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. Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

  2. But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

  3. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

  4. Matthew 19:4 Οὐκ

    Jesus answered, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

  5. Jesus replied, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hardness of heart; but it was not this way from the beginning.

  6. His disciples said to Him, “If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”

  7. “Not everyone can accept this word,” He replied, “but only those to whom it has been given.

  8. Matthew 19:18 ΟὐΟὐΟὐΟὐ

    “Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,

  9. But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?

  10. Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

  11. “You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.

  12. “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

  13. It shall not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,

  14. just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

  15. Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

  16. “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

  17. What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

  18. So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

  19. ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

  20. Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

  21. For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

  22. Matthew 22:3 οὐκ

    He sent his servants to call those he had invited to the banquet, but they refused to come.

  23. Matthew 22:8 οὐκ

    Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.

  24. But when the king came in to see the guests, he spotted a man who was not dressed in wedding clothes.

  25. Matthew 22:16 οὐοὐ

    They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.

  26. So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

  27. But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

  28. ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”

  29. So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

  30. They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

  31. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

  32. And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

  33. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

  34. For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

  35. Matthew 24:2 Οὐοὐοὐ

    “Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

  36. Matthew 24:21 οὐοὐ

    For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

  37. If those days had not been cut short, nobody would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be cut short.

  38. Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

  39. Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

  40. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

  41. And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.

  42. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.

  43. But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.

  44. For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.

  45. Matthew 24:50 οὐοὐ

    The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.

  46. Matthew 25:3 οὐκ

    The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil.

  47. ‘No,’ said the wise ones, ‘or there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’

  48. But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

  49. Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

  50. Matthew 25:24 οὐκοὐ

    Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

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