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
| Romans 9:12 | not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) because of works, but because of his call — it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” |
| Romans 9:16 | So then, it does not (ou | οὐ | particle) depend on human desire or exertion, but on God’s mercy. |
| Romans 9:21 | Has the potter no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) right to make from the same lump of clay some pottery for a special occasion and other for common use? |
| Romans 9:24 | even us, whom he has called, not (ou | οὐ | particle) only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles. |
| Romans 9:25 | As he also says in Hosea, “Those who were not (ou | οὐ | particle) my people, I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) beloved, I will call ‘beloved.’” |
| Romans 9:26 | “And in the very place where God said to them, ‘You are not (ou | οὐ | particle) my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” |
| Romans 9:31 | but Israel, even though it pursued a law that would produce righteousness, did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) attain it? |
| Romans 9:32 | Why not? Because they did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, |
| Romans 9:33 | as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that makes them stumble and a rock that trips them up; but the one who believes in him will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be put to shame.” |
| Romans 10:2 | For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not (ou | οὐ | particle) according to knowledge. |
| Romans 10:3 | For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking to establish their own, they did not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) submit to God’s righteousness. |
| Romans 10:11 | For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes in him will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be put to shame.” |
| Romans 10:12 | For there is no (ou | οὐ | particle) distinction between the Jew and the Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, giving generously to all who call on him; |
| Romans 10:14 | But how are they to call on one in whom they have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) believed? And how are they to believe in one of whom they have never (ouk | οὐκ | particle) heard? And how are they to hear unless someone proclaims the message? |
| Romans 10:16 | However, not (ou | οὐ | particle) all of them have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?” |
| Romans 10:18 | But I ask, have they not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) heard? Indeed they have, for, “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.” |
| Romans 10:19 | But I ask, did Israel not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) understand? First of all, Moses says, “I will make you jealous by those who are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) a nation; by a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.” |
| Romans 11:2 | God has not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? |
| Romans 11:4 | But what was God’s response to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) bowed the knee to Baal.” |
| Romans 11:7 | What then? Israel failed (ouk | οὐκ | particle) to obtain what it was seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened, |
| Romans 11:18 | do not become arrogant toward the branches. But if you do, consider this: it is not (ou | οὐ | particle) you who support the root, but the root that supports you. |
| Romans 11:21 | For if God did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you either. |
| Romans 11:25 | I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) want you to be uninformed, my brothers, of this mystery — so that you may not be wise in your own conceits — that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. |
| Romans 12:4 | For as in our one body we have many members, and the members do not (ou | οὐ | particle) all have the same function, |
| Romans 13:1 | Every person must be subject to the governing authorities because there is no (ou | οὐ | particle) authority except by God’s appointment, and those that presently exist have been instituted by God. |
