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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 88 times in 67 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Jer 1:7–Jer 39:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:7 - But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a youth'; for to all to whom I send you you shall go, and whatever I command you you shall speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:8 - Be not afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - But you, gird up your loins; arise, and say to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed by them, lest I dismay you before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem: "Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - "Go up through her vine-rows and destroy, but make not a full end; strip away her branches, for they are not the LORD's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25 - Go not forth into the field, nor walk on the road; for the enemy has a sword, terror is on every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4 - Do not trust in these deceptive words: 'This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - if you do not oppress the alien, the fatherless or the widow, or shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not go after other gods to your own hurt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16 - "As for you, do not pray for this people, or lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with me, for I do not hear you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - Let every one beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother; for every brother is a supplanter, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23 - Thus says the LORD: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - Thus says the LORD: "Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 - Their idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, and they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Be not afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it in them to do good."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Correct me, O LORD, but in just measure; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14 - "Therefore do not pray for this people, or lift up a cry or prayer on their behalf, for I will not listen when they call to me in the time of their trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 - For even your brothers and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; believe them not, though they speak fair words to you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15 - Hear and give ear; be not proud, for the LORD has spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - Why shouldst thou be like a man confused, like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:11 - The LORD said to me: "Do not pray for the welfare of this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - "You shall say to them this word: 'Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people is smitten with a great wound, with a very grievous blow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21 - Do not spurn us, for thy name's sake; do not dishonor thy glorious throne; remember and do not break thy covenant with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:15 - O LORD, thou knowest; remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In thy forbearance take me not away; know that for thy sake I bear reproach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - "For thus says the LORD: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament, or bemoan them; for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the LORD, my steadfast love and mercy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:17 - Be not a terror to me; thou art my refuge in the day of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed; bring upon them the day of evil; destroy them with double destruction!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - Thus says the LORD: Take heed for the sake of your lives, and do not bear a burden on the sabbath day or bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - Then they said, "Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not heed any of his words."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - Yet, thou, O LORD, knowest all their plotting to slay me. Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from thy sight. Let them be overthrown before thee; deal with them in the time of thine anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:14 - Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me, let it not be blessed!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:10 - Weep not for him who is dead, nor bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he shall return no more to see his native land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes; they speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, or provoke me to anger with the work of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - "Thus says the LORD: Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak to all the cities of Judah which come to worship in the house of the LORD all the words that I command you to speak to them; do not hold back a word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - So do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who are saying to you, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:14 - Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are saying to you, 'You shall not serve the king of Babylon,' for it is a lie which they are prophesying to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:16 - Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says the LORD: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, 'Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house will now shortly be brought back from Babylon,' for it is a lie which they are prophesying to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:17 - Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon and live. Why should this city become a desolation?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:6 - Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 29:8 - For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:10 - "Then fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD, nor be dismayed, O Israel; for lo, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob shall return and have quiet and ease, and none shall make him afraid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 35:15 - I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them persistently, saying, 'Turn now every one of you from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall dwell in the land which I gave to you and your fathers.' But you did not incline your ear or listen to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:19 - Then the princes said to Baruch, "Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9 - Thus says the LORD, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chalde'ans will surely stay away from us," for they will not stay away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:20 - Now hear, I pray you, O my lord the king: let my humble plea come before you, and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:14 - King Zedeki'ah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the LORD. The king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:24 - Then Zedeki'ah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words and you shall not die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 38:25 - If the princes hear that I have spoken with you and come to you and say to you, 'Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; hide nothing from us and we will not put you to death,'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:12 - "Take him, look after him well and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you."

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