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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 90 times in 74 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Pro 1:8–Pro 23:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:8 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:10 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:15 - My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:1 - My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:3 - Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:5 - Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7 - Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:11 - My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:21 - My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:25 - Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:27 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:28 - Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:29 - Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:31 - Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:2 - For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:5 - Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:6 - Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:13 - Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:14 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:15 - Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:21 - Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:27 - Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:7 - Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 5:8 - Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:4 - Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:20 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:25 - Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 7:25 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:10 - Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:33 - Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:28 - In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:12 - Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than H408 a fool in his folly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:18 - Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:13 - Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:22 - Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:24 - Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:26 - Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:28 - Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:3 - Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:6 - Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:9 - Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:10 - Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:13 - Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:17 - Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:20 - Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:22 - Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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