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

Hebrews 13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for God himself has said, “I will never (ou | οὐ | particle) leave you; never (ou | οὐ | particle) will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:6 So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, I will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Hebrews 13:9 Do not be swept off your feet by all sorts of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not (ou | οὐ | particle) by foods, with which their adherents are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) benefited.
Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have the right to eat.
Hebrews 13:14 For here we have no (ou | οὐ | particle) permanent city, but we are looking forward to the city that is to come.
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) variation or shadow caused by change.
James 1:20 For the anger of man does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) bring about the righteousness that God requires.
James 1:23 For if someone is a hearer of the word and not (ou | οὐ | particle) a doer, he is like a person who looks at his natural face in a mirror;
James 1:25 But the person who looks intently into the perfect law, the law that provides liberty, and continues in it, not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer — he will be blessed in his doing.
James 2:4 have you not (ou | οὐ | particle) made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives?
James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers! Did not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) God choose those whom the world considers poor to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?
James 2:6 But you have dishonored the poor! Is it not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) the rich who oppress you? And are not they the ones who drag you into court?
James 2:7 Are they not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the ones who are blaspheming the honorable name by which you were called?
James 2:11 For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
James 2:21 Was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
James 2:24 You see that a person is justified by works and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) by faith alone.
James 2:25 And in the same way was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she took in the spies and sent them out by another way?
James 3:2 For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not (ou | οὐ | particle) stumble in what he says, he is a mature individual, able to bridle his whole body as well.
James 3:10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not (ou | οὐ | particle) happen.
James 3:15 This is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
James 4:1 What accounts for the quarrels and disputes among you? Is it not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) this — your desires that are at war in your members?
James 4:2 You desire and do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have; you murder and envy and cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have because you do not ask.
James 4:3 You ask and do not (ou | οὐ | particle) receive because you ask for the wrong reason, that you can spend it on your pleasures.
James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
James 4:11 Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) a doer of the law but a judge of it.