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
Occurrences
1,627 total
- Acts 7:11οὐχThen famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
- Acts 7:18οὐκ · nothingThen another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
- He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
- Acts 7:32οὐκ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
- Acts 7:39οὐκBut our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
- Acts 7:40οὐκThey said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
- Acts 7:48οὐχ · {does} notHowever, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
- Acts 7:52οὐκ · failWhich of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- Acts 7:53οὐκ…you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
- Acts 8:21οὐκ · no; οὐκ · notYou have no part or share in our ministry, because your heart is not right before God.
- Acts 8:32οὐκThe eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- Acts 8:39οὐκWhen they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but went on his way rejoicing.
- Acts 9:9οὐκFor three days he was without sight, and he did not eat or drink anything.
- Acts 9:21ΟὐχAll who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
- Acts 10:34οὐκ · notThen Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
- Acts 10:41οὐ · not…not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.
- Acts 12:9οὐκSo Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
- Acts 12:14οὐκWhen she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
- Acts 12:18οὐκ · noAt daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
- Acts 12:22οὐκ · notAnd they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
- Acts 12:23οὐκImmediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- …and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
- Acts 13:25οὐκ · not [that One]; οὐκ · notAs John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
- So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
- Acts 13:37οὐκBut the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
- Acts 13:39οὐκThrough Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- ‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
- Acts 13:46οὐκThen Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
- Acts 14:17οὐκYet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
- Acts 14:28οὐκAnd they spent a long time there with the disciples.
- Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
- Acts 15:2οὐκAnd after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.
- It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.
- Acts 16:7οὐκAnd when they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
- Acts 16:21οὐκ…by promoting customs that are unlawful for us Romans to adopt or practice.”
- Acts 16:37οὐ · Absolutely notBut Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
- Acts 17:4οὐκ · [quite]Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few leading women.
- Acts 17:12οὐκ · [quite]As a result, many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men.
- Acts 17:24οὐκ · [and] {does} notThe God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
- Acts 17:27οὐ · notGod intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.
- Acts 17:29οὐκ · notTherefore, being offspring of God, we should not think that the Divine Being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by man’s skill and imagination.
- But since it is a dispute about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I refuse to be a judge of such things.”
- Acts 18:20οὐκWhen they asked him to stay for a while longer, he declined.
- God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
- Acts 19:23οὐκAbout that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
- Acts 19:24οὐκIt began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
- Acts 19:26οὐ · not; οὐκ · noAnd you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.