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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 9 / 12 (Pro 26:4–Isa 43:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:4 - Answer not H408 a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:25 - When he speaketh fair, believe him not: H408 for there are seven abominations in his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:1 - Boast not H408 thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:2 - Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not H408 thine own lips.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:10 - Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; H408 neither H408 go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:17 - A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no H408 man stay him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:6 - Add thou not H408 unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:7 - Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not H408 before I die:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither H408 poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:10 - Accuse not H408 a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:3 - Give not H408 thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not H408 for kings, O Lemuel, it is not H408 for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:2 - Be not H408 rash with thy mouth, and let not H408 thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:4 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not H408 to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:6 - Suffer not H408 thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither H408 say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:8 - If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not H408 at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:9 - Be not H408 hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10 - Say not H408 thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:16 - Be not H408 righteous over much; neither H408 make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:17 - Be not H408 over much wicked, neither H408 be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not H408 thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:21 - Also take no H408 heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:3 - Be not H408 hasty to go out of his sight: stand not H408 in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no H408 ointment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4 - If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not H408 thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:20 - Curse not H408 the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not H408 the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not H408 thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6 - Look not H408 upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:2 - Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not H408 liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:9 - And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore H408 forgive them not. H408

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 6:9 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but H408 understand not; H408 and see ye indeed, but H408 perceive not. H408

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, H408 neither be fainthearted H408 for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:24 - Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not H408 afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:29 - Rejoice not H408 thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not H408 him that wandereth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:4 - Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not H408 to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:22 - Now therefore be ye not H408 mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 35:4 - Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: H408 behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:11 - Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and H408 speak not H408 to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:14 - Thus saith the king, Let not H408 Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:15 - Neither H408 let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 36:16 - Hearken not H408 to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:6 - And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not H408 afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:10 - Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not H408 thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:9 - O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not H408 afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:10 - Fear thou not; H408 for I am with thee: be not H408 dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:13 - For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; H408 I will help thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:14 - Fear not, H408 thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:1 - But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: H408 for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:5 - Fear not: H408 for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

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