Strong’s H3809 · Hebrew

לָא
lâʼ
law

Definition

{not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no;}

Etymology

(Aramaic) or לָה; (Aramaic) (Daniel 4:32), corresponding to H3808 (לֹא)

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • or even
  • neither
  • no(-ne
  • -r)
  • (can-) not
  • as nothing
  • without

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.