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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. Romans 2:29οὐκ · [does] not [come]
    No, a man is a Jew because he is one inwardly, and circumcision is a matter of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man’s praise does not come from men, but from God.
  2. Romans 3:9οὐ · Not
    What then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
  3. Romans 3:10Οὐκ · no one
    As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
  4. Romans 3:11οὐκ · no one; οὐκ · no one
    There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
  5. Romans 3:12οὐκ · no one; οὐκ · not
    All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one.”
  6. Romans 3:17οὐκ
    …and the way of peace they have not known.”
  7. Romans 3:18οὐκ · no
    “There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
  8. Romans 3:20οὐ · no
    Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.
  9. Romans 3:22οὐ · no
    And this righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no distinction,
  10. Romans 4:2οὐ · not
    If Abraham was indeed justified by works, he had something to boast about, but not before God.
  11. Romans 4:4οὐ
    Now the wages of the worker are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
  12. Romans 4:8οὐ
    Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”
  13. Romans 4:10οὐκ · [It was] not
    In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
  14. Romans 4:12οὐκ · not
    And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
  15. Romans 4:13Οὐ · was not
    For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
  16. Romans 4:15οὐκ · no
    …because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
  17. Romans 4:16οὐ · not
    Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
  18. Romans 4:20οὐ
    Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
  19. Romans 4:23Οὐκ · not
    Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,
  20. Romans 5:3Οὐ · Not
    Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
  21. Romans 5:5οὐ
    And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
  22. Romans 5:11οὐ · Not
    Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
  23. Romans 5:13οὐκ
    For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
  24. Romans 5:15οὐχ · [is] not
    But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
  25. Romans 5:16οὐχ · [is] not
    Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
  26. Romans 6:14οὐ; οὐ · not
    For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
  27. Romans 6:15οὐκ · not
    What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
  28. Romans 6:16οὐκ
    Do you not know that when you offer yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves to the one you obey, whether you are slaves to sin leading to death, or to obedience leading to righteousness?
  29. Romans 7:6οὐ · not
    But now, having died to what bound us, we have been released from the law, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code.
  30. Romans 7:7οὐκ; οὐκ; Οὐκ
    What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
  31. Romans 7:15οὐ; οὐ
    I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
  32. Romans 7:16οὐ
    And if I do what I do not want to do, I admit that the law is good.
  33. Romans 7:18οὐκ · nothing; οὔ · [I] cannot [carry it out]
    I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
  34. Romans 7:19οὐ; οὐ
    For I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I keep on doing the evil I do not want to do.
  35. Romans 7:20οὐ
    And if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
  36. Romans 8:7οὐχ
    …because the mind of the flesh is hostile to God: It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so.
  37. Romans 8:8οὐ
    Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
  38. Romans 8:9οὐκ; οὐκ · {does} not; οὐκ · {does} not
    You, however, are controlled not by the flesh, but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
  39. Romans 8:12οὐ · [but it is] not
    Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
  40. Romans 8:15Οὐ
    For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”