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. Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.

  2. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.

  3. 2 Peter 3:10 οὐχ

    But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

  4. 1 John 1:5 οὐκ

    And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.

  5. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

  6. 1 John 1:8 οὐκοὐκ

    If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

  7. 1 John 1:10 οὐχοὐκ

    If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.

  8. He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

  9. 1 John 2:4 οὐκ

    If anyone says, “I know Him,” but does not keep His commandments, he is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

  10. 1 John 2:7 οὐκ

    Beloved, I am not writing to you a new commandment, but an old one, which you have had from the beginning. This commandment is the message you have heard.

  11. 1 John 2:10 οὐκ

    Whoever loves his brother remains in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.

  12. 1 John 2:11 οὐκ

    But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. He does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

  13. 1 John 2:15 οὐκ

    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

  14. 1 John 2:16 οὐκ

    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

  15. 1 John 2:19 οὐκοὐκ

    They went out from us, but they did not belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their departure made it clear that none of them belonged to us.

  16. 1 John 2:21 οὐκοὐκοὐκ

    I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

  17. 1 John 2:22 οὐκ

    Who is the liar, if it is not the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, who denies the Father and the Son.

  18. 1 John 2:27 οὐοὐκ

    And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.

  19. 1 John 3:1 οὐοὐκ

    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.

  20. 1 John 3:5 οὐκ

    But you know that Christ appeared to take away sins, and in Him there is no sin.

  21. 1 John 3:6 οὐχοὐχ

    No one who remains in Him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has seen Him or known Him.

  22. 1 John 3:9 οὐοὐ

    Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

  23. 1 John 3:10 οὐκ

    By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother.

  24. Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.

  25. 1 John 3:15 οὐκ

    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

  26. 1 John 4:3 οὐκ

    and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

  27. 1 John 4:6 οὐκοὐκ

    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

  28. 1 John 4:8 οὐκ

    Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

  29. 1 John 4:10 οὐχ

    And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

  30. 1 John 4:18 οὐκοὐ

    There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

  31. 1 John 4:20 οὐχοὐ

    If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

  32. 1 John 5:3 οὐκ

    For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,

  33. 1 John 5:6 οὐκ

    This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ—not by water alone, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

  34. Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.

  35. 1 John 5:12 οὐκ

    Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

  36. If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he should ask God, who will give life to those who commit this kind of sin. There is a sin that leads to death; I am not saying he should ask regarding that sin.

  37. All unrighteousness is sin, yet there is sin that does not lead to death.

  38. 1 John 5:18 οὐχοὐχ

    We know that anyone born of God does not keep on sinning; the One who was born of God protects him, and the evil one cannot touch him.

  39. 2 John 1:1 οὐκ

    The elder, To the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in the truth—and not I alone, but also all who know the truth—

  40. 2 John 1:5 οὐχ

    And now I urge you, dear lady—not as a new commandment to you, but one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another.

  41. 2 John 1:9 οὐκ

    Anyone who runs ahead without remaining in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in His teaching has both the Father and the Son.

  42. If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.

  43. 2 John 1:12 οὐκ

    I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

  44. 3 John 1:4 οὐκ

    I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

  45. 3 John 1:9 οὐκ

    I have written to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not accept our instruction.

  46. 3 John 1:11 οὐχ

    Beloved, 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 seen God.

  47. I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with pen and ink.

  48. Jude 1:9 οὐκ

    But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

  49. Jude 1:10 οὐκ

    These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.

  50. Revelation 2:2 οὐοὐκ

    I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

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