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 22:31 | But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) read what was spoken to you by God: |
| Matthew 22:32 | ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the God of the dead but of the living.” |
| Matthew 23:3 | Therefore put into practice and continue to do whatever they tell you; but do not imitate what they do, for they teach but do not (ou | οὐ | particle) practice. |
| Matthew 23:4 | For they tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not (ou | οὐ | particle) willing to move them with their finger. |
| Matthew 23:13 | “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. For you neither (ouk | οὐκ | particle) enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. |
| Matthew 23:30 | and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ |
| Matthew 23:37 | “Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) willing! |
| Matthew 23:39 | For I say to you, you will see me no more until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” |
| Matthew 24:2 | And he responded to them, saying, “You see all these things, do you not (ou | οὐ | particle)? I tell you the truth, not even one (ou | οὐ | particle) stone will be left here upon another that will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be thrown down.” |
| Matthew 24:21 | For then there will be great suffering, such as has not (ou | οὐ | particle) been from the beginning of the world until now, and will never (ou | οὐ | particle) be again (ou | οὐ | particle). |
| Matthew 24:22 | And unless those days were shortened, no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) human being would survive. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. |
| Matthew 24:29 | “Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not (ou | οὐ | particle) give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. |
| Matthew 24:34 | I tell you the truth, this generation will not (ou | οὐ | particle) pass away until all these things take place. |
| Matthew 24:35 | Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never (ou | οὐ | particle) pass away. |
| Matthew 24:39 | and they knew nothing (ouk | οὐκ | particle) until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. |
| Matthew 24:42 | Therefore be alert, because you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know on what day your Lord will come. |
| Matthew 24:43 | But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have allowed his house to be broken into. |
| Matthew 24:44 | For this reason you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect. |
| Matthew 24:50 | the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect and at an hour he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) know, |
| Matthew 25:3 | For when the foolish took their torches, they did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) take oil with them. |
| Matthew 25:9 | But the wise answered, saying, ‘Perhaps there will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be enough for both us and you, so go rather to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ |
| Matthew 25:12 | But he replied, saying, ‘I tell you the truth, I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know you!’ |
| Matthew 25:13 | Therefore stay alert, because you know neither (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the day nor the hour. |
| Matthew 25:24 | Then the one who had received the one talent also came, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) sown and gathering where you scattered no (ou | οὐ | particle) seed; |
| Matthew 25:26 | But his master answered him, saying, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) sown and gather where I scattered no (ou | οὐ | particle) seed? |
