Vocabulary Form
οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ
Definition

not

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
1623
GK
4024
Mnemonics

Oooo! That's not good!

Mnemonic Singing

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed.

Song
Verse

“Unless your righteousness exceeds beyond that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will οὐ enter the kingdom of heaven.”(Matt 5:20)

Notes

οὐκ and οὐχ are different forms of οὐ. οὐ is used when the following word begins with a consonant. οὐκ is used when the next word begins with a vowel and smooth breathing, while οὐχ is used when the next word begins with a vowel and rough breathing. All forms mean “not.”

Biblical Concordance

Luke 12:24 Consider the ravens: for they do not (ou | οὐ | particle) sow, neither do they reap; for them there is neither (ouk | οὐκ | particle) storehouse nor granary, yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds!
Luke 12:27 Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither (ou | οὐ | particle) toil nor spin, yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.
Luke 12:33 Sell your possessions and give alms. Make for yourselves moneybags that do not wear out, a treasure unfailing in heaven, where no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) thief comes near and no moth destroys.
Luke 12:39 “Know this: that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have allowed his house be broken into.
Luke 12:40 So you too must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect him.”
Luke 12:46 then the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect him and at an hour he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) know about, and he will cut him in pieces and will assign him his place with the unfaithful.
Luke 12:56 Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know how to interpret this present time?
Luke 12:57 “Why, indeed, do you not (ou | οὐ | particle) judge for yourselves what is right?
Luke 12:59 I say to you, you will certainly not (ou | οὐ | particle) get out of there until you have paid the last penny.”
Luke 13:6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none (ouch | οὐχ | particle).
Luke 13:7 And he said to the vineyard worker, ‘Look, for three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and I find none (ouch | οὐχ | particle). Remove it. Why should it use up the soil?’
Luke 13:15 Then the Lord answered him, “You hypocrites! Does not (ou | οὐ | particle) each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the manger to lead it away and to water it?
Luke 13:16 And ought not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen years, be released from this bondage on the day of the Sabbath?”
Luke 13:24 “Do your best to go in through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will try to go in and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) be able.
Luke 13:25 “Once the owner of the house has risen and shut the door, and you are left standing outside, knocking at the door, saying, ‘Sir, open the door for us!’ then he will respond to you, ‘I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know you or where you are from.’
Luke 13:27 And he will speak, saying to you, ‘I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know you or where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness!’
Luke 13:33 Nevertheless I must continue on my way today and tomorrow and the next day; because it is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) possible for a prophet to die outside of Jerusalem.”
Luke 13:34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who have been sent to it! How often I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) want it!
Luke 13:35 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you, you will not (ou | οὐ | particle) see me until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
Luke 14:3 In response Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to heal, or not?” (ou | οὔ | particle)
Luke 14:5 And to them, he said, “Which of you, when his son or his ox has fallen into a well, does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) immediately pull it up, even though the be a Sabbath?
Luke 14:6 And they were not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) able to give an answer to this.
Luke 14:14 Then you will be blessed, because they do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have a way to pay you back, for there will be a repayment for you at the resurrection of the righteous.“
Luke 14:20 And another said, ‘I have married a wife, and because of this I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) able to come.’
Luke 14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not (ou | οὐ | particle) hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) be my disciple.