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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 Box Ezr 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:13 - Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury will suffer loss.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:14 - In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We therefore are informing the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, you will not retain control of this portion of Trans-Euphrates."

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:21 - Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:5 - But God was watching over the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped until a report could be dispatched to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:16 - Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:8 - "I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 6:9 - Whatever is needed - whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by the priests who are in Jerusalem - must be given to them daily without any neglect,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:22 - up to 100 talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of olive oil, and unlimited salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:24 - Furthermore, be aware of the fact that you have no authority to impose tax, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or the attendants at the temple of this God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:25 - "Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 7:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 7:26 - Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:11 - You people of Israel should tell those nations this: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear 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 replied to the wise men, "My decision is firm. If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered and your homes reduced to rubble!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:9 - If you don't inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence that you can disclose its interpretation."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The wise men replied to the king, "There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king's secret, for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods - but they don't live among mortals!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:18 - He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and his friends would not be destroyed along 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 replied to the king, "The mystery that the king is asking about is such that no wise men, astrologers, magicians, or diviners can possibly disclose it to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom than any other living person, but so that the king may understand the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:34 - You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:35 - Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:43

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:43 - And in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed with one another without adhering to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:44

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:44 - In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:45

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:45 - You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:6 - Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:11 - And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - and these men have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don't serve your gods and they don't pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't serve my gods and that you don't pay homage to the golden statue that I erected?

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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, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don't pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:16 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, "We do not need to give you a reply concerning this.

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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 don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:24 - Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, "Wasn't it three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?" They replied to the king, "For sure, O king."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He answered, "But I see four men, untied and walking around in the midst of the fire! No harm has come to them! And the appearance of the fourth is like that of a god!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:27 - Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically unharmed by the fire. The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:28 - Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:7 - When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:9 - saying, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:18 - "This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, for none of the wise men in my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, 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 uttered these words: "Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8 - So all the king's wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its interpretation to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - Now the wise men and astrologers were brought before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they were unable to disclose the interpretation of the message.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22 - "But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone - gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways!

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable to them, so that the king's interests might not incur damage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - So these men concluded, "We won't find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - Now let the king issue a written interdict so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.

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