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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3756 - οὐ

Transliteration

Phonetics

Origin

a primary word, the absolute negative [cf (G3361)] adverb

Parts of Speech

particle

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1583)

Matthew 199

Mark 109

Luke 169

John 281

Acts 109

Romans 118

1 Corinthians 151

2 Corinthians 89

Galatians 37

Ephesians 11

Philippians 13

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 16

2 Thessalonians 8

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 12

Titus 1

Hebrews 65

James 27

1 Peter 13

2 Peter 13

1 John 47

2 John 5

3 John 4

Jude 2

Revelation 68

BSB (713)

Matthew 203

Mark 119

Luke 174

John 282

Acts 111

Romans 122

1 Corinthians 156

2 Corinthians 97

Galatians 38

Ephesians 11

Philippians 13

Colossians 8

1 Thessalonians 18

2 Thessalonians 8

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 12

Titus 1

Hebrews 66

James 27

1 Peter 13

2 Peter 13

1 John 48

2 John 5

3 John 4

Jude 2

Revelation 67

CSB (1320)

Matthew 202

Mark 117

Luke 173

John 281

Acts 109

Romans 122

1 Corinthians 152

2 Corinthians 94

Galatians 35

Ephesians 11

Philippians 13

Colossians 8

1 Thessalonians 18

2 Thessalonians 8

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 12

Titus 1

Hebrews 64

James 27

1 Peter 13

2 Peter 12

1 John 47

2 John 5

3 John 4

Jude 2

Revelation 66

ESV (1333)

Matthew 199

Mark 120

Luke 176

John 278

Acts 107

Romans 120

1 Corinthians 149

2 Corinthians 94

Galatians 38

Ephesians 11

Philippians 13

Colossians 8

1 Thessalonians 18

2 Thessalonians 8

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 12

Titus 1

Hebrews 66

James 27

1 Peter 13

2 Peter 13

1 John 47

Revelation 68

KJV (1532)

Matthew 184

Mark 116

Luke 161

John 266

Acts 107

Romans 121

1 Corinthians 148

2 Corinthians 95

Galatians 36

Ephesians 11

Philippians 13

Colossians 8

1 Thessalonians 16

2 Thessalonians 8

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 12

Titus 1

Hebrews 61

James 26

1 Peter 12

2 Peter 12

1 John 47

2 John 5

3 John 4

Jude 2

Revelation 53

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (200)

Matthew 16

Mark 11

Luke 26

John 26

Acts 25

Romans 16

1 Corinthians 16

2 Corinthians 10

Galatians 2

Ephesians 1

Philippians 4

Colossians 4

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 10

James 3

1 Peter 2

2 Peter 2

1 John 7

3 John 1

Revelation 16

N95 (185)

Matthew 14

Mark 9

Luke 24

John 26

Acts 17

Romans 15

1 Corinthians 16

2 Corinthians 10

Galatians 2

Ephesians 1

Philippians 4

Colossians 4

1 Thessalonians 2

Hebrews 10

James 3

1 Peter 2

2 Peter 2

1 John 6

3 John 1

Revelation 17

NAS (168)

Matthew 38

Mark 23

Luke 48

John 62

Acts 41

Romans 18

1 Corinthians 23

2 Corinthians 13

Galatians 6

Ephesians 2

Philippians 4

Colossians 7

1 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 1

2 Timothy 1

Hebrews 14

James 4

1 Peter 2

2 Peter 4

1 John 14

3 John 1

Revelation 21

NLT (794)

Matthew 74

Mark 38

Luke 51

John 129

Acts 50

Romans 75

1 Corinthians 95

2 Corinthians 64

Galatians 32

Ephesians 9

Philippians 10

Colossians 6

1 Thessalonians 8

2 Thessalonians 4

1 Timothy 5

2 Timothy 10

Titus 1

Hebrews 48

James 12

1 Peter 13

2 Peter 9

1 John 41

2 John 4

3 John 2

Jude 2

Revelation 43

WEB (1600)

Matthew 199

Mark 115

Luke 167

John 284

Acts 109

Romans 121

1 Corinthians 152

2 Corinthians 96

Galatians 38

Ephesians 10

Philippians 13

Colossians 8

1 Thessalonians 18

2 Thessalonians 8

1 Timothy 8

2 Timothy 11

Titus 1

Hebrews 64

James 28

1 Peter 13

2 Peter 13

1 John 47

2 John 5

3 John 4

Jude 2

Revelation 66

YLT (1524)

Matthew 195

Mark 107

Luke 167

John 265

Acts 105

Romans 110

1 Corinthians 144

2 Corinthians 91

Galatians 37

Ephesians 11

Philippians 12

Colossians 8

1 Thessalonians 18

2 Thessalonians 8

1 Timothy 9

2 Timothy 12

Titus 1

Hebrews 66

James 24

1 Peter 13

2 Peter 11

1 John 43

2 John 5

3 John 4

Jude 2

Revelation 56

ASV (1583)

a 2

also 1

am not 1

and no 1

and not 1

answered 1

any 2

are not 8

art not 1

at all 1

barnabas 1

be 3

but no 1

by no 1

came 1

cannot 24

counted not 1

did neither 1

did not 1

do not 1

doth not 3

enter not 1

ever 1

failed 1

hath not 2

have 1

have no 1

have not 3

he 1

he cannot 2

he hath not 1

he knoweth not 1

him 1

him not 1

honorable, not 1

i 5

i am not 1

i cannot 1

i none 1

i not 2

i was not 1

in 3

in no 15

is 1

is it not 1

is no 2

is not 11

it is no 1

it is not 3

it not 7

it was not 1

it, did not 1

knew not 1

know not 1

me 1

nay 8

nbsp 36

neither 6

neither will i in any 1

never 7

no 155

no fruit 1

no man 1

no, not 1

none 13

nor 6

not 1124

nothing 9

now 1

of 1

of the brethren ye have no 1

openeth not 1

perceived not 1

practise 1

repented not 1

said not 1

saying 2

shall 1

shall in no 2

shall not 1

she willeth not 1

taketh not 1

than they? no 1

that 2

that he hath 1

that none 1

that which is no 1

the nay 1

the other 1

them not 5

them that are fallen asleep 1

then would no 1

thence no 1

there cannot 1

there is no 1

there is not 1

there none 1

there will not 1

they are not 1

they were not 2

this hath not 1

thou dost not 1

thou not 1

thou shalt by no 1

thou shalt not 1

to be not 1

to them who not 1

unwilling 1

was not 1

we are not 1

we did not 1

were no 1

were not 1

whether with little or with much, not 1

will not 5

wise 2

wise escape 1

without 1

would not 1

ye 2

ye did not 3

ye know not 1

ye not 4

ye shall not 1

ye stretched not 1

you not 2

your nay 1

yourselves, neither 1

BSB (713)

