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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.
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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 1 / 12 (Gen 13:8–Exo 32:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:1 - After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:3 - And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:30 - And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:32 - And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:7 - And he said, My brothers, do not this evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:8 - See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:17 - And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:18 - And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said, Let it not be a grief to you because of the boy and Hagar his mother; give ear to whatever Sarah says to you, because it is from Isaac that your seed will take its name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:16 - And she went some distance away, about an arrow flight, and seating herself on the earth, she gave way to bitter weeping, saying, Let me not see the death of my child.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:17 - And the boy's cry came to the ears of God; and the angel of God said to Hagar from heaven, Hagar, why are you weeping? have no fear, for the child's cry has come to the ears of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:56 - And he said, Do not keep me; the Lord has given a good outcome to my journey; let me now go back to my master.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:2 - And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 - That night the Lord came to him in a vision, and said, I am the God of your father Abraham: have no fear for I am with you, blessing you, and your seed will be increased because of my servant Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:35 - And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:10 - And Jacob said, Not so; but if I have grace in your eyes, take them as a sign of my love, for I have seen your face as one may see the face of God, and you have been pleased with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:17 - And when her pain was very great, the woman who was helping her said, Have no fear; for now you will have another son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:22 - Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:27 - Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:22 - And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:5 - Now do not be troubled or angry with yourselves for sending me away, because God sent me before you to be the saviour of your lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - Now go quickly to my father, and say to him, Your son Joseph says, God has made me ruler over all the land of Egypt: come down to me straight away:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:24 - And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:3 - And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - And the time of his death came near, and he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If now I am dear to you, put your hand under my leg and take an oath that you will not put me to rest in Egypt;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:6 - Take no part in their secrets, O my soul; keep far away, O my heart, from their meetings; for in their wrath they put men to death, and for their pleasure even oxen were wounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:19 - And Joseph said, Have no fear: am I in the place of God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:21 - So now, have no fear: for I will take care of you and your little ones. So he gave them comfort with kind words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:5 - And he said, Do not come near: take off your shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - Give the men harder work, and see that they do it; let them not give attention to false words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:29 - And Moses said, When I go out from you I will make prayer to the Lord that the cloud of flies may go away from Pharaoh and from his people and from his servants tomorrow: only let Pharaoh no longer by deceit keep back the people from making their offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:28 - And Pharaoh said to him, Go away from me, take care that you come not again before me; for the day when you see my face again will be your last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:9 - Do not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:13 - But Moses said, Keep where you are and have no fear; now you will see the salvation of the Lord which he will give you today; for the Egyptians whom you see today you will never see again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:29

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:29 - See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:15 - And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 19:24 - And the Lord said to him, Go down, and you and Aaron may come up; but let not the priests and the people make their way through to the Lord, or he will come on them suddenly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:19 - And they said to Moses, To your words we will give ear, but let not the voice of God come to our ears, for fear death may come on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:20 - And Moses said to the people, Have no fear: for God has come to put you to the test, so that fearing him you may be kept from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:7 - Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:21 - Give attention to him and give ear to his voice; do not go against him; for your wrongdoing will not be overlooked by him, because my name is in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:22 - And Aaron said, Let not my lord be angry; you have seen how the purposes of this people are evil.

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