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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. 2 Peter 3:10οὐχ
    But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
  2. 1 John 1:5οὐκ · no
    And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
  3. 1 John 1:6οὐ · {do} not
    If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
  4. 1 John 1:8οὐκ · no; οὐκ · not
    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
  5. 1 John 1:10οὐχ; οὐκ · not
    If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
  6. 1 John 2:2οὐ · not
    He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  7. 1 John 2:4οὐκ · not
    If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
  8. 1 John 2:7οὐκ
    Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.
  9. 1 John 2:10οὐκ · no
    Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.
  10. 1 John 2:11οὐκ
    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.
  11. 1 John 2:15οὐκ · not
    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
  12. 1 John 2:16οὐκ · not
    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
  13. 1 John 2:19οὐκ; οὐκ · none of them
    They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.
  14. 1 John 2:21οὐκ; οὐκ; οὐκ · no
    I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.
  15. 1 John 2:22οὐκ
    Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.
  16. 1 John 2:27οὐ · not; οὐκ
    And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
  17. 1 John 3:1οὐ; οὐκ
    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
  18. 1 John 3:5οὐκ · no
    But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.
  19. 1 John 3:6οὐχ; οὐχ
    No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.
  20. 1 John 3:9οὐ; οὐ
    Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.
  21. 1 John 3:10οὐκ · not
    By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
  22. 1 John 3:12οὐ · [Do] not [be]
    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
  23. 1 John 3:15οὐκ · {does} not
    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.
  24. 1 John 4:3οὐκ · not
    …and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
  25. 1 John 4:6οὐκ · not; οὐκ
    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
  26. 1 John 4:8οὐκ
    Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
  27. 1 John 4:10οὐχ · not
    And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  28. 1 John 4:18οὐκ · no; οὐ
    There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
  29. 1 John 4:20οὐχ; οὐ
    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
  30. 1 John 5:3οὐκ · not
    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
  31. 1 John 5:6οὐκ · not
    This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.
  32. 1 John 5:10οὐ
    Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
  33. 1 John 5:12οὐκ
    Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
  34. 1 John 5:16οὐ
    If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.
  35. 1 John 5:17οὐ
    All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.
  36. 1 John 5:18οὐχ; οὐχ
    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.
  37. 2 John 1:1οὐκ · not
    The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—