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 18:22 | Jesus said to him, “I do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. |
| Matthew 18:30 | But he refused (ouk | οὐκ | adverb). Instead, he went and threw him in prison until he should pay back the debt. |
| Matthew 18:33 | And should not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’ |
| Matthew 19:4 | He answered, saying, “Have you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) read that he who created them from the beginning ‘made them male and female?’” |
| Matthew 19:8 | Jesus replied “Moses allowed you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts; but it was not (ou | οὐ | adverb) that way from the beginning. |
| Matthew 19:10 | The disciples said to him, “If such is the case of a man with his wife, it is better not (ou | οὐ | adverb) to marry.” |
| Matthew 19:11 | Jesus replied “Not (ou | οὐ | adverb) everyone can live as you suggest, but only those to whom it is given. |
| Matthew 19:18 | “Which ones?” he inquired. And Jesus said, “‘Do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) murder, Do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) commit adultery, Do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) steal, Do not (ou | οὐ | adverb) give false testimony, |
| Matthew 20:13 | But he answered one of them, saying, ‘Friend, I am not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me to work for a denarius? |
| Matthew 20:15 | Am I not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ |
| Matthew 20:22 | Jesus answered, saying, “You do not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said to him, “We are able.” |
| Matthew 20:23 | He said to them, “My cup you will drink, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” |
| Matthew 20:26 | It will not (ouch | οὐχ | adverb) be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, |
| Matthew 20:28 | just as the Son of Man came not (ouk | οὐκ | adverb) to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.” |
| Matthew 21:21 | And Jesus answered them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not (ou | οὐ | particle) 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. |
| Matthew 21:25 | The baptism of John, where did it come from? From heaven or from man?” They reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say to us, ‘Why then did you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) believe him?’ |
| Matthew 21:27 | So they answered Jesus, saying, “We do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know.” And he said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. |
| Matthew 21:29 | And he answered, saying, ‘I will not,’ (ou | οὐ | particle) but later he changed his mind and went. |
| Matthew 21:30 | Then the man went to the second son and said the same thing. And he answered, saying, ‘I will, sir,’ but he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) go. |
| Matthew 21:32 | For John came to show you the way of righteousness, and you did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. And even when you saw it, you did not change your minds and believe him. |
| Matthew 22:3 | and sent his servants to call those who had been invited to the feast; but they would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) come. |
| Matthew 22:8 | Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) worthy. |
| Matthew 22:11 | But when the king came in to see the guests, he noticed a man there who was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) wearing a wedding garment. |
| Matthew 22:16 | And they sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are true and teach the way of God in truth, and show deference to no one, for you are not (ou | οὐ | particle) swayed by appearances. |
| Matthew 22:17 | So tell us, what do you think? Is it proper to pay a tax to Caesar or not?” (ou | οὔ | particle) |
| Matthew 22:31 | But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) read what was spoken to you by God: |
| Matthew 22:32 | ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’? He is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the God of the dead but of the living.” |
| Matthew 23:3 | Therefore put into practice and continue to do whatever they tell you; but do not imitate what they do, for they teach but do not (ou | οὐ | particle) practice. |
| Matthew 23:4 | For they tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not (ou | οὐ | particle) willing to move them with their finger. |
| Matthew 23:13 | “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. For you neither (ouk | οὐκ | particle) enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. |
| Matthew 23:30 | and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ |
| Matthew 23:37 | “Jerusalem, O Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often have I wanted to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) willing! |
| Matthew 23:39 | For I say to you, you will see me no more until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.’” |
| Matthew 24:2 | And he responded to them, saying, “You see all these things, do you not (ou | οὐ | particle)? I tell you the truth, not even one (ou | οὐ | particle) stone will be left here upon another that will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be thrown down.” |
| Matthew 24:21 | For then there will be great suffering, such as has not (ou | οὐ | particle) been from the beginning of the world until now, and will never (ou | οὐ | particle) be again (ou | οὐ | particle). |
| Matthew 24:22 | And unless those days were shortened, no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) human being would survive. But for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. |
| Matthew 24:29 | “Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not (ou | οὐ | particle) give its light, and the stars will fall from the sky and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. |
| Matthew 24:34 | I tell you the truth, this generation will not (ou | οὐ | particle) pass away until all these things take place. |
| Matthew 24:35 | Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never (ou | οὐ | particle) pass away. |
| Matthew 24:39 | and they knew nothing (ouk | οὐκ | particle) until the flood came and took them all away, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. |
| Matthew 24:42 | Therefore be alert, because you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know on what day your Lord will come. |
| Matthew 24:43 | But understand this: if the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have allowed his house to be broken into. |
| Matthew 24:44 | For this reason you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect. |
| Matthew 24:50 | the master of that servant will come on a day when he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) expect and at an hour he does not (ou | οὐ | particle) know, |
| Matthew 25:3 | For when the foolish took their torches, they did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) take oil with them. |
| Matthew 25:9 | But the wise answered, saying, ‘Perhaps there will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be enough for both us and you, so go rather to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.’ |
| Matthew 25:12 | But he replied, saying, ‘I tell you the truth, I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know you!’ |
| Matthew 25:13 | Therefore stay alert, because you know neither (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the day nor the hour. |
| Matthew 25:24 | Then the one who had received the one talent also came, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were an unscrupulous man, reaping where you have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) sown and gathering where you scattered no (ou | οὐ | particle) seed; |
| Matthew 25:26 | But his master answered him, saying, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) sown and gather where I scattered no (ou | οὐ | particle) seed? |