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

1 Corinthians 16:7 For I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) want to see you now just in passing, for I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.
1 Corinthians 16:12 Now concerning Apollos our brother: I strongly urged him to go to you with the other brothers, but it was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) at all his intention to go now. He will go when he has an opportunity.
1 Corinthians 16:22 If anyone does not (ou | οὐ | particle) love the Lord, let him be accursed. Our Lord has come!
2 Corinthians 1:8 For we want you to know, brothers, about the affliction we suffered in Asia, that we were burdened excessively beyond our power to cope, so that we despaired even of living.
2 Corinthians 1:12 For our confidence is this, the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and sincerity like that of God, and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) with earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
2 Corinthians 1:13 Now we are not (ou | οὐ | particle) writing you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand fully,
2 Corinthians 1:17 Therefore when I was planning this, I was not capricious, was I? Or the things I plan, do I plan according to the flesh, so that with me it would be “Yes, yes” and “No (ou | οὔ | particle), no” (ou | οὔ | particle) at the same time?
2 Corinthians 1:18 But as surely as God is trustworthy, our word to you has not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) been “Yes” and “No.” (ou | οὔ | particle)
2 Corinthians 1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us — by me, Silvanus, and Timothy — was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) “Yes” and “No,” (ou | οὔ | particle) but in him it has always been “Yes.”
2 Corinthians 1:24 Not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) that we are ruling over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy; for by faith you have stood firm.
2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you, with many tears, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) to cause you sorrow but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
2 Corinthians 2:5 But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) for me, but in some measure — not to overstate the case — for all of you.
2 Corinthians 2:11 lest we be taken advantage of by Satan; for we are not (ou | οὐ | particle) unaware of his intentions.
2 Corinthians 2:13 I had no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) relief for my spirit, because I could not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and went on to Macedonia.
2 Corinthians 2:17 For we are not (ou | οὐ | particle) like so many, peddling the word of God. To the contrary, in Christ we speak in the sight of God as men of sincerity, as men sent from God.
2 Corinthians 3:3 making known that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not (ou | οὐ | particle) in ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 3:5 Not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from us, but our adequacy comes from God,
2 Corinthians 3:6 who indeed made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, based not (ou | οὐ | particle) on the letter but on the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit imparts life.
2 Corinthians 3:10 For indeed, what had been glorious, in this case has no (ou | οὐ | particle) glory because of the glory that surpasses it.
2 Corinthians 3:13 and not (ou | οὐ | particle) like Moses who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not gaze at the end of what was fading away.
2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore since we have this ministry, just as we have received mercy, we are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) discouraged.
2 Corinthians 4:5 For we do not (ou | οὐ | particle) proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.
2 Corinthians 4:8 We are under pressure from every side, but not (ou | οὐ | particle) crushed; bewildered, but not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) driven to despair;
2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) abandoned; knocked down, but not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) knocked out;
2 Corinthians 4:16 So we are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) discouraged, but even if our outward man is wasting away, our inward man is being renewed day by day.