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
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At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”
- Hebrews 13:5 Οὐοὐ
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- Hebrews 13:6 οὐ
So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
- Hebrews 13:9 οὐοὐκ
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
- Hebrews 13:10 οὐκ
We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
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For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
- James 1:17 οὐκ
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
- James 1:20 οὐκ
for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
- James 1:23 οὐ
For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror,
- James 1:25 οὐκ
But the one who looks intently into the perfect law of freedom, and continues to do so—not being a forgetful hearer, but an effective doer—he will be blessed in what he does.
- James 2:4 οὐ
have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
- James 2:5 οὐχ
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- James 2:6 οὐχ
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- James 2:7 οὐκ
Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
- James 2:11 οὐ
For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
- James 2:21 οὐκ
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
- James 2:24 οὐκ
As you can see, a man is justified by his deeds and not by faith alone.
- James 2:25 οὐκ
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?
- James 3:2 οὐ
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- James 3:10 οὐ
Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
- James 3:15 οὐκ
Such wisdom does not come from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.
- James 4:1 οὐκ
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- James 4:2 οὐκοὐοὐκ
You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
- James 4:3 οὐ
And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.
- James 4:4 οὐκ
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
- James 4:11 οὐκ
Brothers, do not slander one another. Anyone who speaks against his brother or judges him speaks against the law and judges it. And if you judge the law, you are not a practitioner of the law, but a judge of it.
- James 4:14 οὐκ
You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
- James 5:6 οὐκ
You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
- James 5:12 Οὒοὔ
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
- James 5:17 οὐκ
Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years.
- 1 Peter 1:8 οὐκ
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
- 1 Peter 1:12 οὐχ
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, when they foretold the things now announced by those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
- 1 Peter 1:18 οὐ
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 1 Peter 1:23 οὐκ
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- 1 Peter 2:6 οὐ
For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- 1 Peter 2:10 οὐοὐκ
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
- 1 Peter 2:18 οὐ
Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.
- 1 Peter 2:22 οὐκ
“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
- 1 Peter 2:23 οὐκοὐκ
When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.
- 1 Peter 3:3 οὐχ
Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
- 1 Peter 3:21 οὐ
And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
- 2 Peter 1:8 οὐκ
For if you possess these qualities and continue to grow in them, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Peter 1:10 οὐ
Therefore, brothers, strive to make your calling and election sure. For if you practice these things you will never stumble,
- 2 Peter 1:16 Οὐ
For we did not follow cleverly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
- 2 Peter 1:20 οὐ
Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.
- 2 Peter 1:21 οὐ
For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
- 2 Peter 2:3 οὐκοὐ
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
- 2 Peter 2:4 οὐκ
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:5 οὐκ
if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
- 2 Peter 2:10 οὐ
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.