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Lexicon :: Strong's H408 - 'al

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אַל
Transliteration
'al
Pronunciation
al
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Part of Speech
adverb of negation
Root Word (Etymology)
A negative particle [akin to לֹא (H3808)]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 90

Strong’s Definitions

אַל ʼal, al; a negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing:—nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's H408 in the following manner: never (2x), nay (1x), neither (1x), no (1x), none (1x), nor (1x), not (1x), nothing (1x), rather than (1x), whither (1x), nothing worth (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's H408 in the following manner: never (2x), nay (1x), neither (1x), no (1x), none (1x), nor (1x), not (1x), nothing (1x), rather than (1x), whither (1x), nothing worth (1x).

  1. not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)

    1. do not, let not (with a verb)

    2. let there not be (with a verb understood)

    3. not, no (with substantive)

    4. nothing (as substantive)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַל ʼal, al; a negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing:—nay, neither, + never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
STRONGS H408: Abbreviations
II. אַל adverb of negation (so Phoenician e.g. CISi.3,4.5.8, Biblical Aramaic H409, Sabean (DHMZMG 1875, 596), and in the Ethiopic አልቦ፡ albo, is not), denying however, not objectively as a fact (like לֹא οὐ), but subjectively as a wish (like μή), expressing therefore a deprecation or prohibition:
a.
(a) with a verb, which is then always an imperfect (never an imperative), by preference in the cohortative or jussive mood, where this is in use, and may be of any person or number; Genesis 15:1 and often אַל־תִּירָא fear not! Genesis 22:12 יָֽדְךָ אַל־תִּשְׁלַח put not forth thy hand, Genesis 37:27 וְיָדֵנוּ אַל־תְּהִי־בוֺ and let not our hand be upon him, Genesis 21:16 אַל־אֶרְאֶה let me not look upon the death of the lad! Psalm 25:2 אַל־אֵבוֺשָׁה let me not be ashamed; with1st person plural (rare) 2 Samuel 13:25; Jeremiah 18:18; Jonah 1:14. In an imprecation: Genesis 49:4 אַל־תּוֺתַר have not thou the excellency! Psalm 109:12; Job 3:4, 6. Sometimes strengthened by נָא : Genesis 13:8; Genesis 18:3 and elsewhere.
(b) without a verb,
(α) 2 Samuel 1:21 let (there be) not dew & not rain upon you! Isaiah 62:6; Psalm 83:1.
(β) used absolutely, in deprecation Genesis 19:18; 2 Samuel 13:16 (see below אוֺדָה) 2 Kings 3:13; 2 Kings 4:16; 2 Kings 6:27 (see RVm: but possibly to be explained by Dr§ 152 iii; so Th Ke: hardly as Ew§ 355 b) Ruth 1:13 אַל בְּנֹתַי Nay, my daughters, compare Judges 19:23;
(γ) after a preceding imperative Amos 5:14; Joel 2:13; Proverbs 8:10, a jussive Proverbs 27:2, an infinitive absolute Proverbs 27:2.
(c) in poetry אַל sometimes expresses vividly the emotion or sympathy of the poet (see Dr§ 56-8); Isaiah 2:9 וְאַל־תִּשָּׂא לָהֶם and forgive them not! (with a touch of passion), Psalm 41:3; Proverbs 3:25; Job 5:22; Psalm 34:6 (but Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Ew Che here read וּפְנֵיכֶם, probably rightly); Psalm 50:3a may our God come וְאַל־ יֶ֫חֱשָרשׁ and not be silent! (the psalmist identifying himself with a spectator of the scene Psalm 50:2, Psalm 50:3b Psalm 50:3c) Psalm 121:3 (contrast Psalm 121:4 לֹא) Jeremiah 46:6 +.
b. once Proverbs 12:28 joined closely to a substantive (compare לֹא 2 b) to express with emphasis its negation: In the way of righteousness is life, and in the pathway therecf אַל־מָוֶת there is no-death! i.e. immortality.
c. once Job 24:25 used in poetry as a substantive, And bring my words לְאַל to nought! — N.B. 1 Samuel 27:10 הַיּוֺם אַל־פְּשַׁטְתֶּם אַל with the perfect is against all analogy; and either אֶל־מִי (with Greek Version of the LXX. Vulgate), or better אָן whither? (with Syriac Version Targum : see 1 Samuel 10:14) must be read.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:8; 15:1; 18:3; 19:18; 21:16; 22:12; 37:27; 49:4

Judges

19:23

Ruth

1:13

1 Samuel

10:14; 27:10

2 Samuel

1:21; 13:16; 13:25

2 Kings

3:13; 4:16; 6:27

Job

3:4; 3:6; 5:22; 24:25

Psalms

25:2; 34:6; 41:3; 50:2; 50:3; 50:3; 50:3; 83:1; 109:12; 121:3; 121:4

Proverbs

3:25; 8:10; 12:28; 27:2; 27:2

Isaiah

2:9; 62:6

Jeremiah

18:18; 46:6

Joel

2:13

Amos

5:14

Jonah

1:14

H408

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Strong's Number H408 matches the Hebrew אַל ('al),
which occurs 725 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 12 (1Ch 28:20–Psa 4:4)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:20 - And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:42 - O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:12 - And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:11 - And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:7 - Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:7 - And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:15 - And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:17 - Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:6 - But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:7 - But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11 - My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:7 - And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:7 - Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:15 - Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:21 - But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:5 - And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:14 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:9 - And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:10 - Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:11 - So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:32 - Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:14 - Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:13 - Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:10 - Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:4 - Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:6 - As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:7 - Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:9 - Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 - At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 - Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:34 - Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 10:2 - I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:14 - If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:20 - Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 13:21 - Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:18 - O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:17 - He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:25 - And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? H408

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21 - Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:18 - Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:20 - Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:8 - Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:4 - Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

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