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οὐ

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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. 1 Corinthians 6:10οὐχ · nor
    …nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.
  2. 1 Corinthians 6:12οὐ · not; οὐκ
    “Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.
  3. 1 Corinthians 6:13οὐ · not [intended]
    “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
  4. 1 Corinthians 6:15Οὐκ
    Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!
  5. 1 Corinthians 6:16οὐκ
    Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
  6. 1 Corinthians 6:19οὐκ; οὐκ · not
    Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
  7. 1 Corinthians 7:4οὐκ · [does] not; οὐκ · [does] not
    The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband. Likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife.
  8. 1 Corinthians 7:6οὐ · not
    I say this as a concession, not as a command.
  9. 1 Corinthians 7:9οὐκ
    But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
  10. 1 Corinthians 7:10οὐκ · (not
    To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband.
  11. 1 Corinthians 7:12οὐχ · ([I,] not
    To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
  12. 1 Corinthians 7:15οὐ
    But if the unbeliever leaves, let him go. The believing brother or sister is not bound in such cases. God has called you to live in peace.
  13. 1 Corinthians 7:25οὐκ · no
    Now about virgins, I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy.
  14. 1 Corinthians 7:28οὐχ; οὐχ
    But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
  15. 1 Corinthians 7:35οὐχ · not
    I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
  16. 1 Corinthians 7:36οὐχ
    However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married.
  17. 1 Corinthians 8:7οὐκ · not
    But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
  18. 1 Corinthians 8:8οὐ
    But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
  19. 1 Corinthians 8:13οὐ
    Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
  20. 1 Corinthians 9:1Οὐκ · not; οὐκ · not; οὐ · not
    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
  21. 1 Corinthians 9:2οὐκ · not
    Even if I am not an apostle to others, surely I am to you. For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
  22. 1 Corinthians 9:4οὐκ
    Have we no right to food and to drink?
  23. 1 Corinthians 9:5οὐκ
    Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
  24. 1 Corinthians 9:6οὐκ · who must
    Or are Barnabas and I the only apostles who must work for a living?
  25. 1 Corinthians 9:7οὐκ; οὐκ
    Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
  26. 1 Corinthians 9:8οὐ · Doesn’t
    Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
  27. 1 Corinthians 9:9Οὐ
    For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
  28. 1 Corinthians 9:12οὐ · shouldn’t; οὐκ
    If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
  29. 1 Corinthians 9:13Οὐκ
    Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
  30. 1 Corinthians 9:15οὐ; οὐκ
    But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
  31. 1 Corinthians 9:16οὐκ · no reason
    Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
  32. 1 Corinthians 9:24Οὐκ
    Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way as to take the prize.
  33. 1 Corinthians 9:26οὐκ; οὐκ
    Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am beating the air.
  34. 1 Corinthians 10:1Οὐ
    I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
  35. 1 Corinthians 10:5οὐκ
    Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.
  36. 1 Corinthians 10:13οὐκ · No; οὐκ
    No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.
  37. 1 Corinthians 10:18οὐχ · not
    Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
  38. 1 Corinthians 10:20οὐ · not; οὐ
    No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.