לָא
lâʼ · law
{not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no;}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) or לָה; (Aramaic) (Daniel 4:32), corresponding to H3808 (לֹא)
{not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no;}
- {not (the simple or abs. negation)
- by implication, no
- }
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), (can-) not, as nothing, 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 לָא 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
82 occurrences · 82 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- not16 · 25%
- nor9 · 14%
- no6 · 9%
- without4 · 6%
- is not3 · 5%
- neither3 · 5%
- ye will not2 · 3%
- are not2 · 3%
- hast thou not2 · 3%
- that which shall not2 · 3%
- none2 · 3%
- that have not1 · 2%
- cannot1 · 2%
- which shall never1 · 2%
- shall not1 · 2%
- do not1 · 2%
- did not1 · 2%
- had no1 · 2%
- that they might not1 · 2%
- them; but they did not1 · 2%
- is in thee, and no1 · 2%
- as nothing1 · 2%
- and none1 · 2%
- hast not1 · 2%
- we shall not1 · 2%
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.