G3756: οὐ
ou · “no”
Definition
the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb; no or not
KJV translates it as: + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, (can-)not, + nothing, + special, un(-worthy), when, + without, + yet but
Word origin: a primary word;
Extended definition
[in LXX for אֵין ,אַיִן ,לֹא ;]
neg. particle,
not, no, used generally with indic, and for a denial of fact (cf . μή);
1. absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mat.13:29 Jhn.1:21 21:5; οὒ οὕ, Mat.5:37 Jas.5:12.
2. Most frequently negativing a verb or other word, Mat.1:25 10:26, 38, Mrk.3:25 9:37, Jhn.8:29, Act.7:5, Rom.1:16, Php.3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Act.17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Act.21:39; πᾶς . . . οὐ, with verb, (like Heb. כֹּל . . . לֹא), no, none, Mat.24:22, Mrk.13:20, Luk.1:37, Eph.5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά, Luk.8:52 Jhn.1:33 Rom.8:2o, al.; with 2 of person(s) fut. (like Heb. לֹא, with impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Mat.4:7, Luk.4:12, Rom.7:7, al.
3. With another negative,
(a) strengthening the negation: Mrk.5:37, Jhn.8:15 12:19, Act.8:39, al.;
(b) making an affirmative: Act.4:20, 1Co.12:15.
4. With other particles: οὐ μή (see: μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Mat.21:19; with μή interrog., Rom.10:18, 1Co.9:4, 5 11:22.
5. Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Mat.6:26, Mrk.4:21, Luk.11:40, Jhn.4:35, Rom.9:21, al.
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3756 is translated
- not ×1352
- certainly ×95
- surely ×70
- no longer ×49
- no ×31
- nothing ×13
- neither ×10
- none ×8
- never ×7
- is not ×6
- not? ×4
- no, ×3
Bible verses with G3756 (ou)
Ou appears in 1,445 verses; the first 25 are shown below.
- Matthew 1:25
And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.
- Matthew 2:18
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
- Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
- Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 4:7
Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
- Matthew 5:14
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
- Matthew 5:17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
- Matthew 5:18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
- Matthew 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 5:21
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
- Matthew 5:26
Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
- Matthew 5:27
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
- Matthew 5:33
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
- Matthew 5:36
Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
- Matthew 5:37
But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
- Matthew 6:1
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:5
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
- Matthew 6:20
But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
- Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
- Matthew 6:26
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matthew 6:28
And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
- Matthew 6:30
Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
- Matthew 7:3
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
- Matthew 7:18
A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
- Matthew 7:21
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
All 1,445 references (first 400)
- Matthew 7:22
- Matthew 7:25
- Matthew 7:29
- Matthew 8:8
- Matthew 8:20
- Matthew 9:12
- Matthew 9:13
- Matthew 9:14
- Matthew 9:24
- Matthew 10:20
- Matthew 10:23
- Matthew 10:24
- Matthew 10:26
- Matthew 10:29
- Matthew 10:34
- Matthew 10:37
- Matthew 10:38
- Matthew 10:42
- Matthew 11:11
- Matthew 11:17
- Matthew 11:20
- Matthew 12:2
- Matthew 12:3
- Matthew 12:4
- Matthew 12:5
- Matthew 12:7
- Matthew 12:19
- Matthew 12:20
- Matthew 12:24
- Matthew 12:25
- Matthew 12:31
- Matthew 12:32
- Matthew 12:39
- Matthew 12:43
- Matthew 13:5
- Matthew 13:11
- Matthew 13:12
- Matthew 13:13
- Matthew 13:14
- Matthew 13:17
- Matthew 13:21
- Matthew 13:29
