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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 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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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they came near and said before the king, concerning the interdict, "O king! Did you not sign an interdict, that any man who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?" The king answered, "The thing stands fast, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be revoked."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they answered before the king, "That Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no heed to you, O king, or the interdict you have signed, but makes 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 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 interdict or ordinance which the king establishes can be changed."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king went to his palace, and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and 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 hurt me, because I was found blameless before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no wrong."

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that Daniel be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions--they, their children, and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - I make a decree, that in all my royal dominion men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God, enduring for ever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 7:14 - And to him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
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