οὐ
ou
οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Act.2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., §409; M, Pr., 44, 244),
[in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ;]
neg. particle,
not, no, used generally with indic, and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);
1. absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mat.13:29 Jhn.1:21 21:5; οὒ οὕ, Mat.5:37 Jas.5:12.
2. Most frequently negativing a verb or other word, Mat.1:25 10:26, 38, Mrk.3:25 9:37, Jhn.8:29, Act.7:5, Rom.1:16, Php.3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Act.17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Act.21:39; πᾶς . . . οὐ, with verb, (like Heb. כֹּל . . . לֹא), no, none, Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:37, Eph.5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά, Luk.8:52 Jhn.1:33 Rom.8:2o, al.; with 2 of person(s) fut. (like Heb. לֹא, with impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Mat.4:7, Luk.4:12, Rom.7:7, al.
3. With another negative,
(a) strengthening the negation: Mrk.5:37, Jhn.8:15 12:19, Act.8:39, al.;
(b) making an affirmative: Act.4:20, 1Co.12:15.
4. With other particles: οὐ μή (see: μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Mat.21:19; with μή interrog., Rom.10:18, 1Co.9:4, 5 11:22.
5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Mat.6:26, Mrk.4:21, Luk.11:40, Jhn.4:35, Rom.9:21, al.
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Concordance 1,403 verses
- Romans 9:10 Οὐ
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
- Romans 9:12 οὐκ
not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”
- Romans 9:16 οὐ
So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
- Romans 9:21 οὐκ
Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use?
- Romans 9:24 οὐ
including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
- Romans 9:25 οὐοὐκ
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- Romans 9:26 Οὐ
and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
- Romans 9:31 οὐκ
but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.
- Romans 9:32 οὐκ
Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
- Romans 9:33 οὐ
as it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Romans 10:2 οὐ
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
- Romans 10:3 οὐχ
Because they were ignorant of God’s righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness.
- Romans 10:11 οὐ
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Romans 10:12 οὐ
For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him,
- Romans 10:14 οὐκοὐκ
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
- Romans 10:16 οὐ
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- Romans 10:18 οὐκ
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
- Romans 10:19 οὐκοὐκ
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
- Romans 11:2 οὐκοὐκ
God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
- Romans 11:4 οὐκ
And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
- Romans 11:7 οὐκ
What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,
- Romans 11:18 οὐ
do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this: You do not support the root, but the root supports you.
- Romans 11:21 οὐκ
For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
- Romans 11:25 Οὐ
I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers, so that you will not be conceited: A hardening in part has come to Israel, until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.
- Romans 12:4 οὐ
Just as each of us has one body with many members, and not all members have the same function,
- Romans 13:1 οὐ
Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which is from God. The authorities that exist have been appointed by God.
- Romans 13:3 οὐκ
For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.
- Romans 13:4 οὐ
For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
- Romans 13:5 οὐ
Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
- Romans 13:9 ΟὐΟὐΟὐΟὐκ
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
- Romans 13:10 οὐκ
Love does no wrong to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
- Romans 14:6 οὐκ
He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
- Romans 14:17 οὐ
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
- Romans 14:23 οὐκοὐκ
But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.
- Romans 15:3 οὐχ
For even Christ did not please Himself, but as it is written: “The insults of those who insult You have fallen on Me.”
- Romans 15:18 οὐοὐ
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,
- Romans 15:20 οὐχ
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
- Romans 15:21 οὐκοὐκ
Rather, as it is written: “Those who were not told about Him will see, and those who have not heard will understand.”
- Romans 16:4 οὐκ
who have risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
- Romans 16:18 οὐ
For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
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Yes, I also baptized the household of Stephanas; beyond that I do not remember if I baptized anyone else.
- 1 Corinthians 1:17 οὐοὐκ
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
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For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
- 1 Corinthians 1:26 οὐοὐοὐ
Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
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When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.
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For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
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My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,
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Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.
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None of the rulers of this age understood it. For if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 οὐκοὐκοὐκ
Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”