The Berean Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

CSB (1320)

any 3

aren't 5

can't 1

couldn't 1

did not 1

didn't 65

doesn't 23

don't 147

either 1

except 1

from 1

hasn't 2

have not 1

haven't 14

isn't 5

neither 1

never 9

no 111

no more 1

none 3

not 891

nothing 8

or 2

shouldn't 1

wasn't 7

without 4

won't 9

wouldn't 2

ESV (1333)

before 1

being 1

cannot 7

did not 1

either 1

fail 1

failed 2

from 2

have 1

i 1

instead 1

less 2

longer 1

more 1

more than 1

nay 1

neither 12

never 8

no 157

none 9

nor 6

not 1089

nothing 8

one 3

one is 1

only 1

or 3

out 1

rather 1

refuse 1

refuses 1

refusing to 1

so 1

than 1

was 1

without 3

KJV (1532)

* 89

answerest 1

but 1

cannot 9

flesh 1

i 1

man 1

nay 7

nay nay 1

neither 32

never 4

no 141

none 20

nor 4

not 1204

not;) 1

nothing 5

of 1

shall 1

that 2

the 1

there 1

to 3

was 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (200)

any 3

cannot 1

did 1

except 1

failed 1

few 1

less 2

neither 2

never 7

no 144

none 4

nor 3

not 18

nothing 7

rather 2

than 1

without 2

N95 (185)

any 2

cannot 1

except 1

failed 1

less 2

neither 2

never 6

no 147

none 4

nor 3

nothing 8

number 1

rather 3

refrain 1

than 1

without 2

NAS (168)

any 2

cannot 1

except 1

failed 1

less 2

neither 1

never 3

no 137

nor 3

not 3

nothing 9

rather 2

refrain 1

than 1

without 1

NLT (794)

against 3

been 1

before 1

breaking 1

but 2

cannot 10

completely 1

dead 1

do 2

even 10

everyone 1

everything 1

except 1

failed 2

from 1

happens 1

his 1

how 2

know 1

law 3

less 2

little 1

mean 1

neither 2

never 50

no 121

none 5

nor 3

not 510

nothing 5

obligation 1

of 2

or 6

party 1

quite 1

refuse 1

refused 2

refuses 1

refusing 1

surely 1

than 7

to 7

unless 2

until 3

untrustworthy 1

where 1

whether 1

while 1

whose 2

without 6

WEB (1600)

601

* 84

a 5

also 1

am not 1

and no 1

and not 1

answered 1

any 3

are not 5

at all 1

barnabas 1

be 3

be no 1

because no 1

before 1

but 1

but it is not 1

but no 1

but will in no 2

by 1

by no 1

cannot 2

declined 1

does not 1

ever 2

everything 1

failed 1

for a 1

found none 1

from there no 1

has never 1

has no 1

has not 1

have 1

have not 1

he 1

he has 1

he has not 1

he was not 1

him 1

i 8

i am not 2

i have not 1

i not 2

i tell 1

i wrote not 1

in 3

in any 1

in no 13

is 1

is no 1

is not 12

it has not 1

it is no 1

it is not 3

it not 1

little 1

me 1

neither 7

neither will i in any 1

never 7

no 147

no fruit 1

no more 1

no one 4

none 7

nor 6

not 552

not have 1

note 1

nothing 9

now 1

nowhere 1

refused 1

saw no one 1

shall not 1

she 1

she refuses 1

takes no 1

that 2

that none 1

that which is no 1

the other 1

the sheep 1

then no 1

there 1

there is no 2

there none 1

there will no 1

they are not 1

they never 1

they would not 1

this has not 1

this is not 1

this not 1

this was not 1

those who have fallen asleep 1

to be not 1

to those who not 1

until 1

unwilling 1

way 2

way escape 1

we are not 2

we did not 1

were no 1

were not 1

will 1

will by no 1

will in 1

will in no 1

will not 6

without 1

would not 1

you 4

you are not 1

you can no 1

you did not 1

you do not 1

you have no 1

you shall by no 1

you will not 1

YLT (1524)

