Hebrew · Strong’s H408
אַל
ʼal/al/
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
Derivation:
a negative particle (akin to H3808 (לֹא));
722
Times used
722
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Verses
Words derived from it
- H457אֱלִיל ʼĕlîylgood for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
- H409אַל ʼal{not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing}
- H432אִלּוּ ʼillûwnay, i.e. (softened) if
- H510אַלְקוּם ʼalqûwma non-rising (i.e. resistlessness)
- H516אַל תַּשְׁחֵת ʼAl tashchêth'Thou must not destroy'; probably the opening words to a popular song
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Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain. Verse list from the Strong’s-tagged King James Version.