οὐ

ou

Greek G3756 Particle 1,627 occurrences in 1,403 verses
οὐ no

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

  1. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  2. For I do not want to see you now only in passing; I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord permits.

  3. Now about our brother Apollos: I strongly urged him to go to you with the brothers. He was not at all inclined to go now, but he will go when he has the opportunity.

  4. If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!

  5. We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

  6. And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

  7. For we do not write you anything that is beyond your ability to read and understand. And I hope that you will understand us completely,

  8. When I planned this, did I do it carelessly? Or do I make my plans by human standards, so as to say “Yes, yes” when I really mean “No, no”?

  9. 2 Corinthians 1:18 οὐκΟὔ

    But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”

  10. 2 Corinthians 1:19 οὐκΟὔ

    For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.”

  11. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.

  12. For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

  13. Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.

  14. in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

  15. I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.

  16. For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

  17. 2 Corinthians 3:3 οὐοὐκ

    It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

  18. Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

  19. And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

  20. Indeed, what was once glorious has no glory now in comparison to the glory that surpasses it.

  21. We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from gazing at the end of what was fading away.

  22. Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.

  23. For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.

  24. 2 Corinthians 4:8 οὐοὐκ

    We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

  25. 2 Corinthians 4:9 οὐκοὐκ

    persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.

  26. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.

  27. because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

  28. So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.

  29. For we walk by faith, not by sight.

  30. We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

  31. It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.

  32. I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.

  33. and not only by his arrival, but also by the comfort he had received from you. He told us about your longing, your mourning, and your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced all the more.

  34. Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.

  35. And now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us.

  36. So even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong or the one who was harmed, but rather that your earnestness on our behalf would be made clear to you in the sight of God.

  37. Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.

  38. And not only did they do as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us, because it was the will of God.

  39. I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.

  40. And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

  41. 2 Corinthians 8:12 οὐοὐκ

    For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have.

  42. It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

  43. 2 Corinthians 8:15 οὐκοὐκ

    As it is written: “He who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall.”

  44. More than that, this brother was chosen by the churches to accompany us with the offering —the gracious gift we administer to honor the Lord Himself and to show our eagerness to help.

  45. For we are taking great care to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord, but also in the eyes of men.

  46. For this ministry of service is not only supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanksgiving to God.

  47. For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

  48. The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

  49. 2 Corinthians 10:8 οὐκοὐκ

    For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

  50. We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

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