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
| Romans 6:15 | What then? Should we sin because we are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) under law but under grace? By no means! |
| Romans 6:16 | Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that if you present yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? |
| Romans 7:6 | But now we have been released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not (ou | οὐ | particle) under the old written code. |
| Romans 7:7 | What then shall we say? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have known sin except through the law; that is, I would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have known what it means to covet had not the law said, “You shall not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) covet.” |
| Romans 7:15 | I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) understand my own actions; for I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) doing what I want to do, but I am doing what I hate. |
| Romans 7:16 | But if I am doing what I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) want to do, I agree with the law, that it is good. |
| Romans 7:18 | For I know that nothing (ouk | οὐκ | particle) good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for I have the desire to do what is right, but I am unable (ou | οὔ | particle) to do it. |
| Romans 7:19 | For I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) do the good I want, but the evil I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) want is what I do. |
| Romans 7:20 | Now if I do what I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that lives in me. |
| Romans 8:7 | because the mind set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) submit to the law of God; in fact, it cannot. |
| Romans 8:8 | Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God. |
| Romans 8:9 | You, however, are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) controlled by the flesh but by the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Whoever does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have the Spirit of Christ does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to him. |
| Romans 8:12 | So then, brethren, we are debtors, not (ou | οὐ | particle) to the flesh, to live according to the flesh, |
| Romans 8:15 | For you did not (ou | οὐ | particle) receive the spirit of slavery leading back to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption. By him we cry out, “Abba! Father!” |
| Romans 8:18 | For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed to us. |
| Romans 8:20 | For the creation was subjected to futility, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) of its own choosing, but because of him who subjected it, in hope |
| Romans 8:23 | And not (ou | οὐ | particle) only this, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. |
| Romans 8:24 | For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) hope, for who hopes for what he sees? |
| Romans 8:25 | But if we hope for what we do not (ou | οὐ | particle) see, we wait for it with patience. |
| Romans 8:26 | In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. |
| Romans 8:32 | He who did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? |
| Romans 9:1 | I am telling the truth in Christ — I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) lying; my conscience convinces me in the Holy Spirit — |
| Romans 9:6 | But it is not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) as though the word of God had failed. For not (ou | οὐ | particle) all who are descended from Israel are actually Israel; |
| Romans 9:8 | This means it is not (ou | οὐ | particle) the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as descendants. |
| Romans 9:10 | Not (ou | οὐ | particle) only that, but when Rebecca had conceived twins by one man, our forefather Isaac — |