For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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οὐ (οὐκ, οὐχ)
Vocabulary form:
οὐ
Definition:
not
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
1,623
GK:
4024
Mnemonics:
Oooo! That's not good!
Mnemonic Singing:
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed.
Notes:
oujk and oujc are different forms of ouj. ouj is used when the following word begins with a consonant. oujk is used when the next word begins with a vowel and smooth breathing, while oujc is used when the next word begins with a vowel and rough breathing. All forms mean "not.
Biblical Concordance
Matthew 12:7 | And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not (ou | οὐ | adverb) sacrifice,’ you would not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) have condemned the guiltless. |
Matthew 12:19 | He will not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) quarrel, nor will he cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. |
Matthew 12:20 | A shattered reed he will not (ou | οὐ | adverb) break, and a smoldering wick he will not (ou | οὐ | adverb) snuff out, until he brings justice to victory. |
Matthew 12:24 | But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, “This fellow does not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” |
Matthew 12:25 | But he knew their thoughts and said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no (ou | οὐ | adverb) city or house divided against itself will stand. |
Matthew 12:31 | “For this reason I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) be forgiven. |
Matthew 12:32 | And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come. |
Matthew 12:39 | But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no (ou | οὐ | adverb) sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. |
Matthew 12:43 | “When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, it wanders through waterless regions in search of a resting place, but finds none (ouch | οὐχ | adverb). |
Matthew 13:5 | Other seed fell on rocky places, where it did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) have much soil; and immediately it sprouted because it had no depth of soil. |
Matthew 13:11 | He answered them, saying, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not (ou | οὐ | adverb) been given. |
Matthew 13:12 | For to the one who has, more will be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) have, even what he has will be taken away. |
Matthew 13:13 | This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) see and hearing they do not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) hear nor do they understand. |
Matthew 13:14 | And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled that says: ‘You will surely hear but never (ou | οὐ | adverb) understand, and you will surely see but never (ou | οὐ | adverb) perceive. |
Matthew 13:17 | I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you are seeing but did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) see them, and to hear the things you are hearing but did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) hear them. |
Matthew 13:21 | yet he has no (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) root in himself but lasts only a short time, and when suffering or persecution arises on account of the message, immediately he falls away. |
Matthew 13:29 | But he replied, ‘No (ou | οὔ | particle), lest in gathering the weeds you uproot the wheat along with them. |
Matthew 13:55 | Is not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) this the carpenter’s son? Is not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? |
Matthew 13:57 | And they were deeply offended at him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” |
Matthew 13:58 | And he did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) do many miracles there because of their unbelief. |
Matthew 14:4 | because John had been telling him, “It is not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) lawful for you to have her.” |
Matthew 14:16 | But Jesus said to them, “They have no (ou | οὐ | adverb) need to go away; you give them something to eat.” |
Matthew 14:17 | And they said to him, “We have nothing (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) here but five loaves and two fish.” |
Matthew 15:2 | “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) wash their hands when they eat bread.” |
Matthew 15:6 | he need not (ou | οὐ | adverb) honor his father.’ So you have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition. |
Matthew 15:11 | It is not (ou | οὐ | adverb) what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” |
Matthew 15:13 | And he answered, saying, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) plant will be rooted up. |
Matthew 15:17 | Do you not (ou | οὐ | particle) understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes through the stomach and is expelled into the latrine? |
Matthew 15:20 | These are the things that defile a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does not (ou | οὐ | adverb) defile a person.” |
Matthew 15:23 | But he answered her not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) a word. And his disciples came and urged him, saying, “Send her away, because she keeps shouting after us.” |
Matthew 15:24 | But he answered, saying, “I was not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” |
Matthew 15:26 | And he answered, “It is not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) right to take bread from the children and toss it to the dogs.” |
Matthew 15:32 | Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and have nothing (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) to eat; and I do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) want to send them away hungry, lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.” |
Matthew 16:3 | and in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot (ou | οὐ | adverb) evaluate the signs of the times? |
Matthew 16:4 | An evil and adulterous generation looks for a sign, but no (ou | οὐ | adverb) sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then he left them and went away. |
Matthew 16:7 | And they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, “It is because we brought no (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) bread.” |
Matthew 16:8 | But when Jesus became aware of this, he said, “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) bread? |
Matthew 16:11 | How is it that you do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) understand that I was not (ou | οὐ | adverb) speaking about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.” |
Matthew 16:12 | Then they understood that he had not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) told them to beware of the leaven of bread but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. |
Matthew 16:17 | And Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven. |
Matthew 16:18 | And I say to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not (ou | οὐ | adverb) overpower it. |
Matthew 16:22 | And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This must never (ou | οὐ | adverb) happen to you.” |
Matthew 16:23 | But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because you are not (ou | οὐ | adverb) thinking the thoughts of God but those of men.” |
Matthew 16:28 | I tell you the truth, there are some of those standing here who will not (ou | οὐ | adverb) taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom. |
Matthew 17:12 | And I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.” |
Matthew 17:16 | And I brought him to your disciples but they could not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) heal him.” |
Matthew 17:19 | Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) cast it out?” |
Matthew 17:24 | And when they arrived at Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not (ou | οὐ | particle) pay the two-drachma tax?” |
Matthew 18:3 | said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like children, you will never (ou | οὐ | adverb) enter the kingdom of heaven! |
Matthew 18:14 | In the same way, it is not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) the will of your Father in heaven that even one of these little ones should perish. |