[are] not 6

[is] not 9

[it is] not 2

[it] not 2

[that which is] not 1

[them]; shall we not 1

[us], we have not 1

[yet] not 1

[you] neither 1

[you], ye will not 1

am not 2

and he may not 1

and not 3

are not 14

art not 1

bear not 1

but not 1

came not 1

cannot 3

cup cannot 1

did it not 2

did not 74

did ye not 6

didst not 1

didst thou not 1

do not 24

do they not 1

do ye not 8

dost not 4

dost thou not 3

dost thou not speak? hast thou not 1

doth he not 1

doth not 48

entered not 1

for none 1

for not 1

had no 1

had not 6

had nothing 1

hast not 3

hath it not 1

hath no 2

hath not 15

hath not and 1

have no 2

have none 1

have not 14

have ye not 5

have ye not 'for 1

have ye not and 2

have ye not be not 1

have ye not having taken let it be 1

have ye not so 1

have ye not why not then 1

having no 1

he cannot 1

he did neither 1

he did not 13

he doth not 14

he had no 1

he hath not 6

he is not 11

he may not 7

he shall not 4

he was not 5

he were not 1

he will not 3

i am not 7

i did not 20

i do no 1

i do not 23

i do not find 1

i give no 1

i had not 1

i have not 20

i may not 1

i not 1

i shall not 3

i should not 1

i was not 2

i will in nowise 1

i will not 11

in christ, i do not 1

in no 1

indeed, doth not 1

is it not is 1

is not 39

it did not 4

it doth not 5

it hath not 3

it is not 14

it not 1

it shall not 3

it was not 3

jesus did not 1

let it not 1

may i not 1

may not 18

mother did not 1

neither 1

no 83

no more 1

none 6

nor 4

not 514

not because 1

not, although it is 1

nothing 6

obedience [is] not 1

of matters not 1

of no 1

of righteousness did not 1

one - we have not 1

one doth not 2

one, he doth not 1

one; do not 1

ourselves, we shall not 1

part did not 1

people did not 1

persons do not 2

shall be no 1

shall no 1

shall not 42

she did not 4

she had not 1

she was not 1

that i may not 1

the father did not 1

the things not 1

themselves, they do not 1

then, did ye not 1

there doth not 1

there hath not 1

there may not 2

there not 1

there shall not 2

there was not 1

there were not 1

there, this one - not 1

they are not 3

they did not 19

they do not 6

they had not 1

they have no 1

they have not 6

they not 1

they shall not 8

they were not 22

they will not 3

thing hath not 1

things - not 1

things are not 2

things do not 1

things thou dost not 1

things will not 1

things, is not 1

things, not 2

things; neither 1

thou art not 3

thou didst not 14

thou dost not 6

thou hast not 2

thou mayest not 4

thou shalt do no 1

thou shalt not 16

thou shalt not bear false testimony, thou shalt not 1

thou wast not 1

thou who art not 1

thou wilt not 1

to the ancients: thou shalt not 1

to the wrist, do not 1

to them, 'did ye not 1

was not 26

was she not 1

we are not 3

we did give no 1

we did not 4

we do not 6

we had not 1

we have not 7

we indeed shall not 1

we not 1

went not 1

were not 7

who art not 1

who had not 1

will not 5

will they not 1

wilt thou not 1

with them, he did not 1

without 1

ye are not 11

ye came not 1

ye did not 17

ye do not 10

ye had not 1

ye have not 9

ye may never 1

ye may not 9

ye not 2

ye put not 1

ye shall not 6

ye were not 3

ye will not 2

ye; do ye not 1

you do not 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

PRT-N 1510

ANT

PRT-N 1644

BEZ

ADV 1635

PRT- 1

BGB

PRT-N 1641

BMT

PRT-N 1651

BYZ

PRT-N 1640

ELZ

A-ASN 1

ADV 1497

CONJ 7

I-ASN 2

N-ASF 1

N-GSM 1

N-GSN 1

P-AP 1

P-DP 1

P-GS 1

PRT 77

R-GSM 6

R-GSN 2

R-NPM 1

R-NSF 1

T-VSF 1

V-FAI-3S 2

V-PAI-3P 1

NA26

D 1542

X 80

SBL

PRT-N 1641

SCV

PRT-N 1641

STV

PRT-N 1626

TIS

PRT-N 1646

PRT-N 1609

TRG

A-ASN 1

ADV 1460

CONJ 9

I-ASN 2

N-ASF 1

N-GSM 1

N-GSN 1

P-AP 1

P-DP 1

P-GS 1

PRT 78

R-GSM 6

R-GSN 2

R-NPM 1

R-NSF 1

V-FAI-3S 2

V-PAI-3P 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

οὐ, the negative of fact and statement, as μή of will and thought; οὐ denies, μή rejects; οὐ is absolute, μή relative; οὐ objective, μή subjective. —

The same differences hold for all compds. of οὐ and μή, and some examples of οὐδέ and οὐδείς are included below. —

As to the Form, v. infr. G. USAG E.

I as the negative of single words,

II as the negative of the sentence.

I οὐ adhering to single words so as to form a quasi-compd. with them: — with Verbs: οὐ δίδωμι withhold, Il. 24.296; οὐκ εἰῶ prevent, 2.132, 4.55, al.; οὐκ ἐθέλω refuse, 1.112, 3.289, al.; οὔ φημι deny, 7.393, 23.668, al. (In most of these uses μή can replace οὐ when the constr. requires it, e.g. εἰ μή φησι ταῦτα ἀληθῆ εἶναι Lycurg. 34; but sts. οὐ is retained, εἰ δ' ἂν.. οὐκ ἐθέλωσιν Il. 3.289; εἰ δέ κ'.. ου'κ εἰῶσι 20.139; ἐὰν οὐ φάσκῃ Lys. 13.76; ἐάντε.. οὐ (v.l. μή) φῆτε ἐάντε φῆτε Pl. Ap. 25b): —

with Participles: οὐκ ἐθέλων Il. 4.224, 300, 6.165, etc.: — with Adjectives: οὐκ ἀέκοντε 5.366, 768, al.; οὐ πολλήν Th. 6.7, etc.: — with Adverbs: οὐχ ἥκιστα Id. 1.68, etc.: rarely with Verbal Nouns (v. infr. 11.10). —

On the use of οὐ in contrasts, v. infr. B.

II as negativing the whole sentence,

1 οὐ is freq. used alone, sts. with the ellipsis of a definite Verb, οὔκ (sc. ἀποκερῇ), ἄν γε ἐμοὶ πείθῃ Pl. Phd. 89b: sts. as negativing the preceding sentence, Ar. Pax 850, X. HG 1.7.19: as a Particle of solemn denial freq. with μά (q. v.) and the acc.; sts. without μά, οὐ τὸν πάντων θεῶν θεὸν πρόμον Ἅλιον S. OT 660 (lyr.), cf. 1088 (lyr.), El. 1063 (lyr.), Ant. 758.

2. with ind. of statement, τὴν δ' ἐγὼ οὐ λύσω Il. 1.29, cf. 114, 495; οὐ φθίνει Κροίσου φιλόφρων ἀρετά Pi. P. 1.94; ἔνθα κεν οὔ τιν' ἀδάκρυτόν γ' ἐνόησας Ἀργείων Od. 24.61; οὔ κεν.. ἔπαξε Pi. N. 7.25; οὐκ ἂν ὑπεξέφυγε Il. 8.369.

3. with subj. in fut. sense, only in , οὐ γάρ τίς με βίῃ γε ἑκὼν ἀέκοντα δίηται 7.197; οὐκ ἄν τοι χραίς μῃ κίθαρις 3.54, cf. 11.387.

4. with opt. in potential sense (without ἄν or κεν), also , ὃ οὐ δύο γ' ἄνδρε φέροιεν 5.303, 20.286.

5. with opt. and ἄν, κείνοισι δ' ἂν οὔ τις.. μαχέοιτο 1.271, cf. 301, 2.250, Hdt. 6.63, A. Pr. 979, S. Aj. 155 (anap.), E. IA 310, Ar. Ach. 403, etc.

6. in dependent clauses οὐ is used, with ὅτι or ὡς, after Verbs of saying, knowing, and showing, ἐκ μέν τοι ἐρέω.. ὡς ἐγὼ οὔ τι ἑκὼν κατερύκομαι Od. 4.377, cf. S. El. 561, D. 2.8, etc.: so with ind. or opt. and ἄν, ἀπελογοῦντο ὡς οὐκ ἄν ποτε οὕτω μωροὶ ἦσαν X. HG 5.4.22, cf. Pl. R. 330a; ὡς δὲ οὐκ ἂν δικαίως αὐτοὺς δέχοισθε μαθεῖν χρή Th. 1.40, cf. X. Cyr. 1.1.3, etc.: with opt. representing ind. in orat. obliq., ἔλεξε παιδὶ σῷ.. ὡς.. Ἕλληνες οὐ μενοῖεν A. Pers. 358, cf. S. Ph. 346, Th. 1.38, X. HG 6.1.1, Pl. Revelation 22:1-21 b, etc.: for μή in such sentences, v. μή B. 3. in all causal sentences, and in temporal and Relat. sentences unless there is conditional or final meaning, χωσαμένη, ὅ οἱ οὔ τι θαλύσια.. ῥέξε Il. 9.534; ἄχθεται ὅτι οὐ κάρτα θεραπεύεται Hdt. 3.80; διότι οὐκ ἦσαν δίκαι, οὐ δυνατοὶ ἦμεν παρ' αὐτῶν ἃ ὤφειλον πράξασθαι Lys. 17.3; μή με κτεῖν', ἐπεὶ οὐχ ὁμογάστριος Ἕκτορός εἰμι Il. 21.95, etc.; νῦν δὲ ἐπειδὴ οὐκ ἐθέλεις.., εἶμι Pl. Prt. 335c; ἐπειδὴ τὸ χωρίον οὐχ ἡλίσκετο Th. 1.102; νηπιάχοις οἷς οὔ τι μέλει πολεμήϊα ἔργα Il. 2.338, etc.: in causal relative sentences, οἵτινές σε οὐχὶ ἐσώσαμεν Pl. Cri. 46a; esp. in the combinations, οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις οὐ.., as οὐκ ἔστ' ἐραστὴς ὅστις οὐκ ἀεὶ φιλεῖ E. Tr. 1051, cf. Hec. 298; οὔτις ἔσθ' ὃς οὔ S. Aj. 725; οὐδείς ἐστιν ὅστις οὐ.. Isoc. 15.180. after ὥστε with ind. or opt. with ἄν, ὥστ' οὐ δυνατόν σ' εἵργειν ἔσται Ar. V. 384, cf. S. Aj. 98, OT 411; οὕτως αὐτοὺς ἀγαπῶμεν.. ὥστε.. οὐκ ἂν ἐθελήσαιμεν Isoc. 8.45; οὐκ ἂν ὡρκίζομεν αὐτὸν ὥστε τῆς εἰρήνης ἂν διημαρτήκει καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἀμφότερ' εἶχε D. 18.30: ὥστε οὐ with inf. is almost invariably due to orat. obliq., ὥστ' οὐκ αἰσχύνεσθαι (for οὐκ αἰσχύνονται) Id. 19.308, cf. Th. 5.40, 8.76, Lys. 18.6, Isa 11.27 (cj. Reiske). — Rarely not in orat. obliq., S. El. 780, E. Ph. 1358, Hel. 108, D. 53.2, 9.48.

7. in a conditional clause μή is necessary, except, in Hom., when the εἰ clause precedes the apodosis and the verb is indic., εἰ δέ μοι οὐκ ἐπέεσσ' ἐπιπείσεται Il. 15.162, cf. 178, 20.129, 24.296, Od. 2.274, Il. 4.160, Od. 12.382, 13.144 (9.410 is an exception). when the εἰ clause is really causal, as after Verbs expressing surprise or emotion, μὴ θαυμάσῃς, εἰ πολλὰ τῶν εἰρημένων οὐ πρέπει σοι Isoc. 1.44; κατοικτῖραι.., εἰ.. οὐδεὶς ἐς ἑκατοστὸν ἔτος περιέσται Hdt. 7.46, cf. S. Aj. 1242; so also δεινὸν γὰρ ἂν εἴη πρῆγμα, εἰ Σάκας μὲν καταστρεψάμενοι δούλους ἔχομεν, Ἕλληνας δὲ οὐ τιμωρησόμεθα Hdt. 7.9, cf. And. 1.102, Lys. 20.8 (prob.), D. 8.55; οὐκ αἰσχρόν, εἰ τὸ μὲν Ἀργείων πλῆθος οὐκ ἐφοβήθη τὴν Λακεδαιμονίων ἀρχήν, ὑμεῖς δ' ὄντες Ἀθηναῖοι βάρβαρον ἄνθρωπον.. φοβήσεσθε; Id. 15.23, cf. Hdt. 5.97, Lys. 22.13. when οὐ belongs closely to the next word (v. A. I), or is quoted unchanged, εἰ, ὡς νῦν φήσει, οὐ παρεσκευάσατο D. 54.29 codd.; εἰ δ' οὐκέτ' ἐστί (sc. ὥσπερ λέγεις), τίνι τρόπῳ διεφθάρη; E. Ion 347.

8. οὐ is used with inf. in orat. obliq., when it represents the ind. of orat. recta, φαμὲν δέ οἱ οὐ τελέεσθαι Od. 4.664, cf. Il. 17.174, 21.316, S. Ph. 1389, etc.; λέγοντες οὐκ εἶναι αὐτόνομοι Th. 1.67, cf. Pl. R. 348c, X. Cyr. 1.6.18; οἶμαι.. οὐκ ὀλίγον ἔργον αὐτὸ εἶναι Pl. R. 369b, cf. S. OT 1051, Th. 1.71, etc.; ἡγήσαντο ἡμᾶς οὐ περιόψεσθαι ib. 39. (For the occasional use of μή, v. μή B. 5c; sts. we have οὐ and μή in consecutive clauses, οἶμαι σοῦ κάκιον οὐδὲν ἂν τούτων κρατύνειν μηδ' ἐπιθύνειν χερί S. Ph. 1058s q.; αὐτὸ ἡγοῦμαι οὐ διδακτὸν εἶναι μηδὲ.. παρασκευαστόν Pl. Prt. 319b.)

9. οὐ is used with the part., when it can be resolved into a finite sentence with οὐ, as after Verbs of knowing and showing, τὸν κατθανόνθ' ὁρῶντες οὐ τιμώμενον E. Hec. 316; κατενόησαν οὐ πολλοὺς τοὺς Θηβαίους ὄντας Th. 2. 3; ἔργῳ δηλώσω οὐ παραγενόμενος Antipho 2.4.8, etc.; or into a causal sentence, τῶν βαρβάρων οἱ πολλοὶ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ διεφθάρησαν νέειν οὐκ ἐπιστάμενοι Hdt. 8.89; τὴν Μένδην πόλιν ἅτε οὐκ ἀπὸ ξυμβάσεως ἀνοιχθεῖσαν διήρπασαν Th. 4.130; or into a concessive sentence, δόξω γυναῖκα καίπερ οὐκ ἔχων ἔχειν E. Alc. 352, cf. S. Ph. 377, etc.: regularly with ὡς and part., ὡς οὐχὶ συνδράσουσα νουθετεῖς τάδε Id. El. 1025, etc.; ἐθορυβεῖτε ὡς οὐ ποιήσοντες ταῦτα Lys. 12.73, cf. S. Ph. 884, Aj. 682, Hdt. 7.99, Th. 1.2, 5, 28, 68, 90; ὥσπερ οὐ πάντας τούτῳ τῷ τεκμηρίῳ χρωμένους Lycurg. 90, cf. Th. 8.1, Isoc. 4.11: — for exceptions, v. μή B. 6. when the part. is used with the Art., μή is generally used, unless there is a distinct reference to a fact, when οὐ is occasionally found, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς οὐκ οὔσης ἔτι [πόλεως] ὁρμώμενοι Th. 1.74; τοὺς ἐν τῇ πόλει οὐδὲν εἰδότας Id. 4.111; οἱ οὐκ ἐθέλοντες Antipho 6.26; τῶν οὐ βουλομένων And. 1.9; τοὺς οὐδὲν ἀδικοῦντας ἀκρίτους ἀπέκτειναν Lys. 12.82, cf. τὸν οὐδὲ συμπενθῆσαι τὰς τῆς πατρίδος συμφορὰς τολμήσαντα (preceded by τὸν.. μήτε ὅπλα θέμενον ὑπὲρ τῆς πατρίδος μήτε τὸ σῶμα παρασχόντα κτλ.) Lycurg. 43; τὸ οὐχ εὑρημένον Pl. R. 427e.

10. Adjectives and abstract Substantives with the article commonly take μή (v. μή B. 7) but οὐ is occasionally used, τὰς οὐκ ἀναγκαίας πόσεις X. Lac. 5.4; τοὺς οὐδένας E. IA 371; τὸν οὐδέν Id. Ph. 598 (whereas ὁ μηδείς, τὸ μηδέν is the rule); τὴν τῶν γεφυρῶν οὐ διάλυσιν the non - dissolution of the bridges, the fact of their not being broken up, Th. 1.137; ἡ οὐ περιτείχισις Id. 3.95; ἡ τῶν χωρίων οὐκ ἀπόδοσις Id. 5.35, cf. E. Hipp. 196 (anap.); so without the article, ἐν οὐ καιπῷ Id. Ba. 1287; οὐ πάλης ὕπο ib. 455.

11. for οὐ μή, v. sub voc.

12. in questions οὐ ordinarily expects a positive answer, οὔ νυ καὶ ἄλλοι ἔασι..; Il. 10.165; οὐχ ὁράᾳς..; dost thou not see? Od. 17.545; οὐκ.. ᾐσθόμην; A. Pr. 956: so as a strong form of imper., οὐκ ἀπαλλάξει; E. Ion 524; οὐκ ἀποκτενεῖτε τὸν μιαρὸν τοῦτον ἄνθρωπον; Din. 1.18; οὐκ εἶ καταπιὼν Εὐριπίδην; Ar. Ach. 484; βάλλε, βάλλε folld. by οὐ βαλεῖς; οὐ βαλεῖς; ib. 281 and 283, cf. S. Ant. 885: also with opt. and ἄν, οὐκ ἂν δὴ τόνδ' ἄνδρα μάχης ἐρύσαιο (= ἔρυσαι); Il. 5.456; οὐκ ἂν φράσειας (= φράσον); S. Ph. 1222; but in questions introduced by οὐ δή, οὐ δή του, οὔ που, οὔ τί που, a doubt is implied of the statement involved, and an appeal is made to the hearers, οὐ δή ποθ' ἡμῖν ξυγγενὴς ἥκεις ποθέν; surely you are not..? Id. El. 1202, cf. Ph. 900; οὔ τί που οὗτος Ἀπόλλων..; Pi. P. 4.87, cf. S. Ph. 1233, E. IA 670, Hel. 135, Ion 1113, Ar. Ra. 522, 526.

POSITION. οὐ is generally put immediately before the word which it negatives, οὐκ ἐκεῖνον ἐθεώμην. — ἀλλὰ τίνα μήν ; ἔφη ὁ Τιγράνης X. Cyr. 3.1.41; οὐχ αἱ τρίχες ποιοῦσιν αἱ λευκαὶ φρονεῖν Men. 639; οὐ διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀκοντίζειν οὐκ ἔβαλον αὐτὸν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ μηδενὶ ὑπὸ τὸ ἀκόντιον ὑπελθεῖν Antipho 3.4.6: in Poetry the position is freq. more free, κίνδυνος ἄναλκιν οὐ φῶτα λαμβάνει Pi. O. 1.81; οὐ ψεύδεϊ τέγξω λόγον ib. 4.19; κατακρύπτει δ' οὐ κόνις ib. 8.79; χρὴ πρὸς θεὸν οὐκ ἐρίζειν Id. P. 2.88: sts. emphatically at the end of the clause, καὶ τοὶ γὰρ αἰθοίσας ἔχοντες σπέρμ' ἀνέβαν φλογὸς οὔ Id. O. 7.48; ταρβήσει γὰρ οὔ S. Aj. 545: in clauses opposed by μέν and δέ the οὐ (or μή) is freq. placed at the end, βούλονται μέν, δύνανται δ' οὔ Th. 6.38; οὗτος δ' ἦν καλὸς μέν, μέγας δ' οὔ X. An. 4.4.3; ἔδοξέ μοι ὁ ἀνὴρ δοκεῖν μὲν εἶναι σοφὸς.., εἶναι δ' οὔ Pl. Revelation 21:1-27 c; so τὸ Πέρσας μὲν λέληθε, ἡμέας μέντοι οὔ Hdt. 1.139: freq. with ὁ μὲν.. ὁ δέ, οὐ πάσας χρὴ τὰς δόξας τιμᾶν, ἀλλὰ τὰς μέν, τὰς δ' οὔ Pl. Cri. 47a, cf. Ap. 24e, R. 475b, etc.; Λέριοι κακοί, οὐχ ὁ μέν, ὃς δ' οὔ Phoc. 1: sts. in the first clause after μέν, οἱ δὲ στρατηγοὶ ἐξῆγον μὲν οὔ, συνεκάλεσαν δέ X. An. 6.4.20, cf. 4.8.2, Cyr. 1.4.10, Pl. Phd. 73b; κατώρα πᾶν μὲν οὒ τὸ στρατόπεδον Hdt. 7.208.

ACCUMULATION.

1 A simple neg. (οὐ or μή) is freq. repeated in composition with Prons., Advbs., or Conjs., as οὐδείς or μηδείς, οὐδέ or μηδέ, οὐδαμῶς or μηδαμῶς, first in Hom., οὔ μιν ὁΐομαιοὐδὲ πεπύσθαι λυγρῆς ἀγγελίης Il. 17.641; ἀλλ' οὔ μοι Τρώων τόσσον μέλει ἄλγος ὀπίσσω οὔτ' αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης οὔτε Πριάμοιο ἄνακτος 6.450; οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν κρεῖσσον οἰκείου φίλου E. Andr. 986: the first neg. may be a compd., καθεύδων οὐδεὶς οὐδενὸς ἄξιος οὐδὲν μᾶλλον τοῦ μὴ ζῶντος Pl. Lg. 808b; οὐδενὶ οὐδαμῇ οὐδαμῶς οὐδεμίαν κοινωνίαν ἔχει Id. Prm. 166a (similarly with μή, Phdr. 236e): or a neg. Adj., ἀδύνατος οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν λέγειν μάτην E. Andr. 746; οὐ follows the compd. neg., οὐδ' εἰ πάντες ἔλθοιεν Πέρσαι, πλήθει γε οὐχ ὑπερβαλοίμεθ' ἂν τοὺς πολεμίους X. Cyr. 2.1.8; οὐδ' ἂν ἡ πόλις ἄρα (ὅπερ ἄρτι ἐλέγομεν) ὅλη τοιοῦτον ποιῇ, οὐκ ἐπαινέσῃ Pl. R. 426b, cf. Smp. 204a: sts. a confirmative Particle accompanies the first οὐ or οὐδέ, and the neg. is repeated with emphasis, οὐδὲ μὲν οὐδέ μ' ἔασκες Il. 19.295; οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ Δρύαντος υἱὸς.. δὴν ἧν 6.130, v. οὐδέ C. 11; οὐ μέντοι οὐδὲ αὖ ὡς σύ μοι δοκεῖς οἴεσθαι Pl. Prt. 332a: so also in Trag. and Att. without any such Particle, οὐ σμικρός, οὔχ, ἁγὼν ὅδε not small, no, is this struggle, S. OC 587; θεοῖς τέθνηκεν οὗτος, οὐ κείνοισιν, οὔ Id. Aj. 970, cf. Ar. Ra. 28, 1308, X. Smp. 2.4, Pl. R. 390c.

2. when the compd. neg. precedes and the simple neg. follows with the Verb, the opposing negs. produce an emphatic positive, οὐδεὶς ἀνθρώπων ἀδικῶν τίσιν οὐκ ἀποτείσει Orac. ap. Hdt. 5.56; γλώσσης κρυφαῖον οὐδὲν οὐ διέρχεται S. Fr. 935 (but prob. f.l.); οὐδεὶς οὐκ ἔπασχέ τι X. Smp. 1.9.

3. similarly each of two simple negs. may retain its negating force, ὥσπερ οὐ διὰ πρᾳότητα καὶ ἀσχολίαν τὴν ὑμετέραν οὐ δεδωκὼς ὑμῖν δίκην Lys. 6.34; ἐγὼ δ' οὐκ οἶμαι.. οὐ δεῖν ὑμᾶς ἀμύνεσθαι Id. 13.52 (similarly with μή, D. 19.77): sts. a combination of a μέν -clause with a δέ -clause containing οὐ is negatived as a whole by a preceding οὐ, e.g. οὐ γὰρ δήπου Κτησιφῶντα μὲν δύναται διώκειν δι' ἐμέ, ἐμὲ δέ, εἴπερ ἐξελέγξειν ἐνόμιζεν, αὐτὸν οὐκ ἂν ἐγράψατο Id. 18.13.

PLEONASM OF οὐ: after Verbs of denying, doubting, and disputing, folld. by ὡς or ὅτι with a finite Verb, οὐ is inserted to show the neg. character of the statement, where in Engl. the neg. is not required, ὡς μὲν οὐκ ἀληθῆ ταῦτ' ἐστὶν οὐκ ἔχετ' ἀντιλέγειν D. 8.31, cf. Th. 1.77, X. HG 2.3.16, Smp. 2.12, Isoc. 5.57, etc.; οὐδεὶς ἂν τολμήσειεν ἀντειπεῖν ὡς οὐ τὴν μὲν ἐμπειρίαν μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων ἔχομεν Id. 6.48, cf. And. 4.34, D. 16.4, etc.; οὐκ ἂν ἀρνηθεῖεν ἔνιοι ὡς οὐκ εἰσὶ τοιοῦτοι Id. 9.54; ἀρνεῖσθαι ὅτι οὐ παρῆν X. Ath. 2.17; οὐδ' αὐτὸς ὁ Λάμπις ἔξαρνος ἐγένετο

Thayer's Expanded Definition

οὐ before a consonant, οὐκ before a vowel with a smooth breathing, and οὐχ before an aspirated vowel; but sometimes in the best manuscripts οὐχ occurs even before a smooth breathing; accordingly, L T WH marginal reading have adopted οὐχ ἰδού, Acts 2:7; L T οὐχ Ἰουδαϊκῶς, Galatians 2:14 (see WH, Introduction, § 409); L οὐχ ὀλίγος, Acts 19:23; οὐχ ἠγάπησαν, Revelation 12:11; and contrariwise οὐκ before an aspirate, as οὐκ ἕστηκεν, John 8:44 T; (οὐκ ἕνεκεν, 2 Corinthians 7:12 T); (οὐκ εὗρον, Luke 24:3; (οὐκ ὑπάρχει, Acts 3:6) in manuscript א (also C*; cf. the Alex. manuscript in 1 Esdr. 4:2, 12; Job 19:16; Job 38:11, 26)); cf. Winers Grammar, § 5, 1 d. 14; Buttmann, 7; (A. V. Schütz, Hist. Alphab. Art., Berol. 1875, pp. 54-58; Sophocles, Hist. of Greek Alphab., 1st edition 1848, p. 64f (on the breathing); Tdf., the Sept., edition 4, Proleg., pp. xxxiii. xxxiv.; Scrivener, Collation etc., 2nd edition, p. 55: no. 9; id. manuscript Bezae, p. xlvii. no. 11 (cf. p. xiii. no. 5); Kuenen and Cobet, N. T. etc., p. 87f; Tdf. Proleg., p. 90f; WH. Introductory §§ 405ff, and Appendix, p. 143f); the Sept. for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין; a particle of negation, not (how it differs from μή has been explained in μή, at the beginning); it is used:

1. absolutely and accented, οὐ, nay, no (Winer's Grammar, 476 (444)): in answers, ὁ δέ φησίν. οὐ, Matthew 13:29; ἀπεκρίθη. Οὐ, John 1:21; (), cf. 7:12; repeated, οὐ οὐ, it strengthens the negation, nay, nay, by no means, Matthew 5:37; ἤτω ὑμῶν τό οὐ οὐ, let your denial be truthful, James 5:12; on 2 Corinthians 1:17-19, see ναί.

2. It is joined to other words — to a finite verb, simply to deny that what is declared in the verb applies to the subject of the sentence: Matthew 1:25 (οὐκ ἐγίνωσκεν αὐτήν); Mark 3:25; Luke 6:43; John 10:28; Acts 7:5; Romans 1:16, and times without number. It has the same force when conjoined to participles: ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων, 1 Corinthians 9:26; οὐκ ὄντος αὐτῷ τέκνου, at the time when he had no child, Acts 7:5 (μή ὄντος would be, although he had no child); add, Romans 8:20; 1 Corinthians 4:14; 2 Corinthians 4:8; Galatians 4:8, 27; Colossians 2:19; Philippians 3:3; Hebrews 11:35; 1 Peter 1:8; ὁ ... οὐκ ὤν ποιμήν, John 10:12 (where according to classical usage μή must have been employed, because such a person is imagined as is not a shepherd; (cf. Buttmann, 351 (301) and μή, I. 5 b.)). in relative sentences: εἰσιν ... τινες οἱ οὐ πιστεύουσιν, John 6:64; add, Matthew 10:38; Matthew 12:2; Luke 6:2; Romans 15:21; Galatians 3:10, etc.; οὐκ ἐστιν ὅς and οὐδέν ἐστιν ὁ followed by a future: Matthew 10:26; Luke 8:17; Luke 12:2; τίς ἐστιν, ὅς οὐ followed by a present indicative: Acts 19:35; Hebrews 12:7; cf. Winers Grammar, 481 (448); Buttmann, 355 (305); in statements introduced by ὅτι after verbs of understanding, perceiving, saying, etc.: John 5:42; John 8:55, etc.; ὅτι οὐκ (where οὐκ is pleonastic) after ἀρνεῖσθαι, 1 John 2:22; cf. Buttmann, § 148, 13; (Winer's Grammar, § 65, 2 β.); — to an infinitive, where μή might have been expected: τίς ἔτι χρεία κατά τήν τάξιν Μελχισέδεκ ἕτερον ἀνίστασθαι ἱερέα καί οὐ κατά τήν τάξιν Ἀαρών λέγεσθαι, Hebrews 7:11 (where the difficulty is hardly removed by saying (e. g. with Winer's Grammar, 482 (449)) that οὐ belongs only to κατά τήν τάξιν Ἀαρών, not to the infinitive). it serves to deny other parts of statements: οὐκ ἐν σοφία λόγου, 1 Corinthians 1:17; οὐ μέλανι, οὐκ ἐν πλαξί λιθίναις, 2 Corinthians 3:3, and many other examples; — to deny the object, ἔλεος (R G ἔλεον) θέλω, οὐ θυσίαν, Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; οὐκ ἐμέ δέχεται, Mark 9:37. It blends with the term to which it is prefixed into a single and that an affirmative idea (Winers Grammar, 476 (444); cf. Buttmann, 347 (298)); as, οὐκ ἐάω, to present, hinder, Acts 16:7; Acts 19:30 (cf., on this phrase, Herm. ad Vig., p. 887f); οὐκ ἔχω, to be poor, Matthew 13:12; Mark 4:25 (see ἔχω, I. 2 a., p. 266{b}); τά οὐκ ἀνήκοντα (or ἅ οὐκ ἀνῆκεν, L T Tr WH), unseemly, dishonorable, Ephesians 5:4 (see μή, I. 5 d. at the end, p. 410a; (cf. Buttmann, § 148, 7{a}.; Winer's Grammar, 486 (452))); often so as to form a litotes; as, οὐκ ἀγνοέω, to know well, 2 Corinthians 2:11 (Wis. 12:10); οὐκ ὀλίγοι, not a few, i. e. very many, Acts 17:4, 12; Acts 19:23; Acts 15:2; Acts 14:28; Acts 27:20; οὐ πολλαί ἡμέραι, a few days, Luke 15:13; John 2:12; Acts 1:5; οὐ πολύ, Acts 27:14; οὐ μετρίως, Acts 20:12; οὐκ ἄσημος, not undistinguished (A. V. no mean etc.), Acts 21:39; οὐκ ἐκ μέτρου, John 3:34. it serves to limit the term to which it is joined: οὐ πάντως, not altogether, not entirely (see πάντως, c. β.); οὐ πᾶς, not any and every one, Matthew 7:21; plural, οὐ πάντες, not all, Matthew 19:11; Romans 9:6; Romans 10:16; οὐ πᾶσα σάρξ, not every kind of flesh, 1 Corinthians 15:39; οὐ παντί τῷ λαῷ, not to all the people, Acts 10:41; on the other hand, when οὐ is joined to the verb, πᾶς ... οὐ must be rendered no one, no (as in Hebrew, now כָּל ... לֹא, now לֹא ... כָּל; cf. Winer, Lex. Hebrew et Chald., p. 513f): Luke 1:31; Ephesians 5:5; 1 John 2:21; Revelation 22:3; πᾶσα σάρξ ... οὐ with a verb, no flesh, no mortal, Matthew 24:22; Mark 13:20; Romans 3:20; Galatians 2:16; cf. Winers Grammar, § 26, 1; (Buttmann, 121 (106)). Joined to a noun it denies and annuls the idea of the noun; as, τόν οὐ λαόν, a people that is not a people (German ein Nichtvolk, a no-people), Romans 9:25, cf. 1 Peter 2:10; ἐπ' οὐκ ἔθνει (R. V. with that which is no nation), Romans 10:19 (so עָם לֹא; אֵל לֹא, a no-god, Deuteronomy 32:21; עֵץ לֹא, a not-wood, Isaiah 10:15; οὐκ ἀρχιερεύς, 2 Macc. 4:13; ἡ οὐ διάλυσις, Thucydides 1, 137, 4; ἡ οὐ περιτείχισις 3, 95, 2; ἡ οὐκ ἐξουσία 5, 50, 3; δἰ ἀπειροσυναν ... κουκ ἀπόδειξιν, Euripides, Hippolytus 196, and other examples in Greek writings; non sutor, Horace sat. 2, 3, 106; non corpus, Cicero, acad. 1, 39 at the end); cf. Winers Grammar, 476 (444); (Buttmann, § 148, 9); ἡ οὐκ ἠγαπημένη, Romans 9:25; οἱ οὐκ ἠλεημένοι, 1 Peter 2:10.

