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Lexicon :: Strong's H408 - 'al

Aa
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 725 times in 572 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 10 / 12 (Isa 43:6–Jer 26:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not H408 back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:18 - Remember ye not H408 the former things, neither H408 consider the things of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:2 - Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, H408 O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:8 - Fear ye not, H408 neither H408 be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:7 - Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not H408 the reproach of men, neither H408 be ye afraid of their revilings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:11 - Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no H408 unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, H408 lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:4 - Fear not; H408 for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither H408 be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 56:3 - Neither H408 let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither H408 let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1 - Cry aloud, spare not, H408 lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:6 - I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not H408 silence,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:7 - And H408 give him no H408 rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 64:9 - Be not H408 wroth very sore, O LORD, neither H408 remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:5 - Which say, Stand by thyself, come not H408 near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:8 - Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; H408 for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:7 - But the LORD said unto me, Say not, H408 I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:8 - Be not H408 afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:17 - Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not H408 dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:3 - For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and H408 sow not H408 among thorns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: H408 for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:10 - Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not H408 a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:25 - Go not H408 forth into the field, nor H408 walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:4 - Trust ye not H408 in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:6 - If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not H408 innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:16 - Therefore pray not H408 thou for this people, neither H408 lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither H408 make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:4 - Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not H408 in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23 - Thus saith the LORD, Let not H408 the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither H408 let the mighty man glory in his might, let not H408 the rich man glory in his riches:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:2 - Thus saith the LORD, Learn not H408 the way of the heathen, and be not H408 dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:5 - They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not H408 afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not H408 in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:14 - Therefore pray not H408 thou for this people, neither H408 lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:6 - For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, H408 though they speak fair words unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:15 - Hear ye, and give ear; be not H408 proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. H408

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:11 - Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not H408 for this people for their good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:17 - Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and H408 let them not H408 cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:21 - Do not H408 abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not H408 disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not H408 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 revenge me of my persecutors; take me not H408 away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:5 - For thus saith the LORD, Enter not H408 into the house of mourning, neither H408 go to lament nor H408 bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:17 - Be not H408 a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:18 - Let them be confounded that persecute me, but H408 let not H408 me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but H408 let not H408 me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:21 - Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and H408 bear no H408 burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:18 - Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and H408 let us not H408 give heed to any of his words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:23 - Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not H408 their iniquity, neither H408 blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus 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 wherein I was born: let not H408 the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no H408 wrong, do no H408 violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither H408 shed innocent blood in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:10 - Weep ye not H408 for the dead, neither H408 bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:16 - Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not H408 unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:6 - And H408 go not H408 after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:2 - Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD'S house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not H408 a word:

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