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
| John 15:4 | Abide in me and I will abide in you. Just as the branch is not (ou | οὐ | particle) able to bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in me. |
| John 15:5 | I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who abides in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. |
| John 15:15 | No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. |
| John 15:16 | You did not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should remain, so that the Father may give you whatever you ask in my name. |
| John 15:19 | If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. |
| John 15:20 | Remember the saying that I told you, ‘The servant is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) greater than his master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours as well. |
| John 15:21 | But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know the one who sent me. |
| John 15:22 | If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) be guilty of sin; but now they have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) excuse for their sin. |
| John 15:24 | If I had not done among them the works that no one else had done, they would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) be guilty of sin; but now they have seen the works and have hated both me and my Father. |
| John 16:3 | And these things they will do because they have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) known the Father nor me. |
| John 16:4 | But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you will remember that I told you about them. “I did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) tell you these things at the start because I was with you. |
| John 16:7 | Nevertheless I am telling you the truth; it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you. |
| John 16:9 | in regard to sin, because they do not (ou | οὐ | particle) believe in me; |
| John 16:12 | “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) bear them now. |
| John 16:13 | But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not (ou | οὐ | particle) speak on his own, but will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you things yet to come. |
| John 16:17 | Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not (ou | οὐ | particle) see me, and again a little while and you will see me’ and, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” |
| John 16:18 | So they kept saying, “What is this ‘little while’ of which he speaks? We do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) understand what he is talking about.” |
| John 16:19 | Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said to them, “Are you deliberating with one another about this — that I said, ‘A little while and you will not (ou | οὐ | particle) see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? |
| John 16:23 | On that day you will question me about nothing. I tell you the solemn truth: whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give to you. |
| John 16:24 | Up till now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete. |
| John 16:26 | In that day you will ask in my name. I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) saying to you that I will intercede with the Father on your behalf; |
| John 16:30 | Now we know that you know all things and have no (ou | οὐ | particle) need for anyone to question you. This is why we believe that you have come forth from God.” |
| John 16:32 | Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own place, and you will leave me alone. And yet I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) alone, because the Father is with me. |
| John 17:9 | I am praying for them; I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) praying for the world, but for those whom you have given to me, for they are yours; |
| John 17:14 | I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to the world, just as I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to the world. |