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

John 10:28 and I give them eternal life. They will never (ou | οὐ | particle) perish, and no (ouch | οὐχ | particle) one will ever snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:33 The Jews answered him, “It is not (ou | οὐ | particle) for a noble work that we intend to stone you but for blasphemy; it is because you, a mere man, are making yourself God.”
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) written in your law, ‘I said, you are gods’?
John 10:35 If the scripture called them ‘gods’ to whom the word of God came — and scripture cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) be annulled —
John 10:37 If I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) doing the works of my Father, then do not believe me;
John 11:4 But when Jesus heard this, he said, “This illness will not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) lead to death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If a person walks during the day, he will not (ou | οὐ | particle) stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
John 11:10 But if someone walks during the night, he will stumble, because the light is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) in him.”
John 11:15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) there. But let us go to him.”
John 11:21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have died.
John 11:26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never (ou | οὐ | particle) die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have died.”
John 11:37 But some of them said, “Was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?”
John 11:40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
John 11:49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing (ouk | οὐκ | particle) at all.
John 11:51 He did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) say this on his own, but being high priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
John 11:52 and not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) only for the nation, but that he should gather into one the children of God who were scattered abroad.
John 11:56 They were looking for Jesus and were talking with one another as they were standing in the temple, “What do you think? Surely he will not (ou | οὐ | particle) come to the festival, will he?”
John 12:5 “Why was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) this perfume sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?”
John 12:6 He said this, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as keeper of the money box, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
John 12:8 For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not (ou | οὐ | particle) always have me.”
John 12:9 When a large crowd of the Jews learned that Jesus was there, they came, not (ou | οὐ | particle) only on account of Jesus but also that they might see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.
John 12:16 His disciples did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about him, and that they had done these things to him.
John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said to one another, “You see, you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
John 12:30 Jesus answered, saying, “This voice was not (ou | οὐ | particle) for my benefit, but for yours.