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
| 1 John 4:8 | The person who does not love does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know God, because God is love. |
| 1 John 4:10 | In this is love, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins. |
| 1 John 4:18 | There is no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. So the one who fears has not (ou | οὐ | particle) been perfected in love. |
| 1 John 4:20 | If someone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) love God whom he has not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) seen. |
| 1 John 5:3 | For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) burdensome, |
| 1 John 5:6 | This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. |
| 1 John 5:10 | The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not (ou | οὐ | particle) believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. |
| 1 John 5:12 | The one who has the Son has life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have life. |
| 1 John 5:16 | If someone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should ask and God will give him life — to those whose sins do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) say that he should pray about that. |
| 1 John 5:17 | All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not (ou | οὐ | particle) lead to death. |
| 1 John 5:18 | We know that everyone who has been born of God does not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) continue to sin, but the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one will not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) harm him. |
| 2 John 1:1 | The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) I alone, but also all who know the truth), |
| 2 John 1:5 | And now I ask you, dear lady — not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another. |
| 2 John 1:9 | Everyone who goes on ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ, does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have God. Whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. |
| 2 John 1:10 | If someone comes to you and does not (ou | οὐ | particle) bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, |
| 2 John 1:12 | Although I have many other things to write to you, I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) want to use paper and ink; instead, I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete. |
| 3 John 1:4 | I have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| 3 John 1:9 | I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) acknowledge our authority. |
| 3 John 1:11 | Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) seen God. |
| 3 John 1:13 | I have many things to write to you, but I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) wish to write with pen and ink. |
| Jude 1:9 | But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!” |
| Jude 1:10 | But these people blaspheme whatever they do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) understand, and what they do understand by instinct as irrational beasts, by these they are being destroyed. |
| Revelation 2:2 | I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and that you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) put up with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles (but are not) (ouk | οὐκ | particle) and found them to be false. |
| Revelation 2:3 | I also know that you have demonstrated your patience and borne hardship for my name’s sake, and have not (ou | οὐ | particle) grown weary. |
| Revelation 2:9 | I know your affliction and your poverty (but you are rich), and the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle), but are a synagogue of Satan. |
