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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 69 times in 47 verses in 'Dan' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be [fn]torn limb from limb, and your houses will be made a rubbish heap.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one law for you. Indeed, you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt [fn]words before me until the time is changed; therefore say the dream to me, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered [fn]the king and said, “There is not a man on earth who is able to declare the matter [fn]for the king, inasmuch as no H3809 great king or powerful ruler has ever asked about a matter like this of any [fn]magician, conjurer, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - “Moreover, the matter which the king asks is [fn]difficult, and there is no H3809 one else who could declare it [fn]to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - so that they might seek compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:27 - Daniel answered before the king and said, “As for the mystery about which the king is asking, neither H3809 wise men, conjurers, [fn]magicians, nor diviners are able to declare it to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - “But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me by any wisdom which is in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - “You [fn]continued looking until a stone was cut out without H3809 hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were crushed [fn]all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43 - “And in that you saw the iron mixed with [fn]common clay; they will combine with one another [fn]in the seed of men; but they will not cling to one another, even as iron does not combine with clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will cause a kingdom to rise up which will never H3809 be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be [fn]left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself stand forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - “Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without H3809 hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will happen [fn]in the future; so the dream is certain, and its interpretation is trustworthy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:6 - “But whoever does not fall down and worship shall [fn]immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:11 - “But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - “There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, do not H3809 pay attention to you; they do not serve your gods and do not worship the golden image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, that you are not serving my gods and do not worship the golden image that I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - “Now if you are ready, at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, [fn]lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe and all kinds of music, then you shall fall down and worship the image that I have made. But if you do not worship, you will [fn]immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can save you out of my hands?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 -

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to respond to you with an answer concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18 - “But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods, and we will not worship the golden image that you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 -

Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and hurriedly stood up; he answered and said to his high officials, “Was it not three men we cast tied up into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “Certainly, O king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He answered and said, “Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire [fn]without H3809 harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - Then the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the fire had no H3809 power over [fn]the bodies of these men, nor H3809 was the hair of their head singed, nor H3809 were their [fn]trousers [fn]damaged, nor H3809 had the smell of fire even come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 -

Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and saved His servants who put their trust in Him, [fn]violating the king’s word, and gave up their bodies so as not to serve and not to worship any god except their own God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or tongue that says anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no H3809 other god who is able to deliver in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - “Then the [fn]magicians, the conjurers, the [fn]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I said the dream [fn]to them, but they could not make its interpretation known to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - ‘O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, since I know that a spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no H3809 mystery is difficult for you, say to me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 -

‘This is the dream which I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, say to me its interpretation, inasmuch as none H3809 of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:30 - “The king answered and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal house by the strength of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 -

“And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing H3809,

But He does according to His will in the host of heaven

And among the inhabitants of earth;

And no H3809 one can strike against His hand

Or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8 - Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known its interpretation to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - “Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this writing and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the [fn]message.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22 - “Yet you, his [fn]son, Belshazzar, have not made your heart lowly, [fn]even though you knew all this,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have raised yourself up against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear, or know. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not honored.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the commissioners and satraps began seeking to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to matters of the kingdom; but they were not able to find any H3809 ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no H3809 negligence or corruption was to be found in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the law of his God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - “Now, O king, establish the injunction and [fn]sign the written document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [fn]may not be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they came near and said before the king concerning the king’s injunction, “Did you not sign an injunction that any man who seeks to make a petition [fn]to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions’ den?” The king answered and said, “The word is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [fn]may not be revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the [fn]exiles from Judah, pays no H3809 attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps seeking to make his petition three times a day.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then these men came [fn]by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no H3809 injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - And a stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles so that nothing H3809 would be changed in regard to Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no H3809 entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - “My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as [fn]I was found innocent before Him; and also [fn]toward you, O king, I have done no H3809 harm.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - Then the king was greatly pleased and said for Daniel to be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no H3809 harm whatsoever was found on him because he had believed in his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - The king then said the word, and they brought those men who had [fn]brought charges against Daniel, and they cast them, their children, and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “[fn]I make a decree that in all the [fn]dominion of my kingdom, men are to fear and be in dread before the God of Daniel;

For He is the living God and enduring forever,

And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,

And His [fn]dominion will be unto the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 -

“And to Him was given [fn]dominion,

Glory, and a kingdom,

That all the peoples, nations, and men of every tongue

Might serve Him.

His [fn]dominion is an everlasting [fn]dominion

Which will not be taken away;

And His kingdom is one

Which will not be destroyed.

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