KJV dictionary & concordance

lo

Meaning of “lo”

An exclamation meaning look, see, behold, observe, or take notice, used to call immediate attention to what follows.

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159 occurrences156 verses34 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 8:11

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Numbers 14:40

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¶ And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the Lord hath promised: for we have sinned.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Numbers 14:40 · retained source text

¶ And they rose vp early in the morning, and gate them vp into the top of the mountaine, saying, Loe, we be here, and will goe vp vnto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we haue sinned.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 1.41.

Numbers 22:38

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And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Numbers 22:38 · retained source text

And Balaam saide vnto Balak, Loe, I am come vnto thee: haue I now any power at all to say any thing? the worde that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speake.

Numbers 23:6

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And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

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1611 witness · Numbers 23:6 · retained source text

And he returned vnto him, and loe, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, hee, and all the Princes of Moab.

Numbers 23:9

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For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

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1611 witness · Numbers 23:9 · retained source text

For from the top of the rockes I see him, and from the hilles I behold him: loe, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not bee reckoned among the nations.

Numbers 24:11

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Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.

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1611 witness · Numbers 24:11 · retained source text

Therefore now, flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee vnto great honour, but loe, the LORD hath kept thee backe from honour.

Complete reference index — all 156 verses

Genesis 8:11 Genesis 15:3 Genesis 15:12 Genesis 18:2 Genesis 18:10 Genesis 19:28 Genesis 29:2 Genesis 29:7 Genesis 37:7 Genesis 42:28 Genesis 47:23 Genesis 48:11 Genesis 50:5 Exodus 7:15 Exodus 8:20 Exodus 8:26 Exodus 19:9 Numbers 14:40 Numbers 22:38 Numbers 23:6 Numbers 23:9 Numbers 24:11 Deuteronomy 22:17 Joshua 14:10 Judges 7:13 Judges 13:5 1 Samuel 4:13 1 Samuel 10:2 1 Samuel 14:43 1 Samuel 21:14 2 Samuel 1:6 2 Samuel 15:24 2 Samuel 24:17 1 Kings 1:22 1 Kings 1:51 1 Kings 3:12 2 Kings 7:6 2 Kings 7:15 1 Chronicles 17:1 1 Chronicles 21:23 2 Chronicles 16:11 2 Chronicles 25:19 2 Chronicles 27:7 2 Chronicles 29:9 Nehemiah 5:5 Nehemiah 6:12 Job 3:7 Job 5:27 Job 9:11 Job 9:19 Job 13:1 Job 21:16 Job 26:14 Job 33:29 Job 40:16 Psalms 11:2 Psalms 37:36 Psalms 40:7 Psalms 40:9 Psalms 48:4 Psalms 52:7 Psalms 55:7 Psalms 59:3 Psalms 68:33 Psalms 73:27 Psalms 83:2 Psalms 92:9 Psalms 127:3 Psalms 132:6 Psalms 139:4 Proverbs 24:31 Ecclesiastes 1:16 Ecclesiastes 7:29 Song of Solomon 2:11 Isaiah 6:7 Isaiah 25:9 Isaiah 36:6 Isaiah 49:12 Isaiah 50:9 Jeremiah 1:15 Jeremiah 4:23 Jeremiah 4:24 Jeremiah 4:25 Jeremiah 4:26 Jeremiah 5:15 Jeremiah 8:8 Jeremiah 8:9 Jeremiah 25:29 Jeremiah 30:3 Jeremiah 30:10 Jeremiah 36:12 Jeremiah 49:15 Jeremiah 50:9 Ezekiel 2:9 Ezekiel 4:15 Ezekiel 8:2 Ezekiel 8:17 Ezekiel 13:10 Ezekiel 13:12 Ezekiel 17:18 Ezekiel 18:14 Ezekiel 18:18 Ezekiel 23:39 Ezekiel 23:40 Ezekiel 30:9 Ezekiel 30:21 Ezekiel 33:32 Ezekiel 33:33 Ezekiel 37:2 Ezekiel 37:8 Ezekiel 40:17 Ezekiel 42:8 Daniel 3:25 Daniel 7:6 Daniel 10:13 Daniel 10:20 Hosea 9:6 Amos 4:2 Amos 4:13 Amos 7:1 Amos 9:9 Habakkuk 1:6 Haggai 1:9 Zechariah 2:10 Zechariah 11:6 Zechariah 11:16 Matthew 2:9 Matthew 3:16 Matthew 3:17 Matthew 24:23 Matthew 25:25 Matthew 26:47 Matthew 28:7 Matthew 28:20 Mark 10:28 Mark 13:21 Mark 14:42 Luke 1:44 Luke 2:9 Luke 9:39 Luke 13:16 Luke 15:29 Luke 17:21 Luke 18:28 Luke 23:15 John 7:26 John 16:29 Acts 13:46 Acts 27:24 Hebrews 10:7 Hebrews 10:9 Revelation 5:6 Revelation 6:5 Revelation 6:12 Revelation 7:9 Revelation 14:1

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