Definition
not
Vocabulary Form
οὐ, οὐκ, οὐχ
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 14:27 | Whoever does not (ou | οὐ | particle) carry his own cross and come after me cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) be my disciple. |
| Luke 14:30 | saying, ‘This man began to build and was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) able to complete.’ |
| Luke 14:33 | In the same way, therefore, everyone of you who does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) renounce all his possessions cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) be my disciple. |
| Luke 15:4 | “Which man among you, who has a hundred sheep, should he lose one of them, would not (ou | οὐ | particle) leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? |
| Luke 15:7 | I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no (ou | οὐ | particle) need of repentance. |
| Luke 15:13 | Not (ou | οὐ | particle) many days later, the younger son gathered up everything and left for a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his property by living recklessly. |
| Luke 15:28 | But the older son became angry and refused (ouk | οὐκ | particle) to go in. His father came out and began to appeal to him, |
| Luke 16:2 | So he called him in and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Hand over the account of your stewardship, because you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) be my manager any longer.’ |
| Luke 16:3 | And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. |
| Luke 16:11 | Therefore if in unrighteous wealth you have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) been faithful, who will entrust to you that which is of true value? |
| Luke 16:12 | And if you have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) been faithful in what belongs to another, who will give you what is to be your own? |
| Luke 16:13 | “No servant is able to serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) serve God and money.” |
| Luke 16:31 | He said to him, ‘If they do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded should someone rise from the dead.’” |
| Luke 17:18 | Were they not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) found, so as to return and give praise to God, except this foreigner?” |
| Luke 17:20 | Having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, saying, “The kingdom of God will not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) come with observation. |
| Luke 17:22 | And he said to the disciples, “Days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) see it. |
| Luke 18:4 | He didn’t (ouk | οὐκ | particle) want to for a time. But later on he said to himself, ‘Though I neither (ou | οὐ | particle) fear God nor have regard for people, |
| Luke 18:7 | Will not (ou | οὐ | particle) God certainly (ou | οὐ | particle) vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night, and have patience with them? |
| Luke 18:11 | The Pharisee stood and prayed like this to himself: ‘God, I thank you that I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) like the rest of mankind — swindlers, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. |
| Luke 18:13 | The tax collector, however, standing at a distance, would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) even raise his eyes to heaven, but kept beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ |
| Luke 18:17 | I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall certainly never (ou | οὐ | particle) enter it.” |
| Luke 18:34 | But the twelve understood none of these things; in fact, what he said was kept hidden from them and they did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) grasp what was being said. |
| Luke 19:3 | He was trying to see Jesus — who he was — but was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) able to on account of the crowd, because he was short in stature. |
| Luke 19:14 | But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not (ou | οὐ | particle) want this person to rule over us.’ |
| Luke 19:21 | for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man: you take up what you did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) lay down, and reap what you did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) sow.’ |