לֹא lo

Hebrew word for “not” · Strong’s H3808 · used 5,169 times in 3,951 verses

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Meaning

1) not, no; 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition);

How it is translated

Glosses given for lo in context, with how often each is used:

• not 4,774
• ¿ not 269
• which not 60
• in- 20
• who not 13
• no 10
• one whom not 4
• whom not 3
• ¿ in- 2
• one who not 2
• those who not 2
• ¿ is it not so 1

Where it is used

Also in 27 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Deuteronomy 28 (28), Psalms 119 (23), Leviticus 18 (22), Ezekiel 18 (22), Leviticus 19 (21), Deuteronomy 22 (19), Deuteronomy 23 (19), Leviticus 22 (18), Exodus 23 (17), Leviticus 25 (17)

Forms

• לא 3,237
• ולא 1,581
• הלוא 147
• הלא 124
• לוא 25
• בלא 25
• ולוא 7
• ללא 7
• בלוא 5
• שׁלא 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with lo more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אִם im “if” 358
• יָדַע yada “to know” 338
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 308
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 319
• עוֹד od “still” 231
• דָּבָר davar “word” 309
• הֶם hem “them” 267
• רָאָה raah “to see” 274
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 252
• זֶה zeh “this” 256
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 243
• עַד ad “till” 252

Key verses

The verses using lo that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Exodus 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto…
• Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Psalms 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
• Isaiah 12:2 — Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
• Isaiah 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Jeremiah 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide…
• Jeremiah 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed turn thou me, and I shall be turned;…
• Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
• Micah 7:18 — Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever,…
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…
• Malachi 4:1 — For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.