For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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οὐ
Vocabulary form:
ouj, oujk, oujc
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.
Verse:
“Unless your righteousness exceeds beyond that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will οὐ enter the kingdom of heaven.”(Matt 5:20)
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
| John 6:36 | But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) believe. |
| John 6:37 | All that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never (ou | οὐ | particle) turn away. |
| John 6:38 | For I have come down from heaven, not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) to do my own will but to do the will of him who sent me. |
| John 6:42 | And they were saying, “Is this not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” |
| John 6:46 | Not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) that anyone has seen the Father, except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. |
| John 6:53 | Jesus therefore said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) life in you. |
| John 6:58 | This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not (ou | οὐ | particle) like that which your fathers ate and died. The one who feeds on this bread will live forever.” |
| John 6:63 | It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is useless (ouk | οὐκ | particle). The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. |
| John 6:64 | But there are some among you who do not (ou | οὐ | particle) believe.” For from the beginning Jesus knew those who would not believe, and who it was who would betray him. |
| John 6:70 | Jesus answered them, “Did I not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.” |
| John 7:1 | After this Jesus traveled about in Galilee; he chose not (ou | οὐ | particle) to remain in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. |
| John 7:7 | The world cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) hate you, but it hates me because I am bearing witness against it that its works are evil. |
| John 7:8 | You go up to the festival yourselves; I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) going up to this festival, for my time has not yet fully come.” |
| John 7:10 | However, when his brothers had gone up to the festival, then Jesus himself also went up, not (ou | οὐ | particle) openly, but as it were, in private. |
| John 7:12 | And there was a lot of secret discussion about him among the crowds; some were saying, “He is a good man,” but others were saying, “No (ou | οὔ | particle), to the contrary, he is leading people astray.” |
| John 7:16 | Jesus answered, saying, “My teaching is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) mine, but it comes from the one who sent me. |
| John 7:18 | The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own honor; but the one who seeks the honor of the one who sent him is truthful, and in him there is nothing (ouk | οὐκ | particle) false. |
| John 7:19 | “Has not (ou | οὐ | particle) Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill me?” |
| John 7:22 | Moses gave you circumcision — not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs — and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. |
| John 7:25 | Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Is not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) this the man whom they are trying to kill? |
| John 7:28 | Then Jesus, as he was teaching in the temple, cried out, saying, know me, and you know where I am from? I have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and him you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know; |
| John 7:34 | You will look for me, but you will not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) find me; and where I am, you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) go.” |
| John 7:35 | Then the Jews said to one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) find him? Surely he is not going to go to our people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he? |
| John 7:36 | What can it mean, this saying of his: ‘You will look for me but you will not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) find me,’ and ‘Where I am you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) go’?” |
| John 7:42 | Has not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) the scripture said that the Christ will be a descendant of David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was born?” |
| John 7:45 | Then the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) bring him?” |
| John 7:52 | They replied to him, saying, “You too are not from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) prophet will arise from Galilee.” |
| John 8:12 | Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never (ou | οὐ | particle) walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” |
| John 8:13 | Therefore the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) valid.” |
| John 8:14 | Jesus answered them, saying, “Even if I am bearing witness about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on the other hand, do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know where I come from or where I am going. |
| John 8:15 | You judge according to human standards; I judge no one. |
| John 8:16 | But even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because it is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me. |
| John 8:21 | Then he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will search for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) come.” |
| John 8:22 | So the Jews said, “Surely he is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going, you cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) come’?” |
| John 8:23 | He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) of this world. |
| John 8:27 | They did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. |
| John 8:29 | And the one who sent me is with me; he has not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.” |
| John 8:35 | A slave does not (ou | οὐ | particle) remain in the house forever, but a son remains forever. |
| John 8:37 | I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; but you are intent on killing me, because my teaching makes no (ou | οὐ | particle) headway in you. |
| John 8:40 | But now you are intent on killing me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) what Abraham did! |
| John 8:41 | You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to him, “We have not (ou | οὐ | particle) been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.” |
| John 8:43 | Why do you not (ou | οὐ | particle) understand the way I speak? It is because you are unable (ou | οὐ | particle) to grasp my message. |
| John 8:44 | You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never (ouk | οὐκ | particle) did stand in the truth, because there is no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) truth in him. When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. |
| John 8:45 | Yet because I am speaking the truth, you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) believe me. |
| John 8:46 | Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am speaking the truth, why don’t (ou | οὐ | particle) you believe me? |
| John 8:47 | Whoever belongs to God listens to the words of God. The reason why you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) listen is that you do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) belong to God.” |
| John 8:48 | The Jews answered him, saying, “Are we not (ou | οὐ | particle) correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” |
| John 8:49 | Jesus answered, “I do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have a demon; but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me. |
| John 8:50 | I am not (ou | οὐ | particle) seeking glory for myself; there is one who seeks it and he is the one who judges. |
| John 8:51 | I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never (ou | οὐ | particle) see death.” |
Mnemonics
OOOh, isn't that baby so oooh
OOOh, isn't that baby so oooh cute!