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
- Luke 12:24οὐ; οὐκ · noConsider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
- Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
- Luke 12:33οὐκ · noSell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
- Luke 12:39οὐκBut understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
- You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
- Luke 12:46οὐ; οὐThe master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
- Luke 12:56οὐκYou hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
- Luke 12:57οὐ · don’tAnd why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
- I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
- Luke 13:6οὐχThen Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
- Luke 13:7οὐχSo he said to the keeper of the vineyard, ‘Look, for the past three years I have come to search for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Therefore cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?’
- Luke 13:15οὐ · {Does} not“You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
- Luke 13:16οὐκ · notThen should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”
- Luke 13:24οὐκ“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- Luke 13:25ΟὐκAfter the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
- Luke 13:27ΟὐκAnd he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
- Luke 13:33οὐκNevertheless, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day, for it is not admissible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.
- Luke 13:34οὐκO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
- Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
- Luke 14:3οὔ · notSo Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
- Luke 14:5οὐκ · {will} notAnd He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”
- Luke 14:6οὐκAnd they were unable to answer these questions.
- Luke 14:14οὐκ…and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
- Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’
- Luke 14:26οὐ · {does} not; οὐ“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 14:27οὐ · {does} not; οὐAnd whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 14:30οὐκ · not…saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
- Luke 14:33οὐκ; οὐIn the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.
- Luke 15:4οὐ · {does} not“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
- Luke 15:7οὐ · notI tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
- After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living.
- Luke 15:28οὐκThe older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
- So he called him in to ask, ‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in an account of your management, for you cannot be manager any longer.’
- Luke 16:3οὐκThe manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, now that my master is taking away my position? I am too weak to dig and too ashamed to beg.
- Luke 16:11οὐκSo if you have not been faithful with worldly wealth, who will entrust you with true riches?
- Luke 16:12οὐκAnd if you have not been faithful with the belongings of another, who will give you belongings of your own?
- No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
- Luke 16:31οὐκThen Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
- Luke 17:18οὐχWas no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
- Luke 17:20Οὐκ · {will} notWhen asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
- Luke 17:22οὐκThen He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
- Luke 18:4οὐκ; οὐ · I neitherFor a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect men,
- Luke 18:7οὐ · {Will} notWill not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay in helping them?
- Luke 18:11οὐκ · notThe Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector.