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
| Hebrews 13:5 | Your conduct must be free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for God himself has said, “I will never (ou | οὐ | particle) leave you; never (ou | οὐ | particle) will I forsake you.” |
| Hebrews 13:6 | So we can say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, I will not (ou | οὐ | particle) be afraid. What can man do to me?” |
| Hebrews 13:9 | Do not be swept off your feet by all sorts of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not (ou | οὐ | particle) by foods, with which their adherents are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) benefited. |
| Hebrews 13:10 | We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have the right to eat. |
| Hebrews 13:14 | For here we have no (ou | οὐ | particle) permanent city, but we are looking forward to the city that is to come. |
| James 1:17 | Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) variation or shadow caused by change. |
| James 1:20 | For the anger of man does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) bring about the righteousness that God requires. |
| James 1:23 | For if someone is a hearer of the word and not (ou | οὐ | particle) a doer, he is like a person who looks at his natural face in a mirror; |
| James 1:25 | But the person who looks intently into the perfect law, the law that provides liberty, and continues in it, not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer — he will be blessed in his doing. |
| James 2:4 | have you not (ou | οὐ | particle) made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? |
| James 2:5 | Listen, my dear brothers! Did not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) God choose those whom the world considers poor to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? |
| James 2:6 | But you have dishonored the poor! Is it not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) the rich who oppress you? And are not they the ones who drag you into court? |
| James 2:7 | Are they not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the ones who are blaspheming the honorable name by which you were called? |
| James 2:11 | For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not (ou | οὐ | particle) commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. |
| James 2:21 | Was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) Abraham our father justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? |
| James 2:24 | You see that a person is justified by works and not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) by faith alone. |
| James 2:25 | And in the same way was not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) also Rahab the harlot justified by works when she took in the spies and sent them out by another way? |
| James 3:2 | For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not (ou | οὐ | particle) stumble in what he says, he is a mature individual, able to bridle his whole body as well. |
| James 3:10 | From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not (ou | οὐ | particle) happen. |
| James 3:15 | This is not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. |
| James 4:1 | What accounts for the quarrels and disputes among you? Is it not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) this — your desires that are at war in your members? |
| James 4:2 | You desire and do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have; you murder and envy and cannot (ou | οὐ | particle) obtain; you fight and quarrel. You do not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) have because you do not ask. |
| James 4:3 | You ask and do not (ou | οὐ | particle) receive because you ask for the wrong reason, that you can spend it on your pleasures. |
| James 4:4 | You adulterous people! Do you not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. |
| James 4:11 | Do not speak against one another, my brothers. Whoever speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) a doer of the law but a judge of it. |
| James 4:14 | You have no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) idea what your life will be like tomorrow. For you are but a mist that appears for a brief moment and then disappears. |
| James 5:6 | You condemn the innocent and put him to death; he does not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) resist you. |
| James 5:12 | Above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” (ou | οὔ | particle) no (ou | οὔ | particle), so that you may not fall under judgment. |
| James 5:17 | Elijah was a man exactly like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and for three years and six months no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) rain fell on the earth. |
| 1 Peter 1:8 | Though you have not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) seen him, you love him. Though not seeing him now, yet believing in him, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and filled with glory, |
| 1 Peter 1:12 | To them it was revealed that not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) to themselves, but to you, they were ministering these things that now have been announced to you through those who preached to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven — things into which angels long to look. |
| 1 Peter 1:18 | since you know that you were ransomed from the empty way of life handed down from your ancestors, not (ou | οὐ | particle) by perishable things such as silver or gold, |
| 1 Peter 1:23 | for you have been born again not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) of perishable seed but of imperishable, by means of the living and enduring word of God. |
| 1 Peter 2:6 | For it says in scripture, “Behold, I lay in Zion a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and the one who believes in him will never (ou | οὐ | particle) be put to shame.” |
| 1 Peter 2:10 | At one time you were not (ou | οὐ | particle) a people, but now you are the people of God. You were shown no (ouk | οὐκ | particle) mercy, but now have received mercy. |
| 1 Peter 2:18 | Household servants should be subject to their masters with all respect, not (ou | οὐ | particle) only to the good and kind but also to the unjust. |
| 1 Peter 2:22 | He did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) commit sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth. |
| 1 Peter 2:23 | When he was insulted, he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) respond with an insult; when he suffered, he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly. |
| 1 Peter 3:3 | Do not (ouch | οὐχ | particle) let your beauty be external — such as braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or dressing up in fine clothes — |
| 1 Peter 3:21 | This water prefigures baptism, which now saves you — not (ou | οὐ | particle) the removal of dirt from the body but the answer of a good conscience to God — by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, |
| 2 Peter 1:8 | For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will make you effective (ouk | οὐκ | particle) and productive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 2 Peter 1:10 | Therefore, my brothers, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election. For by doing these things you will never (ou | οὐ | particle) come to ruin. |
| 2 Peter 1:16 | For we did not (ou | οὐ | particle) follow cunningly crafted stories when we made known to you the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. |
| 2 Peter 1:20 | Above all, you must understand that no (ou | οὐ | particle) prophecy of scripture arises from the prophet’s own interpretation, |
| 2 Peter 1:21 | for prophecy never (ou | οὐ | particle) had its origin in the will of man, but men borne along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. |
| 2 Peter 2:3 | And in their greed they will exploit you with their fabricated stories. Their condemnation has not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) from ancient times been idle, nor (ou | οὐ | particle) has their destruction been sleeping. |
| 2 Peter 2:4 | For if God did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) spare the angels when they sinned but cast them into hell, committing them to chains of utter darkness, there to be kept until the judgment; |
| 2 Peter 2:5 | and if he did not (ouk | οὐκ | particle) spare the ancient world (but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness) when he brought the deluge on an ungodly world; |
| 2 Peter 2:10 | especially those who in polluting lust indulge the flesh and despise authority. These bold and insolent people are not (ou | οὐ | particle) afraid to slander the glorious ones, |
| 2 Peter 2:11 | whereas angels, although greater in strength and power, do not (ou | οὐ | particle) bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord. |
Mnemonics
OOOh, isn't that baby so oooh
OOOh, isn't that baby so oooh cute!