lo H3808

לֹא (lo) means “not” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

לֹא Hebrew · H3808 5,169 tagged occurrences in 3,951 verses

Pronunciation guide: lo Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H3808

לֹא · lo · not

1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

KJV glosses: [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.

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How translators render H3808

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
no	299
not	246
will not	159
do not	141
you must not	123
did not	121
or	114
i will not	81
is not	80
nor	74
vvv	74
does not	70
without	70
and not	63
you will not	58
nothing	53
has not	49
cannot	47
never	46
i have not	40
but not	38
he did not	38
he will not	38
they did not	37
you are not	37
and did not	35
you shall not	33
will never	32
you do not	32
no one	31
and no	30
have not	30
he does not	30
i did not	30
are not	29
had not	28
they do not	28
you did not	28
they will not	26
i do not	25
you have not	25
would not	24
it is not	23
must not	23
he must not	22
none	22
we will not	22
and do not	21
was not	21
i cannot	20
neither	19
were not	19
but they did not	17
do you not	17
have you not	17
and have not	16
and never	16
and does not	15
they have not	15
you will never	14
failed	13
it will not	13
they cannot	13
will no	13
and will not	11
but do not	11
they must not	11
you cannot	11
and he would not	10
and would not	10
but cannot	10
but he did not	10
could not	10
he cannot	10
he is not	10
i will never	10
may not	10
should i not	10
did you not	9
i will no	9
is it not	9
we cannot	9
and i will not	8
and you must not	8
but no	8
but you must not	8
he has not	8
he will never	8
i would not	8
that is not	8
they could not	8
they had not	8
we do not	8
will no longer	8
you will no	8
and	7
before	7
but did not	7
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had no	7
have never	7
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nor will	7
so that no	7
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and cannot	6
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have i not	6
he could not	6
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lest	6
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with no	6
am not	5
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didnt	5
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not one	5
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they have no	5
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and failed	4
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or else	4
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havent	3
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no longer	3
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arent	1
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beyond	1
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many	1
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more	1
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o shameful	1
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what is not his	1
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which i have not yet	1
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will you never	1
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you	1
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you fail	1
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you have neither	1
you must never	1
you must not dishonor	1
you must not leave	1
you must show no pity	1
you no longer	1
you shall have no	1
you shall no	1
you who have never	1
you will no longer	1
yourselves	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
not	7
no	6
without	4
except	3
before	2
ere	2
had not	2
nay	2
none	2
such as there was none	2
against an ungodly	1
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and hast not	1
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by	1
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for want	1
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like it nor	1
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me neither	1
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neither	1
now therefore let not	1
of a truth	1
of nought	1
or ever	1
out	1
seeing thou hast not	1
shall never	1
than i neither	1
they shall never	1
unaccustomed	1
unto them we cannot	1
upon him at unawares	1
upon which never	1
verily	1
was without	1
were but	1
which shall be	1
who will not	1
you or else	1

Verses containing H3808

Page 30 of 80. 3951 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

2 Samuel 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Uriah slept at the door of the palace with all his master’s servants; he did not go down to his house.
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2 Samuel 11:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences
And David was told, “Uriah did not go home.” “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey?” David asked Uriah. “Why didn’t you go home?”
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2 Samuel 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.
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2 Samuel 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
if the king’s anger flares, he may ask you, ‘Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Did you not realize they would shoot from atop the wall?
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2 Samuel 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who struck Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth? Was it not a woman who dropped an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?’ If he asks you this, then you are to say, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead as well.’”
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2 Samuel 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
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2 Samuel 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’
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2 Samuel 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the LORD.” “The LORD has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.
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2 Samuel 12:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.
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2 Samuel 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the seventh day the child died. But David’s servants were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, “Look, while the child was alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to us. So how can we tell him the child is dead? He may even harm himself.”
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2 Samuel 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
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2 Samuel 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he asked Amnon, “Why are you, the son of the king, so depressed morning after morning? Won’t you tell me?” Amnon replied, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
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2 Samuel 13:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not violate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
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2 Samuel 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
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2 Samuel 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
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2 Samuel 13:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“No,” she replied, “sending me away is worse than this great wrong you have already done to me!” But he refused to listen to her.
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2 Samuel 13:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for violating his sister Tamar.
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2 Samuel 13:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing.
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2 Samuel 13:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If not,” said Absalom, “please let my brother Amnon go with us.” “Why should he go with you?” the king asked.
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2 Samuel 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Absalom had ordered his young men, “Watch Amnon until his heart is merry with wine, and when I order you to strike Amnon down, you are to kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant!”
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2 Samuel 13:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were on the way, a report reached David: “Absalom has struck down all the sons of the king; not one of them is left!”
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2 Samuel 14:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If anyone speaks to you,” said the king, “bring him to me, and he will not trouble you again!”
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2 Samuel 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please,” she replied, “may the king invoke the LORD your God to prevent the avenger of blood from increasing the devastation, so that my son may not be destroyed!” “As surely as the LORD lives,” he vowed, “not a hair of your son’s head will fall to the ground.”
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2 Samuel 14:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For we will surely die and be like water poured out on the ground, which cannot be recovered. Yet God does not take away a life, but He devises ways that the banished one may not be cast out from Him.
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2 Samuel 14:24 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But the king added, “He may return to his house, but he must not see my face.” So Absalom returned to his own house, but he did not see the face of the king.
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2 Samuel 14:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now there was not a man in all Israel as handsome and highly praised as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the top of his head, he did not have a single flaw.
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2 Samuel 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Absalom lived in Jerusalem two years without seeing the face of the king.
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2 Samuel 14:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then he sent for Joab to send him to the king, but Joab refused to come to him. So Absalom sent a second time, but Joab still would not come.
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2 Samuel 15:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Two hundred men from Jerusalem accompanied Absalom. They had been invited as guests and they went along innocently, for they knew nothing about the matter.
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2 Samuel 15:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said to all the servants with him in Jerusalem, “Arise and let us flee, or we will not escape from Absalom! We must leave quickly, or he will soon overtake us, heap disaster on us, and put the city to the sword.”
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2 Samuel 15:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”
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2 Samuel 15:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you? Report to them everything you hear from the king’s palace.
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2 Samuel 16:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”
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2 Samuel 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by this people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.
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2 Samuel 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
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2 Samuel 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”
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2 Samuel 17:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.
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2 Samuel 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then we will attack David wherever we find him, and we will descend on him like dew on the ground. And of all the men with him, not even one will remain.
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2 Samuel 17:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found there.”
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2 Samuel 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, where a servant girl would come and pass along information to them. They in turn would go and inform King David, for they dared not be seen entering the city.
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2 Samuel 17:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the man’s wife took a covering, spread it over the mouth of the well, and scattered grain over it so nobody would know a thing.
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2 Samuel 17:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 17:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So David and all the people with him got up and crossed the Jordan. By daybreak, there was no one left who had not crossed the Jordan.
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2 Samuel 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
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2 Samuel 18:3 · BSB · 3 occurrences
But the people pleaded, “You must not go out! For if we have to flee, they will not care about us. Even if half of us die, they will not care. But you are worth ten thousand of us. It is better now if you support us from the city.”
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2 Samuel 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You just saw him!” Joab exclaimed. “Why did you not strike him to the ground right there? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a warrior’s belt!”
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2 Samuel 18:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’
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2 Samuel 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”
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2 Samuel 18:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree.
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2 Samuel 18:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
But Joab replied, “You are not the man to take good news today. You may do it another day, but you must not do so today, because the king’s son is dead.”
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