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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 45 times in 36 verses in 'Isa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9 - He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - Tell him, 'Make sure you stay calm! Don't be afraid! Don't be intimidated by these two stubs of smoking logs, or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - So here is what the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, says: "My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - "Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 - So I say: "Don't look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don't try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the sovereign master, the LORD who commands armies, against the entire land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:4 - Tell those who panic, "Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:11 - Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14 - This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15 - Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the LORD by saying, "The LORD will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - Don't listen to Hezekiah!' For this is what the king of Assyria says, 'Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master this: 'This is what the LORD says: "Don't be afraid because of the things you have heard - these insults the king of Assyria's servants have hurled against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - "Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: 'Don't let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria."

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:10 - Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you - yes, I help you - yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:13 - For I am the LORD your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, 'Don't be afraid, I am helping you.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Don't be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you," says the LORD, your protector, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5 - Don't be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - I will say to the north, 'Hand them over!' and to the south, 'Don't hold any back!' Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:18 - "Don't remember these earlier events; don't recall these former events.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - This is what the LORD, the one who made you, says - the one who formed you in the womb and helps you: "Don't be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - Don't panic! Don't be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:7 - Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don't be afraid of the insults of men; don't be discouraged because of their abuse!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11 - Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don't touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the LORD's holy items!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - Don't be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don't be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - No foreigner who becomes a follower of the LORD should say, 'The LORD will certainly exclude me from his people.' The eunuch should not say, 'Look, I am like a dried-up tree.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1 - "Shout loudly! Don't be quiet! Yell as loud as a trumpet! Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; confront Jacob's family with their sin!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 - I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don't be silent!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:7 - Don't allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:9 - LORD, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 - They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8 - This is what the LORD says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants - I will not destroy everyone.
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