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

Matthew 22:31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) read what was spoken to you by God:
Matthew 22:32 ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the God of the dead but of the living.”
Matthew 23:3 Therefore put into practice and continue to do whatever they tell you; but do not imitate what they do, for they teach but do not (ou | οὐ | particle) practice.
Matthew 23:4 For they tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not (ou | οὐ | particle) willing to move them with their finger.
Matthew 23:13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. For you neither (ouk | οὐκ | particle) enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in.
Matthew 23:30 and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Matthew 23:37 “Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) willing!
Matthew 23:39 For I say to you, you will see me no more until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Matthew 24:2 And he responded to them, saying, “You see all these things, do you not (ou | οὐ | particle)? I tell you the truth, not even one (ou | οὐ | particle) stone will be left here upon another that will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be thrown down.”
Matthew 24:21 For then there will be great suffering, such as has not (ou | οὐ | particle) been from the beginning of the world until now, and will never (ou | οὐ | particle) be again (ou | οὐ | particle).
Matthew 24:22 And unless those days were shortened, no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) human being would survive. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened.
Matthew 24:29 “Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not (ou | οὐ | particle) give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Matthew 24:34 I tell you the truth, this generation will not (ou | οὐ | particle) pass away until all these things take place.
Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never (ou | οὐ | particle) pass away.
Matthew 24:39 and they knew nothing (ouk | οὐκ | particle) until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be.
Matthew 24:42 Therefore be alert, because you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know on what day your Lord will come.
Matthew 24:43 But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have allowed his house to be broken into.
Matthew 24:44 For this reason you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect.
Matthew 24:50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect and at an hour he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) know,
Matthew 25:3 For when the foolish took their torches, they did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) take oil with them.
Matthew 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘Perhaps there will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be enough for both us and you, so go rather to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’
Matthew 25:12 But he replied, saying, ‘I tell you the truth, I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know you!’
Matthew 25:13 Therefore stay alert, because you know neither (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the day nor the hour.
Matthew 25:24 Then the one who had received the one talent also came, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) sown and gathering where you scattered no (ou | οὐ | particle) seed;
Matthew 25:26 But his master answered him, saying, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) sown and gather where I scattered no (ou | οὐ | particle) seed?