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H3808 · לֹא

lôʼ

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Strong’s definition

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

KJV gloss list in the source

[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.

Source pronunciation notation: lo

Derivation recorded by Strong

or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;

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