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οὐ

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greekNew TestamentParticle1,627 occurrences26 books1,403 verses

Definition

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Acts 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ;]

neg. particle,

not, no, used generally with indic, and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);

1. absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Matthew 13:29, John 1:21; 21:5; οὒ οὕ, Matthew 5:37, James 5:12.

2. Most frequently negativing a verb or other word, Matthew 1:25; 10:26, 38, Mark 3:25; 9:37, John 8:29, Acts 7:5, Romans 1:16, Philippians 3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Acts 17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Acts 21:39; πᾶς . . . οὐ, with verb, (like Heb. כֹּל . . . לֹא), no, none, Matthew 24:22, Mark 13:20, Luke 1:37, Ephesians 5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά, Luke 8:52, John 1:33, Romans 8:2o, al.; with 2 of person(s) fut. (like Heb. לֹא, with impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Matthew 4:7, Luke 4:12, Romans 7:7, al.

3. With another negative,

(a) strengthening the negation: Mark 5:37, John 8:15; 12:19, Acts 8:39, al.;

(b) making an affirmative: Acts 4:20, 1 Corinthians 12:15.

4. With other particles: οὐ μή (see: μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Matthew 21:19; with μή interrog., Romans 10:18, 1 Corinthians 9:4, 5; 11:22.

5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Matthew 6:26, Mark 4:21, Luke 11:40, John 4:35, Romans 9:21, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as οὐ:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

1,627 total
  1. John 5:31οὐκ · not
    If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.
  2. John 5:34οὐ · {do} not
    Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
  3. John 5:38οὐκ; οὐ · {do} not
    …nor does His word abide in you, because you do not believe the One He sent.
  4. John 5:40οὐ
    …yet you refuse to come to Me to have life.
  5. John 5:41οὐ
    I do not accept glory from men,
  6. John 5:42οὐκ
    …but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you.
  7. John 5:43οὐ
    I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
  8. John 5:44οὐ
    How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
  9. John 5:47οὐ
    But since you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?”
  10. John 6:7οὐκ
    Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
  11. John 6:22οὐκ; οὐ
    The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.
  12. John 6:24οὐκ · neither
    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
  13. John 6:26οὐχ · [it is] not
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
  14. John 6:32οὐ · [it was] not
    Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
  15. John 6:35οὐ; οὐ
    Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
  16. John 6:36οὐ · {you do} not
    But as I stated, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.
  17. John 6:37οὐ
    Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
  18. John 6:38οὐχ · not
    For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but to do the will of Him who sent Me.
  19. John 6:42Οὐχ · not
    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
  20. John 6:46οὐχ · not
    …not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.
  21. John 6:53οὐκ · no
    So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
  22. John 6:58οὐ · Unlike
    This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
  23. John 6:63οὐκ
    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  24. John 6:64οὐ
    However, there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray Him.)
  25. John 6:70Οὐκ · not
    Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
  26. John 7:1οὐ
    After this, Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He did not want to travel in Judea, because the Jews there were trying to kill Him.
  27. John 7:7οὐ
    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
  28. John 7:8οὐκ · {am} not
    Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
  29. John 7:10οὐ · not
    But after His brothers had gone up to the feast, He also went—not publicly, but in secret.
  30. John 7:12Οὔ · No
    Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
  31. John 7:16οὐκ · not
    “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
  32. John 7:18οὐκ · no
    He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
  33. John 7:19Οὐ · {Has} not
    Has not Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps it. Why are you trying to kill Me?”
  34. John 7:22οὐχ · (not
    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)
  35. John 7:25Οὐχ
    Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
  36. John 7:28οὐκ; οὐκ · {do} not
    Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
  37. John 7:34οὐχ; οὐ
    You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
  38. John 7:35οὐχ
    At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
  39. John 7:36οὐχ; οὐ
    What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
  40. John 7:42οὐχ · Doesn’t
    Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
  41. John 7:45οὐκ
    Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”
  42. John 7:52οὐκ · no
    “Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
  43. John 8:12οὐ
    Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  44. John 8:13οὐκ · not
    So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”