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
| Matthew 12:7 | And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not (ou | οὐ | adverb) sacrifice,’ you would not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) have condemned the guiltless. |
| Matthew 12:19 | He will not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) quarrel, nor will he cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. |
| Matthew 12:20 | A shattered reed he will not (ou | οὐ | adverb) break, and a smoldering wick he will not (ou | οὐ | adverb) snuff out, until he brings justice to victory. |
| Matthew 12:24 | But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This fellow does not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” |
| Matthew 12:25 | But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no (ou | οὐ | adverb) city or house divided against itself will stand. |
| Matthew 12:31 | “For this reason I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) be forgiven. |
| Matthew 12:32 | And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come. |
| Matthew 12:39 | But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no (ou | οὐ | adverb) sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. |
| Matthew 12:43 | “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions in search of a resting place, but finds none (ouch | οὐχ | adverb). |
| Matthew 13:5 | Other seed fell on rocky places, where it did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) have much soil; and immediately it sprouted because it had no depth of soil. |
| Matthew 13:11 | He answered them, saying, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not (ou | οὐ | adverb) been given. |
| Matthew 13:12 | For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) have, even what he has will be taken away. |
| Matthew 13:13 | This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) see and hearing they do not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) hear nor do they understand. |
| Matthew 13:14 | And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled that says: ‘You will surely hear but never (ou | οὐ | adverb) understand, and you will surely see but never (ou | οὐ | adverb) perceive. |
| Matthew 13:17 | I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you are seeing but did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) see them, and to hear the things you are hearing but did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) hear them. |
| Matthew 13:21 | yet he has no (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) root in himself but lasts only a short time, and when suffering or persecution arises on account of the message, immediately he falls away. |
| Matthew 13:29 | But he replied, ‘No (ou | οὔ | particle), lest in gathering the weeds you uproot the wheat along with them. |
| Matthew 13:55 | Is not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) this the carpenter’s son? Is not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? |
| Matthew 13:57 | And they were deeply offended at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” |
| Matthew 13:58 | And he did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) do many miracles there because of their unbelief. |
| Matthew 14:4 | because John had been telling him, “It is not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) lawful for you to have her.” |
| Matthew 14:16 | But Jesus said to them, “They have no (ou | οὐ | adverb) need to go away; you give them something to eat.” |
| Matthew 14:17 | And they said to him, “We have nothing (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) here but five loaves and two fish.” |
| Matthew 15:2 | “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) wash their hands when they eat bread.” |
| Matthew 15:6 | he need not (ou | οὐ | adverb) honor his father.’ So you have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition. |
