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οὖν

ountherefore/thenHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentConjunction503 occurrences23 books493 verses

Definition

οὖν,

particle

expressing consequence or simple sequence (never standing first in a sentence), wherefore, therefore, then: Matthew 3:10, Luke 3:9, John 8:38, Acts 1:21, Romans 5:9, al.; in exhortations, Matthew 3:8, Luke 11:35, Acts 3:19, Romans 6:12, al.; in questions, Matthew 13:28, Mark 15:12, Jhn.8:[5], Romans 6:1, al.; continuing a narrative or resuming it after a digression, Matthew 1:17, Luke 3:18, John 1:22; 2:18 (and very frequently in this Gospel), Acts 26:22, al.; ἄρα οὖν (see: ἄρα); ἐπεὶ οὖν, Hebrews 2:14; οὖν with ptcp. (= ἐπεὶ οὖν), Acts 2:30, Romans 5:1, al.; ἐὰν οὖν (where οὖν rather in sense belongs to the apodosis), Matthew 5:23, Luke 4:7, John 6:62, Romans 2:26, al.; ὡς οὖν, John 4:1, al.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as οὖν:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

503 total
  1. John 2:18οὖν · On account of this
    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
  2. John 2:20οὖν
    “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?”
  3. John 2:22οὖν
    After He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
  4. John 3:25οὖν · Then
    Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
  5. John 3:29οὖν · That
    The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
  6. John 4:1οὖν
    When Jesus realized that the Pharisees were aware He was gaining and baptizing more disciples than John
  7. John 4:5οὖν · So
    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
  8. John 4:6οὖν
    Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
  9. John 4:9οὖν
    “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
  10. John 4:11οὖν · then
    “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
  11. John 4:28οὖν · Then
    Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
  12. John 4:33οὖν · So
    So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
  13. John 4:40οὖν · So
    So when the Samaritans came to Him, they asked Him to stay with them, and He stayed two days.
  14. John 4:45οὖν · Yet
    Yet when He arrived, the Galileans welcomed Him. They had seen all the great things He had done in Jerusalem at the feast, for they had gone there as well.
  15. John 4:46οὖν · So
    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
  16. John 4:48οὖν
    Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.”
  17. John 4:52οὖν · So; οὖν · and
    So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
  18. John 4:53οὖν · Then
    Then the father realized that this was the very hour in which Jesus had told him, “Your son will live.” And he and all his household believed.
  19. John 5:10οὖν · so
    …so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
  20. John 5:12οὖν
    “Who is this man who told you to pick it up and walk?” they asked.
  21. John 5:18οὖν
    Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  22. John 5:19οὖν · So
    So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
  23. John 6:5οὖν · [When]
    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
  24. John 6:10οὖν · so
    “Have the people sit down,” Jesus said. Now there was plenty of grass in that place, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them.
  25. John 6:11οὖν · Then
    Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
  26. John 6:13οὖν · So
    So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
  27. John 6:14οὖν · [When]
    When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
  28. John 6:15οὖν · Then
    Then Jesus, realizing that they were about to come and make Him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by Himself.
  29. John 6:19οὖν · [When]
    When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the sea—and they were terrified.
  30. John 6:21οὖν · Then
    Then they were willing to take Him into the boat, and at once the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
  31. John 6:24οὖν · So
    So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum to look for Him.
  32. John 6:28οὖν · Then
    Then they inquired, “What must we do to perform the works of God?”
  33. John 6:30οὖν · So; οὖν · then
    So they asked Him, “What sign then will You perform, so that we may see it and believe You? What will You do?
  34. John 6:32οὖν
    Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
  35. John 6:34οὖν
    “Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”
  36. John 6:41οὖν · At this
    At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
  37. John 6:52οὖν · At this
    At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
  38. John 6:53οὖν · So
    So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
  39. John 6:60οὖν
    On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
  40. John 6:62οὖν · Then
    Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?
  41. John 6:67οὖν · So
    So Jesus asked the Twelve, “Do you want to leave too?”
  42. John 7:3οὖν · So
    So Jesus’ brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea, so that Your disciples there may see the works You are doing.
  43. John 7:6οὖν · Therefore
    Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
  44. John 7:11οὖν · So
    So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
  45. John 7:15οὖν
    The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
  46. John 7:16οὖν
    “My teaching is not My own,” Jesus replied. “It comes from Him who sent Me.
  47. John 7:25οὖν · Then
    Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
  48. John 7:28οὖν · Then
    Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,