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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)]
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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 4 / 12 (2Sa 9:7–1Ch 22:13)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:7 - And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:25 - Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:12 - And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:16 - And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:33 - Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:18 - Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:16 - Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:14 - And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:9 - Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:16 - And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:20 - Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:26 - Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:57 - The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:13 - And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:40 - And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:8 - And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:11 - And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:8 - And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:15 - And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:18 - And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:13 - And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:24 - Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:16 - And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none H408 go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:19 - Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:25 - And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:15 - But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 12:7 - Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:26 - Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:29 - Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:30 - Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:31 - Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:32 - Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:6 - And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:10 - Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:22 - Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:13 - And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:13 - Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.

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