- Matthew 13:55
- Matthew 13:57
- Matthew 13:58
- Matthew 14:4
- Matthew 14:16
- Matthew 14:17
- Matthew 15:2
- Matthew 15:11
- Matthew 15:13
- Matthew 15:17
- Matthew 15:20
- Matthew 15:23
- Matthew 15:24
- Matthew 15:26
- Matthew 15:32
- Matthew 16:3
- Matthew 16:4
- Matthew 16:7
- Matthew 16:8
- Matthew 16:11
- Matthew 16:12
- Matthew 16:17
- Matthew 16:18
- Matthew 16:22
- Matthew 16:23
- Matthew 16:28
- Matthew 17:12
- Matthew 17:16
- Matthew 17:19
- Matthew 17:21
- Matthew 17:24
- Matthew 18:3
- Matthew 18:14
- Matthew 18:22
- Matthew 18:30
- Matthew 18:33
- Matthew 19:4
- Matthew 19:6
- Matthew 19:8
- Matthew 19:10
- Matthew 19:11
- Matthew 19:18
- Matthew 20:13
- Matthew 20:15
- Matthew 20:22
- Matthew 20:23
- Matthew 20:26
- Matthew 20:28
- Matthew 21:21
- Matthew 21:25
- Matthew 21:27
- Matthew 21:29
- Matthew 21:30
- Matthew 21:32
- Matthew 22:3
- Matthew 22:8
- Matthew 22:11
- Matthew 22:16
- Matthew 22:17
- Matthew 22:31
- Matthew 22:32
- Matthew 22:46
- Matthew 23:3
- Matthew 23:4
- Matthew 23:13
- Matthew 23:30
- Matthew 23:37
- Matthew 23:39
- Matthew 24:2
- Matthew 24:21
- Matthew 24:22
- Matthew 24:29
- Matthew 24:34
- Matthew 24:35
- Matthew 24:39
- Matthew 24:42
- Matthew 24:43
- Matthew 24:44
- Matthew 24:50
- Matthew 25:3
- Matthew 25:9
- Matthew 25:12
- Matthew 25:13
- Matthew 25:24
- Matthew 25:26
- Matthew 25:42
- Matthew 25:43
- Matthew 25:44
- Matthew 25:45
- Matthew 26:11
- Matthew 26:24
- Matthew 26:29
- Matthew 26:35
- Matthew 26:39
- Matthew 26:40
- Matthew 26:42
- Matthew 26:53
- Matthew 26:55
- Matthew 26:60
- Matthew 26:70
- Matthew 26:72
- Matthew 26:74
- Matthew 27:6
- Matthew 27:13
- Matthew 27:14
- Matthew 27:34
- Matthew 27:42
- Matthew 28:6
- Mark 1:7
- Mark 1:22
- Mark 1:34
- Mark 2:17
- Mark 2:18
- Mark 2:19
- Mark 2:24
- Mark 2:26
- Mark 2:27
- Mark 3:24
- Mark 3:25
- Mark 3:26
- Mark 3:27
- Mark 3:29
- Mark 4:5
- Mark 4:7
- Mark 4:13
- Mark 4:17
- Mark 4:21
- Mark 4:22
- Mark 4:25
- Mark 4:27
- Mark 4:34
- Mark 4:38
- Mark 4:40
- Mark 5:3
- Mark 5:19
- Mark 5:37
- Mark 5:39
- Mark 6:3
- Mark 6:4
- Mark 6:5
- Mark 6:18
- Mark 6:19
- Mark 6:26
- Mark 6:36
- Mark 6:52
- Mark 7:3
- Mark 7:4
- Mark 7:5
- Mark 7:12
- Mark 7:18
- Mark 7:19
- Mark 7:24
- Mark 7:27
- Mark 8:2
- Mark 8:14
- Mark 8:16
- Mark 8:17
- Mark 8:18
- Mark 8:33
- Mark 9:1
- Mark 9:3
- Mark 9:6
- Mark 9:8
- Mark 9:18
- Mark 9:28
- Mark 9:30
- Mark 9:37
- Mark 9:38
- Mark 9:40
- Mark 9:41
- Mark 9:44
- Mark 9:46
- Mark 9:48
- Mark 10:8
- Mark 10:15
- Mark 10:27
- Mark 10:38
- Mark 10:40
- Mark 10:43
- Mark 10:45
- Mark 11:13
- Mark 11:16
- Mark 11:17
- Mark 11:26
- Mark 11:31
- Mark 11:33
- Mark 12:14
- Mark 12:20
- Mark 12:22
- Mark 12:24
- Mark 12:26
- Mark 12:27
- Mark 12:31
- Mark 12:32
- Mark 12:34
- Mark 13:2
- Mark 13:11
- Mark 13:14
- Mark 13:19
- Mark 13:20
- Mark 13:24
- Mark 13:30
- Mark 13:31
- Mark 13:33
- Mark 13:35
- Mark 14:7
- Mark 14:21
- Mark 14:25
- Mark 14:29
- Mark 14:31
- Mark 14:36
- Mark 14:37
- Mark 14:40
- Mark 14:49
- Mark 14:55
- Mark 14:56
- Mark 14:60
- Mark 14:71
- Mark 15:4
- Mark 15:5
- Mark 15:23
- Mark 15:31
- Mark 16:6
- Mark 16:14
- Mark 16:18
- Luke 1:7
- Luke 1:15
- Luke 1:20
- Luke 1:22
- Luke 1:33
- Luke 1:34
- Luke 1:37
- Luke 2:7
- Luke 2:37
- Luke 2:43
- Luke 2:49
- Luke 2:50
- Luke 3:16
- Luke 4:2
- Luke 4:4
- Luke 4:12
- Luke 4:41
- Luke 5:31
- Luke 5:32
- Luke 5:36
- Luke 6:2
- Luke 6:4
- Luke 6:37
- Luke 6:40
- Luke 6:41
- Luke 6:42
- Luke 6:43
- Luke 6:44
- Luke 6:46
- Luke 6:48
- Luke 7:6
- Luke 7:32
- Luke 7:44
- Luke 7:45
- Luke 7:46
- Luke 8:13
- Luke 8:14
- Luke 8:17
- Luke 8:19
- Luke 8:27
- Luke 8:43
- Luke 8:47
- Luke 8:51
- Luke 8:52
- Luke 9:13
- Luke 9:27
- Luke 9:40
- Luke 9:49
- Luke 9:50
- Luke 9:53
- Luke 9:55
- Luke 9:56
- Luke 9:58
- Luke 10:19
- Luke 10:24
- Luke 10:40
- Luke 10:42
- Luke 11:6
- Luke 11:7
- Luke 11:8
- Luke 11:29
- Luke 11:38
- Luke 11:40
- Luke 11:44
- Luke 11:46
- Luke 11:52
- Luke 12:2
- Luke 12:6
- Luke 12:10
- Luke 12:15
- Luke 12:17
- Luke 12:24
- Luke 12:27
- Luke 12:33
- Luke 12:39
- Luke 12:40
- Luke 12:46
- Luke 12:56
- Luke 12:57
- Luke 12:59
- Luke 13:6
- Luke 13:7
- