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 Thessalonians 2:4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) to please man, but God who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:8 So deep was our affection for you that we were pleased to share with you not (ou | οὐ | particle) only the gospel of God but our own selves as well, so dear had you become to us.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 And for this reason we also constantly thank God, that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not (ou | οὐ | particle) as a human word, but as it truly is, the word of God, which even now is doing its work in you who believe.
1 Thessalonians 2:17 As for us, brothers, when we were separated from you for a short time — in person but not (ou | οὐ | particle) in heart — we were all the more eager, with intense longing, to see you in person.
1 Thessalonians 4:7 For God has not (ou | οὐ | particle) called us for impurity, but in holiness.
1 Thessalonians 4:8 Consequently the one who rejects this is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) rejecting man, but God, who also has given his Holy Spirit to you.
1 Thessalonians 4:9 Now with regard to brotherly love you have no (ou | οὐ | particle) need for us to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God how to love one another.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 Now we do not (ou | οὐ | particle) want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as others do who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 4:15 For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain behind until the coming of the Lord, will by no means (ou | οὐ | particle) precede those who have fallen asleep,
1 Thessalonians 5:1 Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no (ou | οὐ | particle) need for anything to be written to you,
1 Thessalonians 5:3 When they are saying, “Peace and security,” it is then that sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not (ou | οὐ | particle) escape.
1 Thessalonians 5:4 But you, brothers, are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) in darkness, for that day to take you by surprise like a thief;
1 Thessalonians 5:5 for you are all sons of light, sons of the day. We do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to night or darkness.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 For God has not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) appointed us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 2:5 Do you not (ou | οὐ | particle) remember that I told you this while I was still with you?
2 Thessalonians 2:10 and with every kind of wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) accept the love of the truth so as to be saved.
2 Thessalonians 3:2 Pray also that we may be delivered from unprincipled and wicked men; for not (ou | οὐ | particle) all belong to the faith.
2 Thessalonians 3:7 For you yourselves know how our example should be followed, because we did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) lead disorderly lives among you,
2 Thessalonians 3:9 not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) because we do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have the right, but in order to make ourselves an example for you to imitate.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 For even when we were with you, we gave you this charge: “If anyone is not (ou | οὐ | particle) willing to work, then he should not eat.”
2 Thessalonians 3:14 Now if anyone does not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) obey what we say in this epistle, take note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will feel ashamed.
1 Timothy 1:9 knowing this, that for righteous person law is not (ou | οὐ | particle) valid for a righteous person but for the lawless but and rebellious, irreligious and sinners, unholy and profane, those who beat their fathers and mothers, murderers,
1 Timothy 2:7 It is with reference to this witness that I was appointed a herald and apostle — I am speaking the truth; I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) lying — a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.
1 Timothy 2:12 but I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to be in quietness.
1 Timothy 2:14 And Adam was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) deceived, but the woman, having been deceived, has come into transgression;