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οὐ

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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
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
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

Hebrews 13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for God himself has said, “I will never (ou | οὐ | particle) leave you; never (ou | οὐ | particle) will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, I will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:9 Do not be swept off your feet by all sorts of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not (ou | οὐ | particle) by foods, with which their adherents are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) benefited.
Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have the right to eat.
Hebrews 13:14 For here we have no (ou | οὐ | particle) permanent city, but we are looking forward to the city that is to come.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) variation or shadow caused by change.
James 1:20 For the anger of man does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) bring about the righteousness that God requires.
James 1:23 For if someone is a hearer of the word and not (ou | οὐ | particle) a doer, he is like a person who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
James 1:25 But the person who looks intently into the perfect law, the law that provides liberty, and continues in it, not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer — he will be blessed in his doing.
James 2:4 have you not (ou | οὐ | particle) made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?
James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers! Did not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) God choose those whom the world considers poor to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?
James 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor! Is it not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) the rich who oppress you? And are not they the ones who drag you into court?
James 2:7 Are they not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the ones who are blaspheming the honorable name by which you were called?
James 2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
James 2:21 Was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
James 2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) by faith alone.
James 2:25 And in the same way was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she took in the spies and sent them out by another way?
James 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not (ou | οὐ | particle) stumble in what he says, he is a mature individual, able to bridle his whole body as well.
James 3:10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not (ou | οὐ | particle) happen.
James 3:15 This is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
James 4:1 What accounts for the quarrels and disputes among you? Is it not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) this — your desires that are at war in your members?
James 4:2 You desire and do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have; you murder and envy and cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have because you do not ask.
James 4:3 You ask and do not (ou | οὐ | particle) receive because you ask for the wrong reason, that you can spend it on your pleasures.
James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) a doer of the law but a judge of it.
James 4:14 You have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) idea what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are but a mist that appears for a brief moment and then disappears.
James 5:6 You condemn the innocent and put him to death; he does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) resist you.
James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” (ou | οὔ | particle) no (ou | οὔ | particle), so that you may not fall under judgment.
James 5:17 Elijah was a man exactly like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) rain fell on the earth.
1 Peter 1:8 Though you have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) seen him, you love him. Though not seeing him now, yet believing in him, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and filled with glory,
1 Peter 1:12 To them it was revealed that not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) to themselves, but to you, they were ministering these things that now have been announced to you through those who preached to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven — things into which angels long to look.
1 Peter 1:18 since you know that you were ransomed from the empty way of life handed down from your ancestors, not (ou | οὐ | particle) by perishable things such as silver or gold,
1 Peter 1:23 for you have been born again not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) of perishable seed but of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring word of God.
1 Peter 2:6 For it says in scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes in him will never (ou | οὐ | particle) be put to shame.”
1 Peter 2:10 At one time you were not (ou | οὐ | particle) a people, but now you are the people of God. You were shown no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) mercy, but now have received mercy.
1 Peter 2:18 Household servants should be subject to their masters with all respect, not (ou | οὐ | particle) only to the good and kind but also to the unjust.
1 Peter 2:22 He did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.
1 Peter 2:23 When he was insulted, he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) respond with an insult; when he suffered, he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.
1 Peter 3:3 Do not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) let your beauty be external — such as braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or dressing up in fine clothes —
1 Peter 3:21 This water prefigures baptism, which now saves you — not (ou | οὐ | particle) the removal of dirt from the body but the answer of a good conscience to God — by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
2 Peter 1:8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will make you effective (ouk | οὐκ | particle) and productive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:10 Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election. For by doing these things you will never (ou | οὐ | particle) come to ruin.
2 Peter 1:16 For we did not (ou | οὐ | particle) follow cunningly crafted stories when we made known to you the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
2 Peter 1:20 Above all, you must understand that no (ou | οὐ | particle) prophecy of scripture arises from the prophet’s own interpretation,
2 Peter 1:21 for prophecy never (ou | οὐ | particle) had its origin in the will of man, but men borne along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
2 Peter 2:3 And in their greed they will exploit you with their fabricated stories. Their condemnation has not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) from ancient times been idle, nor (ou | οὐ | particle) has their destruction been sleeping.
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness, there to be kept until the judgment;
2 Peter 2:5 and if he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) spare the ancient world (but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness) when he brought the deluge on an ungodly world;
2 Peter 2:10 especially those who in polluting lust indulge the flesh and despise authority. These bold and insolent people are not (ou | οὐ | particle) afraid to slander the glorious ones,
2 Peter 2:11 whereas angels, although greater in strength and power, do not (ou | οὐ | particle) bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord.

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