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 John 4:8 The person who does not love does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:10 In this is love, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.
1 John 4:18 There is no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. So the one who fears has not (ou | οὐ | particle) been perfected in love.
1 John 4:20 If someone says, “I love God,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) love God whom he has not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) seen.
1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) burdensome,
1 John 5:6 This is the one who came by water and blood — Jesus Christ; not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) by water only but by water and blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.
1 John 5:10 The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not (ou | οὐ | particle) believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.
1 John 5:12 The one who has the Son has life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have life.
1 John 5:16 If someone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he should ask and God will give him life — to those whose sins do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) say that he should pray about that.
1 John 5:17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not (ou | οὐ | particle) lead to death.
1 John 5:18 We know that everyone who has been born of God does not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) continue to sin, but the one who was born of God protects him and the evil one will not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) harm him.
2 John 1:1 The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) I alone, but also all who know the truth),
2 John 1:5 And now I ask you, dear lady — not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) as though I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning — that we love one another.
2 John 1:9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not continue in the teaching of Christ, does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have God. Whoever continues in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:10 If someone comes to you and does not (ou | οὐ | particle) bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,
2 John 1:12 Although I have many other things to write to you, I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) want to use paper and ink; instead, I hope to be with you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete.
3 John 1:4 I have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) greater joy than this: to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
3 John 1:9 I sent a letter to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to be in charge, does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) acknowledge our authority.
3 John 1:11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) seen God.
3 John 1:13 I have many things to write to you, but I do not (ou | οὐ | particle) wish to write with pen and ink.
Jude 1:9 But when Michael the archangel, in debate with the devil, was arguing about the body of Moses, he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) presume to condemn him for blasphemy, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
Jude 1:10 But these people blaspheme whatever they do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) understand, and what they do understand by instinct as irrational beasts, by these they are being destroyed.
Revelation 2:2 I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and that you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) put up with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles (but are not) (ouk | οὐκ | particle) and found them to be false.
Revelation 2:3 I also know that you have demonstrated your patience and borne hardship for my name’s sake, and have not (ou | οὐ | particle) grown weary.
Revelation 2:9 I know your affliction and your poverty (but you are rich), and the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle), but are a synagogue of Satan.