3. followed by another negative,

a. it strengthens the negation: οὐ κρίνω οὐδένα, John 8:15; add, Mark 5:37; 2 Corinthians 11:9 (8); οὗ οὐκ ἦν οὐδέπω οὐδείς κείμενος, Luke 23:53 (see οὐδέπω); οὐκ ... οὐδέν, nothing at all, Luke 4:2; John 6:63; John 11:49; John 12:19; John 15:5; οὐ μέλει σοι περί οὐδενός, Matthew 22:16; οὐκ ... οὐκέτι, Acts 8:39; cf. Matthiae, § 609, 3; Kühner, ii. § 516; Winers Grammar, § 55, 9{b}; (Buttmann, § 148, 11).

b. as in Latin, it changes a negation into an affirmation (cf. Matthiae, § 609, 2; Klotz ad Devar. ii. 2, p. 695f; Winers Grammar, § 55, 9 a.; Buttmann, § 148, 12); οὐ παρά τοῦτο οὐκ ἐστιν ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, not on this account is it not of the body, i. e. it belongs to the body, does not cease to be of the body, 1 Corinthians 12:15; οὐ δυνάμεθα ἅ εἴδομεν καί ἠκούσαμεν μή λαλεῖν, we are unable not to speak (A. V. we cannot but speak), Acts 4:20.

4. It is used in disjunctive statements where one thing is denied that another may be established (Winers Grammar, § 55, 8; cf. Buttmann, 356 (306)): οὐκ ... ἀλλά, Luke 8:52; Luke 24:6 (WH reject the clause); John 1:33; John 7:10, 12, 16; John 8:49; Acts 10:41; Romans 8:20; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 8:5; Hebrews 2:16, etc.; see ἀλλά II. 1; οὐχ ἵνα ... ἀλλ' ἵνα, John 3:17; οὐχ ἵνα ... ἀλλά, John 6:38; οὐ μόνον ... ἀλλά καί, see ἀλλά, II. 1 and μόνος, 2; οὐκ ... εἰ μή, see εἰ, III. 8 c., p. 171{b}; οὐ μή with subjunctive aorist followed by εἰ μή, Revelation 21:27 (see εἰ as above, β.).

5. It is joined to other particles: οὐ μή, not at all, by no means, surely not, in no wise, see μή, IV.; οὐ μηκέτι with aorist subjunctive Matthew 21:19 L T Tr marginal reading WH. μή οὐ, where μή is interrogative (Latinnum) and οὐ negative (cf. Buttmann, 248 (214), 354 (304); Winer's Grammar, 511 (476)): Romans 10:18; 1 Corinthians 9:4; 1 Corinthians 11:22. εἰ οὐ, see εἰ, III. 11, p. 172a. οὐ γάρ (see γάρ, I., p. 109b), Acts 16:37.

6. As in Hebrew לֹא with imperfect, so in Biblical Greek οὐ with 2 person future is used in emphatic prohibition (in secular authors it is milder; cf. Winers Grammar, § 43, 5 c.; also 501f (467f); (Buttmann, § 139, 64); Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 259f (cf. p. 252f) thinks otherwise, but not correctly): Matthew 6:5; and besides in the moral precepts of the O. T., Matthew 4:7; Matthew 19:18; Luke 4:12; Acts 23:5; Romans 7:7; Romans 13:9.

7. οὐ is used interrogatively — when an affirmative answer is expected (Latinnonne; (Winers Grammar, § 57, 3{a}; Buttmann, 247 (213))): Matthew 6:26, 30; Matthew 17:24; Mark 4:21; Mark 12:24; Luke 11:40; John 4:35; John 7:25; Acts 9:21; Romans 9:21; 1 Corinthians 9:1, 6f, 12; James 2:4, and often; οὐκ οἴδατε κτλ.; and the like, see εἰδῶ, II. 1, p. 174{a}; ἀλλ' οὐ, Hebrews 3:16 (see ἀλλά, I. 10, p. 28{a}); οὐκ ἀποκρίνῃ οὐδέν; answerest thou nothing at all? Mark 14:60; Mark 15:4; — where an exclamation of reproach or wonder, which denies directly, may take the place of a negative question: Mark 4:13, 38; Luke 17:18; Acts 13:10 (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 65); (on which see ἄρα, 1); cf. Winer's Grammar, as above; οὐ μή πίω αὐτό; shall I not drink it? John 18:11; cf. Winers Grammar, p. 512 (477); (cf. Buttmann, § 139, 2).

STRONGS NT 3756: οὐχ οὐχ, see οὐ.

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οὐ ,

before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ , before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού , Acts 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244),

[in LXX for H3808, H369;]

neg. particle, not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf. μή );

1. absol. (accented), οὔ , no: Matthew 13:29, John 1:21; John 21:5; οὒ οὔ , Matthew 5:37, James 5:12.

2. Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Matthew 1:25; Matthew 10:26; Matthew 10:38 Mark 3:25; Mark 9:37, John 8:29, Acts 7:5, Romans 1:16, Philippians 3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Acts 17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος , Acts 21:39; πᾶς . . . οὐ , c. verb. (like Heb. H3808 . . . H3605), no, none, Matthew 24:22, Mark 13:20, Luke 1:37, Ephesians 5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά , Luke 8:52, John 1:33, Romans 8:20, al.; c. 2 pers. fut. (like Heb. H3808, c. impf.), as emhatic prohibition, Matthew 4:7, Luke 4:12, Romans 7:7, al.

3. With another negative,

(a) strengthening the negation: Mark 5:37, John 8:15; John 12:19, Acts 8:39, al.;

(b) making an affirmative: Acts 4:20, 1 Corinthians 12:15.

4. With other particles: οὐο μή (see μή ); οὐ μηκέτι , Matthew 21:19; with μή interrog., Romans 10:18, 1 Corinthians 9:4-5; 1 Corinthians 11:22.

5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Matthew 6:26, Mark 4:21, Luke 11:40, John 4:35, Romans 9:21, al.

οὐχ , see οὐ .

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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

In its sole NT occurrence, Hebrews 6:6 (cf. Pss. Song of Solomon 2:14), this verb is used in the sense of ";expose to public ignominy."; Cf. Plut. Mor. 520 where Archilochus is described as rendering himself infamous—ἑαυτὸν παραδειγματίζοντος —by the character of the verses he writes : cf. the use of the simplex in Matthew 1:19, and see s.v. δειγματίζω.

We may cite one or two exx. of the subst. in the more ordinary sense of ";example"; : PSI IV. 422.38 (iii/B.C.) Ὧρός μω (= ο)ι τὸ παραδεῖγμα ἔδωκεν, P Fay 20.2 (Imperial edict—ii/A.D.) μοι παρέστη τὸ βούλευμα τοῦτο οὐδὲ ἀποδέοντι παραδειγμάτων, ";I have formed this intention, not wanting in precedents"; (Edd.), P Oxy II. 237viii. 8 (A.D. 186) παραδείγματι τῷ καλλίστῳ χρώμενος, ";following a most illustrious precedent,"; OGIS 508.8 (A.D. 162–3) ὡς μὴ ῥαιδίως ἀνάγεσθαί τινας τῶι παραδείγματι, and the epitaph to an athlete, Kaibel 940.4—

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