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אַל (al) means “not” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

אַל Hebrew · H408 724 tagged occurrences in 570 verses

Pronunciation guide: al Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H0408

אַל · al · not

1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive) Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a negative particle (akin to H3808 (לֹא)); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

KJV glosses: nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

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How translators render H408

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
do not 400
and do not 41
not 26
no 24
be not 11
but do not 11
or 11
nor 10
never 8
and not 7
let no 6
do not let 5
let me not 5
let not 5
and never 4
must not 4
should not 4
vvv 4
you must not 4
he will not 3
let them not 3
no one 3
but never 2
cannot 2
do no 2
it is not 2
let me never 2
let no one 2
may it not 2
without 2
and allow no 1
and do not let them 1
and if you no 1
and let me not 1
and need not 1
and pay no 1
and refuse 1
and will not 1
and you must not 1
are not 1
avoid 1
away 1
but you should not 1
do not let me 1
does not 1
dont 1
i cannot 1
instead of 1
it never 1
let him not 1
let nothing 1
let there be no one 1
may he never 1
may it never 1
may no 1
may they not 1
neither 1
no more 1
nor should you 1
nothing back 1
overlook 1
pay no 1
place no 1
put not 1
shall never 1
shall take no 1
she must not 1
should pay no 1
show no 1
so do not 1
so that we will not 1
stop 1
than 1
then do not 1
there is no need 1
they do not 1
they must not 1
to 1
to no 1
to nothing 1
we should not 1
will no 1
will not 1
yet do not 1
you need not 1
you not 1
you should not 1
you will no 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
let me never 2
let none 1
no 1
nor 1
not 1
nothing 1
nothing worth 1
rather than 1
unto them nay 1
whither 1
with thee neither 1

Verses containing H408

Page 2 of 12. 570 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Exodus 34:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

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  2. Exodus 36:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,

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  3. Leviticus 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

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  4. Leviticus 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.

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  5. Leviticus 11:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

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  6. Leviticus 16:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

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  7. Leviticus 18:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

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  8. Leviticus 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God.

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  9. Leviticus 19:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You must not defile your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will be prostituted and filled with depravity.

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  10. Leviticus 19:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

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  11. Leviticus 25:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you make a sale to your neighbor or a purchase from him, you must not take advantage of each other.

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  12. Leviticus 25:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not take any interest or profit from him, but fear your God, that your countryman may live among you.

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  13. Numbers 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.

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  14. Numbers 10:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Please do not leave us,” Moses said, “since you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you can serve as our eyes.

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  15. Numbers 11:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”

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  16. Numbers 12:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and said to Moses, “My lord, please do not hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.

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  17. Numbers 12:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Please do not let her be like a stillborn infant whose flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”

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  18. Numbers 14:9 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”

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  19. Numbers 14:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.

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  20. Numbers 16:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not regard their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them or mistreated a single one of them.”

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  21. Numbers 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And he warned the congregation, “Move away now from the tents of these wicked men. Do not touch anything that belongs to them, or you will be swept away because of all their sins.”

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  22. Numbers 21:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the LORD said to Moses, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

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  23. Numbers 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,

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  24. Numbers 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

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  25. Deuteronomy 1:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

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  26. Deuteronomy 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.

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  27. Deuteronomy 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

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  28. Deuteronomy 2:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”

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  29. Deuteronomy 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”

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  30. Deuteronomy 3:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

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  31. Deuteronomy 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

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  32. Deuteronomy 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.

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  33. Deuteronomy 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

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  34. Deuteronomy 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

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  35. Deuteronomy 20:3 · BSB · 4 occurrences

    saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.

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  36. Deuteronomy 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

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  37. Deuteronomy 31:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid or terrified of them, for it is the LORD your God who goes with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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  38. Deuteronomy 33:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let Reuben live and not die, nor his men be few.”

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  39. Joshua 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

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  40. Joshua 1:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”

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  41. Joshua 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But keep a distance of about two thousand cubits between yourselves and the ark. Do not go near it, so that you can see the way to go, since you have never traveled this way before.”

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  42. Joshua 7:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”

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  43. Joshua 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

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  44. Joshua 8:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

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  45. Joshua 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

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  46. Joshua 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

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  47. Joshua 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”

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  48. Joshua 10:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But you, do not stop there. Pursue your enemies and attack them from behind. Do not let them reach their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand.”

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  49. Joshua 10:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    “Do not be afraid or discouraged,” Joshua said. “Be strong and courageous, for the LORD will do this to all the enemies you fight.”

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  50. Joshua 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for by this time tomorrow I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You are to hamstring their horses and burn up their chariots.”

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