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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 - Now be it known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be impaired.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - Now because we eat the salt of the palace and it is not fitting for us to witness the king's dishonor, therefore we send and inform the king,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We make known to the king that, if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, you will then have no possession in the province Beyond the River."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21 - Therefore make a decree that these men be made to cease, and that this city be not rebuilt, until a decree is made by me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5 - But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them till a report should reach Darius and then answer be returned by letter concerning it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16 - Then this Shesh-baz'zar came and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and from that time until now it has been in building, and it is not yet finished.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God; the cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - And whatever is needed--young bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require--let that be given to them day by day without fail,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:22 - up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred cors of wheat, a hundred baths of wine, a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - We also notify you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll upon any one of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 - "And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges who may judge all the people in the province Beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and those who do not know them, you shall teach.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - Whoever will not obey the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be strictly executed upon him, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of his goods or for imprisonment."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - Thus shall you say to them: "The gods who did not make the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:5 - The king answered the Chalde'ans, "The word from me is sure: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be laid in ruins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is but one sentence for you. You have agreed to speak lying and corrupt words before me till the times change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chalde'ans answered the king, "There is not a man on earth who can meet the king's demand; for no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chalde'an.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - The thing that the king asks is difficult, and none can show it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - and told them to seek mercy of the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish 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 the king, "No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery which the king has asked,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - But as for me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living has this mystery been revealed to me, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - As you looked, a stone was cut out by no human hand, and it smote the image on its feet of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces;

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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, all together were broken in pieces, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that not a trace of them could be 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 - As you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix 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 set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand for ever;

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - just as you saw that a stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made known to the king what shall be hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:6 - and whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:11 - and whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into a burning fiery furnace.

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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 affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego. These men, O king, pay no heed to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnez'zar said to them, "Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image which I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well and good; but if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace; and who is the god that will deliver you out of my hands?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego answered the king, "O Nebuchadnez'zar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18 - But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 - Then King Nebuchadnez'zar was astonished and rose up in haste. He said to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?" They answered the king, "True, O king."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He answered, "But I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; 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 - And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men; the hair of their heads was not singed, their mantles were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Nebuchadnez'zar said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set at nought the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and 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: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed'nego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins; for there is no 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 magicians, the enchanters, the Chalde'ans, and the astrologers came in; and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - "O Belteshaz'zar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is difficult for you, here is the dream which I saw; tell me its interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - This dream I, King Nebuchadnez'zar, saw. And you, O Belteshaz'zar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation, but you are able, for the spirit of the holy gods is in you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:30

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What doest thou?"

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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 to the king the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation; but they could not show the interpretation of the matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22 - And you his son, Belshaz'zar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are 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 presidents, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom; but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, and no error or fault was found in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - Then these men said, "We shall not find any ground for complaint against this Daniel unless we find it in connection with 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 interdict and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and the Persians, which cannot be revoked."

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