto them, we cannot1 · 3%
- out1 · 3%
- no1 · 3%
- me? and how long will it be ere1 · 3%
- and now nothing1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis212
- Exodus244
- Leviticus282
- Numbers190
- Deuteronomy412
- Joshua103
- Judges134
- Ruth18
- 1 Samuel199
- 2 Samuel133
- 1 Kings180
- 2 Kings178
- 1 Chronicles54
- 2 Chronicles158
- Ezra15
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.