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
- 2 Corinthians 12:14οὐ; οὐSee, I am ready to come to you a third time, and I will not be a burden, because I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
- Be that as it may, I was not a burden to you; but crafty as I am, I caught you by trickery.
- 2 Corinthians 12:18οὐ; οὐ · [and follow]I urged Titus to visit you, and I sent our brother with him. Did Titus exploit you in any way? Did we not walk in the same Spirit and follow in the same footsteps?
- 2 Corinthians 12:20οὐχ; οὐFor I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,
- …since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.
- 2 Corinthians 13:5οὐκ · Do you notExamine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless you fail the test?
- 2 Corinthians 13:6οὐκ · notAnd I hope you will realize that we have not failed the test.
- 2 Corinthians 13:7οὐχ · notNow we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.
- For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.
- 2 Corinthians 13:10οὐκ · notThis is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down.
- Galatians 1:1οὐκ · [sent] notPaul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
- Galatians 1:7οὐκ · not even…which is not even a gospel. Evidently some people are troubling you and trying to distort the gospel of Christ.
- Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
- Galatians 1:11οὐκ · notFor I want you to know, brothers, that the gospel I preached was not devised by man.
- …to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not rush to consult with flesh and blood,
- Galatians 1:19οὐκ · noneBut I saw none of the other apostles except James, the Lord’s brother.
- I assure you before God that what I am writing to you is no lie.
- But as for the highly esteemed—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism—those leaders added nothing to me.
- Galatians 2:14οὐκ; οὐκ · notWhen I saw that they were not walking in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, “If you, who are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
- Galatians 2:15οὐκ · notWe who are Jews by birth and not Gentile “sinners”
- Galatians 2:16οὐ; οὐκ · not; οὐ · no one…know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.
- I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.
- All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Galatians 3:12οὐκ · notThe law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
- The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
- What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Galatians 3:20οὐκ · unnecessaryA mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.
- Galatians 3:28οὐκ · neither; οὐκ; οὐκThere is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods.
- And although my illness was a trial to you, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus Himself.
- Galatians 4:17οὐ · [but] notThose people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
- Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
- Galatians 4:27οὐ; οὐκ · {have} neverFor it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”
- But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
- Galatians 4:31οὐκ · notTherefore, brothers, we are not children of the slave woman, but of the free woman.
- Galatians 5:8οὐκ · [does] not [come]Such persuasion does not come from the One who calls you.
- So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
- Galatians 5:18οὐκ · notBut if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
- …and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
- Galatians 5:23οὐκ · no…gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.