Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H408: אַל

ʼal · pronounced al · “not”

Definition

not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

KJV translates it as: nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.

Word origin: a negative particle (akin to H3808 (לֹא));

Extended definition

1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference)
1a) do not, let not (with a verb)
1b) let there not be (with a verb understood)
1c) not, no (with substantive)
1d) nothing (as substantive)
Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H408 is translated

  • may not ×696
  • may not it be ×9
  • do not ×5
  • may you not ×3
  • let not ×2
  • may we not ×1
  • may not it be so ×1
  • nothing ×1
  • may not it incline ×1
  • may not you take ×1
  • may not it be to ×1
  • may not he meet ×1

Bible verses with H408 (ʼal)

ʼal appears in 570 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

  • Genesis 13:8

    And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.

  • Genesis 15:1

    After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

  • Genesis 18:3

    And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

  • Genesis 18:30

    And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

  • Genesis 18:32

    And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.

  • Genesis 19:7

    And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

  • Genesis 19:8

    Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

  • Genesis 19:17

    And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

  • Genesis 19:18

    And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

  • Genesis 21:12

    And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

  • Genesis 21:16

    And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.

  • Genesis 21:17

    And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.

  • Genesis 22:12

    And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

  • Genesis 24:56

    And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.

  • Genesis 26:2

    And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

  • Genesis 26:24

    And the Lord appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham’s sake.

  • Genesis 31:35

    And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

  • Genesis 33:10

    And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

  • Genesis 35:17

    And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also.

  • Genesis 37:22

    And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

  • Genesis 37:27

    Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.

  • Genesis 42:22

    And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

  • Genesis 43:23

    And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

  • Genesis 44:18

    Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

  • Genesis 45:5

    Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.

All 570 references (first 400)

Words derived from H408