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
- Hebrews 7:20οὐ · noneAnd none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,
- …but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- Hebrews 7:27οὐκ · notUnlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- Hebrews 8:2οὐκ · not…and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
- Hebrews 8:7οὐκ · noFor if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.
- Hebrews 8:9οὐ · [It will] not; οὐκIt will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.
- Hebrews 8:11οὐ · No longerNo longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.
- Hebrews 8:12οὐ · noFor I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Hebrews 9:5οὐκAbove the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
- Hebrews 9:7οὐ · [and] neverBut only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Hebrews 9:11οὐ · not; οὐ · [and is] notBut when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
- Hebrews 9:22οὐ · noAccording to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
- Hebrews 10:1οὐκ · notFor the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Hebrews 10:2οὐκIf it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.
- Hebrews 10:5οὐκTherefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
- Hebrews 10:6ΟὐκIn burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
- Hebrews 10:8οὐκIn the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).
- Hebrews 10:17οὐ · noThen He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
- For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
- Hebrews 10:38οὐκ · {will take} noBut My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him.”
- Hebrews 10:39οὐκ · notBut we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
- Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
- Hebrews 11:5οὐχBy faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.
- Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
- By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
- By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
- Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
- Hebrews 11:38οὐκ · notThe world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
- These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.
- Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
- Hebrews 12:8οὐχ · not trueIf you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
- Hebrews 12:9οὐ · {Should we} notFurthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?
- Hebrews 12:11οὐ · NoNo discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
- Hebrews 12:17οὐχ · noFor you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.
- For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;
- For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”
- Hebrews 12:25οὐκ · {did} notSee to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
- Hebrews 12:26οὐ · notAt that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- Hebrews 13:5Οὐ · Never; οὐ · neverKeep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
- Hebrews 13:9οὐ · [and] not; οὐκ · of noDo not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- Hebrews 13:10οὐκ · noWe have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
- For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
- James 1:17οὐκ · noEvery good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- James 1:20οὐκ · {does} not…for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.