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 17:15 | I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) asking that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them from the evil one. |
| John 17:16 | They do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to the world, just as I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to the world. |
| John 17:20 | “It is not (ou | οὐ | particle) only for these that I am interceding, but also for those who will come to believe in me through their word, |
| John 17:25 | Righteous Father, although the world does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me. |
| John 18:9 | This was to fulfill the word he had spoken, “I have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) lost a single one of those you have given me.” |
| John 18:11 | Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not (ou | οὐ | particle) to drink the cup which the Father has given me?” |
| John 18:17 | The servant girl who kept watch at the door said to Peter, “You are not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” He answered, “I am not.” (ouk | οὐκ | particle) |
| John 18:25 | Now Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself, so they said to him, “You are not one of his disciples, are you?” Peter denied it and said, “I am not!” (ouk | οὐκ | particle) |
| John 18:26 | One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, “I saw you in the garden with him, did I not?” (ouk | οὐκ | particle) |
| John 18:28 | Then they took Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early, and they did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) go into the governor’s headquarters so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover meal. |
| John 18:30 | They replied to him, saying, “If this man were not doing something wrong, we would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have handed him over to you.” |
| John 18:31 | Then Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law.” The Jews said to him, “It is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) lawful for us to put any one to death.” |
| John 18:36 | Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my subjects would be fighting to prevent me from being handed over to the Jews; but as it is my kingdom is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) from here.” |
| John 19:6 | When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Take him yourselves and crucify him; for I find no (ouch | οὐχ | particle) basis for an accusation against him.” |
| John 19:9 | He went back into his headquarters and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) answer. |
| John 19:10 | So Pilate said to him, “Are you not (ou | οὐ | particle) going to talk to me? You know, do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle), that I have the authority to release you and I have the authority to crucify you?” |
| John 19:11 | Jesus said, “You would have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) authority over me at all unless it had been given you from above. That is why the man who handed me over to you has a greater sin.” |
| John 19:12 | From that point on Pilate tried to release him, but the Jews kept shouting out, saying, “If you release this man, you are no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) ‘Friend of Caesar.’ Anyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar.” |
| John 19:15 | But they shouted, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) king but Caesar!” |
| John 19:33 | But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not (ou | οὐ | particle) break his legs. |
| John 19:36 | These things took place so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, “Not (ou | οὐ | particle) a bone of his body will be broken.” |
| John 20:2 | So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken our Master out of the tomb, and we do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know where they have put him!” |
| John 20:5 | When he stooped down to look in, he saw the linen wrappings lying there but he did not (ou | οὐ | particle) go in. |
| John 20:7 | and the face cloth that had been on Jesus’ head; it was not (ou | οὐ | particle) lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. |
| John 20:13 | They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Master, and I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know where they have put him.” |