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Lexicon :: Strong's H3809 - lā'

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לָא
Transliteration
lā'
Pronunciation
law
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to לֹא (H3808)
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TWOT Reference: 2808

Strong’s Definitions

לָא lâʼ, law; (Aramaic) or לָה lâh; (Aramaic) (Daniel 4:32), corresponding to H3808:—or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), (can-) not, as nothing, without.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x

The KJV translates Strong's H3809 in the following manner: not (49x), no (9x), nor (9x), without (4x), neither (3x), none (3x), cannot (with H3202) (1x), ever (1x), never (with H5957) (1x), no (with H3606) (1x), nothing (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 82x
The KJV translates Strong's H3809 in the following manner: not (49x), no (9x), nor (9x), without (4x), neither (3x), none (3x), cannot (with H3202) (1x), ever (1x), never (with H5957) (1x), no (with H3606) (1x), nothing (1x).

  1. no, not, nothing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לָא lâʼ, law; (Aramaic) or לָה lâh; (Aramaic) (Daniel 4:32), corresponding to H3808:—or even, neither, no(-ne, -r), (can-) not, as nothing, without.
STRONGS H3809: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

לָא (לָה †Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35]) adverb not (Biblical Hebrew H3808 לא; Aramaic of Têma, Egyptian, etc., לא; Nerab ל (Lzb301 CookG1. 67); Targum לָא; Syriac bdb109801); — not Jeremiah 10:11; Daniel 2:5, 9, 10, etc.; before a participle (so rarely in Biblical Hebrew, 1b c), Daniel 2:27, 43; Daniel 3:16; Daniel 4:4 [Daniel 4:7]; Daniel 4:6 [Daniel 4:9]; Daniel 4:15 [Daniel 4:18] +, so Daniel 4:32 [Daniel 4:35] וְכָל־דָּאְרֵי אַרְעָא כְּלָה חֲשׁיבִין; are as men not accounted of (so Bev Behrm Marti, compare Isaiah 53:8 Targum בסירין ולא חשׁיבין; > most 'accounted as nothing,' for which no analogy, yet compare Psalm 39:6 Targum); followed by אִיתַי, see אִיתַי. With infinitive and לְ Daniel 6:9 דִּי לָא לִהַשְׁנָיָה which it is not to alter = which is not to be altered (compare Daniel 6:16), Ezra 6:8 (K§ 67, 1 Dr§ 202, 2.; compare Isaiah 35:6 Targum, DAramaic Dialektproben, p. 1). With interr. הֲלָא †Daniel 3:24; Daniel 4:27 [Daniel 4:30]; Daniel 6:13.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

6:8

Psalms

39:6

Isaiah

35:6; 53:8

Jeremiah

10:11

Daniel

2:5; 2:9; 2:10; 2:27; 2:43; 3:16; 3:24; 4:7; 4:9; 4:18; 4:30; 4:35; 4:35; 6:9; 6:13; 6:16

H3809

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3809 matches the Hebrew לָא (lā'),
which occurs 82 times in 60 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Ezr 4:13–Dan 6:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - Now then be it known to the king, that if that city be built up, and its walls completed, thou shalt have no tribute, neither will they pay anything, and this injures kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - And it is not lawful for us to see the dishonour of the king: therefore have we sent and made known the matter to the king;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We therefore declare to the king, that, if that city be built, and its walls be set up, thou shalt not have peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21 - Now therefore make a decree to stop the work of those men, and that city shall no more be built.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5 - But the eyes of God were upon the captivity of Juda, and they did not cause them to cease till the decree was brought to Darius; and then was sent by the tribute-gatherer concerning this

