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
- Mark 13:33οὐκBe on your guard and stay alert! For you do not know when the appointed time will come.
- Mark 13:35οὐκTherefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.
- Mark 14:7οὐ · {you will} notThe poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.
- Mark 14:21οὐκThe Son of Man will go just as it is written about Him, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had not been born.”
- Truly I tell you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.”
- Mark 14:29οὐκ · never [will]Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I never will.”
- But Peter kept insisting, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the others said the same thing.
- Mark 14:36οὐ · not“Abba, Father,” He said, “all things are possible for You. Take this cup from Me. Yet not what I will, but what You will.”
- Mark 14:37οὐκThen Jesus returned and found them sleeping. “Simon, are you asleep?” He asked. “Were you not able to keep watch for one hour?
- Mark 14:40οὐκAnd again Jesus returned and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. And they did not know what to answer Him.
- Mark 14:49οὐκEvery day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, and you did not arrest Me. But this has happened that the Scriptures would be fulfilled.”
- Mark 14:55οὐχNow the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, but they did not find any.
- Mark 14:56οὐκFor many bore false witness against Jesus, but their testimony was inconsistent.
- Mark 14:60ΟὐκSo the high priest stood up before them and questioned Jesus, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”
- Mark 14:61οὐκBut Jesus remained silent and made no reply. Again the high priest questioned Him, “Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?”
- Mark 14:71ΟὐκBut he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”
- Mark 15:4ΟὐκThen Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look how many charges they are bringing against You!”
- Mark 15:23οὐκThere they offered Him wine mixed with myrrh, but He did not take it.
- In the same way, the chief priests and scribes mocked Him among themselves, saying, “He saved others, but He cannot save Himself!
- Mark 16:6οὐκ · notBut he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here! See the place where they put Him.
- Mark 16:14οὐκLater, as they were eating, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
- …they will pick up snakes with their hands, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not harm them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will be made well.”
- Luke 1:7οὐκ · noBut they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well along in years.
- …for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.
- Luke 1:20οὐκAnd now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
- Luke 1:22οὐκWhen he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
- Luke 1:33οὐκ · never…and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever. His kingdom will never end!”
- “How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
- Luke 1:37οὐκ · noFor no word from God will ever fail.”
- Luke 2:7οὐκ · noAnd she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 2:37οὐκ…and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- Luke 2:43οὐκWhen those days were over and they were returning home, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, but His parents were unaware He had stayed.
- Luke 2:49οὐκ“Why were you looking for Me?” He asked. “Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”
- But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
- Luke 3:16οὐκ · notJohn answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Luke 4:2οὐκ…where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
- Luke 4:4ΟὐκBut Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
- Luke 4:12ΟὐκBut Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
- Luke 4:41οὐκDemons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
- Luke 5:31Οὐ · [It is] notJesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.
- Luke 5:32οὐκI have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
- He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.
- Luke 6:2οὐκBut some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
- Luke 6:4οὐκHe entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”
- Luke 6:37οὐ; οὐDo not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
- Luke 6:40οὐκ · notA disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.
- Luke 6:41οὐ · failWhy do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?
- How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
- Luke 6:43Οὐ · NoNo good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit.