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 12:35 | Then Jesus said to them, “The light will be with you for yet a little while. Keep walking while you have the light, so that the darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know where he is going. |
| John 12:37 | Though he had done such great signs in their presence, they continued in their unbelief (ouk | οὐκ | particle) toward him, |
| John 12:39 | The reason why they could not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) believe was that in another place Isaiah said, |
| John 12:42 | Nevertheless, many even of the authorities believed in him, but for fear of the Pharisees they would not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) confess it openly, lest they be expelled from the synagogue. |
| John 12:44 | Then Jesus cried out, saying, “The one who believes in me believes not (ou | οὐ | particle) only in me but in the one who sent me. |
| John 12:47 | If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) the one who will judge him; for I did not (ou | οὐ | particle) come to judge the world but to save the world. |
| John 12:49 | For I have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and what to speak. |
| John 13:7 | Jesus answered him, saying, “What I am doing you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) understand now, but you will come to understand later.” |
| John 13:8 | Peter said to him, “You will never (ou | οὐ | particle) wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “If I do not wash you, you have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) share with me.” |
| John 13:10 | Jesus said to him, “The one who has bathed has no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) need to wash, except for his feet, but is clean all over. And you men are clean, but not all of you.” |
| John 13:16 | I tell you the solemn truth, the servant is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. |
| John 13:18 | I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’ |
| John 13:33 | Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and just as I told the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) come,’ so now I say to you also. |
| John 13:36 | Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) follow me now, but you will follow later.” |
| John 13:37 | Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not (ou | οὐ | particle) follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” |
| John 13:38 | Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not (ou | οὐ | particle) crow before you deny me three times. |
| John 14:5 | Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” |
| John 14:9 | Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long a time with you, Philip, and you still do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know me? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? |
| John 14:10 | Do you not (ou | οὐ | particle) believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) speak on my own authority, but the Father residing in me is doing his works. |
| John 14:17 | the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) receive, because it neither (ou | οὐ | particle) sees him nor knows him; but you will know him, for he will dwell with you and will be in you. |
| John 14:18 | I will not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) abandon you as orphans, I will come back to you. |
| John 14:22 | Judas (not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?” |
| John 14:24 | The one who does not love me does not (ou | οὐ | particle) keep my words; and the word you are hearing is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) mine, but is from the Father’s who sent me. |
| John 14:27 | Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I give to you not (ou | οὐ | particle) as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. |
| John 14:30 | I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, |
