לָא la
Hebrew word for “not” · Strong’s H3809 · used 82 times in 60 verses
Meaning
no, not, nothing; Aramaic of lo (לֹא "not" H3808)
How it is translated
Glosses given for la in context, with how often each is used:
- not 79
- ¿ not 3
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 6 (13), Daniel 2 (12), Daniel 3 (12), Daniel 4 (5), Ezra 4 (4), Ezra 7 (4), Daniel 5 (4), Ezra 5 (2), Ezra 6 (2), Jeremiah 10 (1)
Forms
- לא 67
- ולא 11
- הלא 3
- כלה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with la more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דִּי di “that” 52
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 31
- אֱלָהּ elah “god” 27
- כֹּל kol “all” 24
- אֲמַר amar “to say” 22
- יְדַע yeda “to know” 18
- עַל al “since” 20
- דְּנָה denah “this” 16
- הֲוָא hava “to be” 14
- מִן־ min “from” 15
- קֳדָם qodam “before” 13
- אִיתַי itay “there is” 11
Key verses
The verses using la that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:34 — Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
- Daniel 2:35 — Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the…
- Daniel 2:44 — And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but…
- Daniel 3:15 — Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and…
- Daniel 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted…
- Daniel 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
- Daniel 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth:…
- Daniel 5:23 — But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy…
- Daniel 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was…
- Daniel 6:22 — My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before…
- Daniel 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his…
- Daniel 7:14 — And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion,…
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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.