Gloss
no, not, not at all, in no way, (with {3590}) absolutely not. At the beginning of a Greek question, it anticipates a positive response
Forms of the word
Dictionary
οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ
Greek transliteration
ou
Simplified transliteration
ou
Numbers
Strong's number
3756
GK Number
4024
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
1623
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
adverb
Definition
negative adverb, originally the gen. of ὅς, spelled οὐκ if followed by a word beginning with a vowel and a smooth breathing, οὐχ if followed by a vowel and rough breathing, not, no, Mt. 5:37; 12:43; 23:37; for the peculiarities of its usage (especially as distinct from μή) consult a grammar
Greek-English Concordance for οὐ
| John 2:12 | After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, but they stayed there only a few (ou | οὐ | particle) days. |
| John 2:24 | But as for Jesus, he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) entrust himself to them, because he knew all men, |
| John 2:25 | and because he had no (ou | οὐ | particle) need that anyone should give evidence concerning man, for he himself knew what was in man. |
| John 3:3 | Jesus answered him, saying, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born again he cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) see the kingdom of God.” |
| John 3:5 | Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) enter the kingdom of God. |
| John 3:8 | The wind blows wherever it chooses, and you hear its sound, but do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know where it is coming from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” |
| John 3:10 | Jesus answered, saying to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) understand these things?” |
| John 3:11 | “I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not (ou | οὐ | particle) accept our testimony. |
| John 3:12 | If I have told you about earthly things and you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? |
| John 3:17 | For God did not (ou | οὐ | particle) send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him. |
| John 3:18 | The one who believes in him is not (ou | οὐ | particle) condemned, but the one who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. |
| John 3:20 | For everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) come to the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. |
| John 3:27 | John responded, saying, “A man cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven. |
| John 3:28 | You yourselves bear me witness that I said, ‘I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I am the one sent ahead of him.’ |
| John 3:34 | For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not (ou | οὐ | particle) give the Spirit in a limited measure. |
| John 3:36 | The one who believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who disobeys the Son will not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. |
| John 4:2 | — although Jesus himself was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) baptizing, but his disciples were — |
| John 4:9 | The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a woman from Samaria?” (For Jews use nothing (ou | οὐ | particle) in common with Samaritans.) |
| John 4:14 | but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never (ou | οὐ | particle) be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water gushing up to eternal life.” |
| John 4:17 | The woman replied “I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have a husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have a husband,’ |
| John 4:18 | for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) your husband. You have spoken the truth.” |
| John 4:22 | You Samaritans worship what you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know; we worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. |
| John 4:32 | But he said to them, “I have food to eat of which you know nothing.” (ouk | οὐκ | particle) |
| John 4:35 | Do you not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) say, ‘There are still four months and then comes the harvest’? But I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields; they are white, ready for harvest. |
| John 4:38 | I sent you to reap a crop for which you did not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) labor. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor.” |
