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
Occurrences
503 total
- Acts 25:5οὖν · SoSo if this man has done anything wrong, let some of your leaders come down with me and accuse him there.”
- Acts 25:11οὖνIf, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
- Acts 25:17οὖν · So [when]So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.
- Acts 25:23οὖνThe next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.
- Acts 26:4οὖν · SurelySurely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.
- Acts 26:9οὖν · So thenSo then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
- Acts 26:22οὖν · [But]But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
- Acts 28:5οὖνBut Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
- Acts 28:20οὖν · SoSo for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- Acts 28:28οὖν · thereforeBe advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
- Romans 2:21οὖν · {you,} then…you, then, who teach others, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal?
- Romans 2:26οὖνIf a man who is not circumcised keeps the requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision?
- Romans 3:1οὖν · thenWhat, then, is the advantage of being a Jew? Or what is the value of circumcision?
- Romans 3:9οὖν · thenWhat then? Are we any better? Not at all. For we have already made the charge that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin.
- Romans 3:27οὖν · then, [is]Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
- Romans 3:31οὖνDo we, then, nullify the law by this faith? Certainly not! Instead, we uphold the law.
- Romans 4:1οὖν · thenWhat then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?
- Romans 4:9οὖν · [only]Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
- Romans 4:10οὖνIn what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.
- Romans 5:1οὖν · ThereforeTherefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Romans 5:9οὖν · ThereforeTherefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
- Romans 5:18οὖν · thenSo then, just as one trespass brought condemnation for all men, so also one act of righteousness brought justification and life for all men.
- Romans 6:1οὖν · thenWhat then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase?
- Romans 6:4οὖνWe were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- Romans 6:12οὖν · ThereforeTherefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires.
- Romans 6:15οὖν · thenWhat then? Shall we sin because we are not under law, but under grace? Certainly not!
- Romans 6:21οὖνWhat fruit did you reap at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? The outcome of those things is death.
- Romans 7:3οὖν · SoSo then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries another man.
- Romans 7:7οὖν · thenWhat then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
- Romans 7:13οὖν · thenDid that which is good, then, become death to me? Certainly not! But in order that sin might be exposed as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
- Romans 7:25οὖν · SoThanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with my mind I serve the law of God, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin.
- Romans 8:12οὖνTherefore, brothers, we have an obligation, but it is not to the flesh, to live according to it.
- Romans 8:31οὖν · thenWhat then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Romans 9:14οὖν · thenWhat then shall we say? Is God unjust? Certainly not!
- Romans 9:16οὖν · thenSo then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- Romans 9:18οὖνTherefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
- Romans 9:19οὖν; οὖν · ThenOne of you will say to me, “Then why does God still find fault? For who can resist His will?”
- Romans 9:30οὖν · thenWhat then will we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;
- Romans 10:14οὖν · thenHow then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
- Romans 11:1οὖν · thenI ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
- Romans 11:5οὖνIn the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
- Romans 11:7οὖν · thenWhat then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- Romans 11:11οὖν · thenI ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
- Romans 11:13οὖνI am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
- Romans 11:19οὖν · thenYou will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”
- Romans 11:22οὖν · thereforeTake notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.
- Romans 12:1οὖν · ThereforeTherefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
- Romans 13:10οὖν · ThereforeLove does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Romans 13:12οὖν · SoThe night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.