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16 - Then that Sabanazar came, and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem: and from that time even until now it has been building, and has not been finished.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - Also a decree has been made by me, if haply ye may do somewhat in concert with the elders of the Jews for the building of that house of God: to wit, out of the king's property, even the tributes beyond the river, let there be money to defray the expenses carefully granted to those men, so that they be not hindered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - And whatever need there may be, ye shall give both the young of bulls and rams, and lambs for whole-burnt-offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, oil:—let it be given them according to the word of the priests that are in Jerusalem, day by day whatsoever they shall ask;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:22 - to the amount of a hundred talents of silver, and a hundred measures of wheat, and a hundred baths of wine, and a hundred baths of oil, and salt without reckoning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - Also this has been declared to you, with respect to all the priests, and Levites, the singers, porters, Nathinim and ministers of the house of God, let no tribute be paid to thee; thou shalt not have power to oppress them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 - And thou, Esdras, as the wisdom of God is in thy hand, appoint scribes and judges, that they may judge for all the people beyond the river, all that know the law of the Lord thy God; and ye shall make it known to him that knows not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - And whosoever shall not do the law of God, and the law of the king readily, judgment shall be taken upon him, whether for death or for chastisement, or for a fine of his property, or casting into prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Thus shall ye say to them, Let the gods which have not made heaven and earth perish from off the earth, and from under this sky.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing has departed from me: if ye do not make known to me the dream and the interpretation, ye shall be destroyed, and your houses shall be spoiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - If then ye do not tell me the dream, I know that ye have concerted to utter before me a false and corrupt tale, until the time shall have past: tell me my dream, and I shall know that ye will also declare to me the interpretation thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is no man upon the earth, who shall be able to make known the king's matter: forasmuch as no great king or ruler asks such a question of an enchanter, magician, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - For the question which the king asks is difficult, and there is no one else who shall answer it before the king, but the gods, whose dwelling is not with any flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - And they sought mercies from the God of heaven concerning this mystery; that Daniel and his friends might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - And Daniel answered before the king, and said, The mystery which the king asks the explanation of is not in the power of the wise men, magicians, enchanters, or soothsayers to declare to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - Moreover, this mystery has not been revealed to me by reason of wisdom which is in me beyond all others living, but for the sake of making known the interpretation to the king, that thou mightest know the thoughts of thine heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - Thou sawest until a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it smote the image upon its feet of iron and earthenware, and utterly reduced them to powder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - Then once for all the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold, were ground to powder, and became as chaff from the summer threshingfloor; and the violence of the wind carried them away, and no place was found for them: and the stone which had smitten the image became a great mountain, and filled all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43 - Whereas thou sawest the iron mixed with earthenware, they shall be mingled with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave together, as the iron does not mix itself with earthenware.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - And in the days of those kings the God of heaven shall set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and his kingdom shall not be left to another people, but it shall beat to pieces and grind to powder all other kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - Whereas thou sawest that a stone was cut out of a mountain without hands, and it beat to pieces the earthenware, the iron, the brass, the silver, the gold; the great God has made known to the king what must happen hereafter: and the dream is true, and the interpretation thereof sure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:6 - And whosoever shall not fall down and worship, in the same hour he shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:11 - and shall not fall down and worship the golden image, shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - There are certain Jews whom thou hast appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who have not obeyed thy decree, O king: they serve not thy gods, and worship not the golden image which thou hast set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - And Nabuchodonosor answered and said to them, Is it true, Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, that ye serve not my gods, and worship not the golden image which I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now then if ye be ready, whensoever ye shall hear the sound of the trumpet, and pipe, and harp, and sackbut, and psaltery, and harmony, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the golden image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, in the same hour ye shall be cast into the burning fiery furnace; and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hand?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 - Then answered Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, and said to king Nabuchodonosor, We have no need to answer thee concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18 - But if not, be it known to thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the image which thou hast set up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 - (LXX 3:91) And Nabuchodonosor heard them singing praises; and he wondered, and rose up in haste, and said to his nobles, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? and they said to the king, Yes, O king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - (LXX 3:92) And the king said, But I see four men loose, and walking in the midst of the fire, and there has no harm happened to them; and the appearance of the fourth is like the Son of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - (LXX 3:94) Then were assembled the satraps, and captains, and heads of provinces, and the royal princes; and they saw the men, and perceived that the fire had not had power against their bodies, and the hair of their head was not burnt, and their coats were not scorched, nor was the smell of fire upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - (LXX 3:95) And king Nabuchodonosor answered and said, Blessed be the God of Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants, because they trusted in him; and they have changed the king's word, and delivered their bodies to be burnt, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - (LXX 3:96) Wherefore I publish a decree: Every people, tribe, or language, that shall speak reproachfully against the God of Sedrach, Misach, and Abdenago, shall be destroyed, and their houses shall be plundered: because there is no other God who shall be able to deliver thus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - So the enchanters, magicians, soothsayers, and Chaldeans came in: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - O Baltasar, chief of the enchanters, of whom I know that the Holy Spirit of God is in thee, and no mystery is too hard for thee, hear the vision of my dream which I had, and tell me the interpretation of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - This is the vision which I king Nabuchodonosor saw: and do thou, Baltasar, declare the interpretation, for none of the wise men of my kingdom are able to shew me the interpretation of it: but thou, Daniel, art able; for the Holy Spirit of God is in thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - the king answered and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for a royal residence, by the might of my power, for the honour of my glory?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and there is none who shall withstand his power, and say to him, What hast thou done?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8 - Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known the interpretation to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - And now the wise men, magicians, and soothsayers have come in before me, to read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation: but they could not tell it me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22 - And thou accordingly, his son, O Baltasar, hast not humbled thine heart before God: knowest thou not all this?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - And thou hast been exalted against the Lord God of heaven; and they have brought before thee the vessels of his house, and thou, and thy nobles, and thy mistresses, and thy concubines, have drunk wine out of them; and thou hast praised the gods of gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and wood, and stone, which see not, and which hear not, and know not: and the God in whose hand are thy breath and all thy ways hast thou not glorified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - (LXX 6:3) and over them three governors, of whom one was Daniel; for the satraps to give account to them, that the king should not be troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - (LXX 6:5) Then the governors and satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel; but they found against him no occasion, nor trespass, nor error, because he was faithful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - (LXX 6:6) And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - (LXX 6:9) Now then, O king, establish the decree, and publish a writ, that the decree of the Persians and Medes be not changed.

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