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 13:3 | For rulers are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) a source of fear for those who do good, but for those who do wrong. Would you have no fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive his approval |
| Romans 13:4 | for he is a servant of God for your good. But if you do what is wrong, be afraid; for he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) bear the sword in vain. he is a servant of God, an avenger to carry out wrath on the one who does wrong. |
| Romans 13:5 | Therefore one must be subject, not (ou | οὐ | particle) only because of wrath, but also because of conscience. |
| Romans 13:9 | For the commandments, “You shall not (ou | οὐ | particle) commit adultery, You shall not (ou | οὐ | particle) murder, You shall not (ou | οὐ | particle) steal, You shall not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) covet,” (and any other commandment there may be) are summed up in this “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” |
| Romans 13:10 | Love does no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. |
| Romans 14:6 | The one who observes the day observes it for the Lord. And the one who eats, eats for the Lord, because he gives thanks to God; and the one who abstains from eating, abstains for the Lord and gives thanks to God. |
| Romans 14:17 | For the kingdom of God is not (ou | οὐ | particle) a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. |
| Romans 14:23 | But the one who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) from faith; and whatever is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) from faith is sin. |
| Romans 15:3 | For Christ did not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) please himself; but as it is written, “The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.” |
| Romans 15:18 | For I will not (ou | οὐ | particle) venture to speak of anything except (ou | οὐ | particle) what Christ has accomplished through me in bringing the Gentiles to obedience, by word and deed, |
| Romans 15:20 | And thus I have always made it my aim to preach the gospel, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) where Christ was known, lest I should build on someone else’s foundation; |
| Romans 15:21 | rather, as it is written, “Those who were not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) told of him will see, and those who have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) heard of him will understand.” |
| Romans 16:4 | who risked their own necks for my life. Not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) only I but also all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. |
| Romans 16:18 | For such people do not (ou | οὐ | particle) serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the guileless. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:16 | (I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know if I baptized anyone else.) |
| 1 Corinthians 1:17 | For Christ did not (ou | οὐ | particle) send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) with eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be rendered ineffective. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:21 | For since in the wisdom of God the world did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) come to know God through wisdom, God was pleased through the foolishness of what we preach to save those who believe. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:26 | Consider your calling, brothers: according to worldly standards, not (ou | οὐ | particle) many of you were wise, not (ou | οὐ | particle) many were influential, not (ou | οὐ | particle) many were of noble birth. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:1 | When I came to you, brothers, I did not (ou | οὐ | particle) come with excellence of speech or of wisdom as I told you about the secret purpose of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:2 | For I had decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:4 | My word and my message were not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) delivered with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, |
| 1 Corinthians 2:6 | However, we do speak wisdom among those who are mature, although it is not (ou | οὐ | particle) the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:8 | None of the rulers of this age understood it, for if they had, they would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have crucified the Lord of glory. |
| 1 Corinthians 2:9 | But, as it is written, “No (ouk | οὐκ | particle) eye has seen, no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) ear has heard, nor (ouk | οὐκ | particle) has the mind of man imagined, the things that God has prepared for those who love him.” |
| 1 Corinthians 2:12 | It was not (ou | οὐ | particle) the spirit of the world that we received, but the Spirit sent from God, that we might understand the gifts freely given to us by God. |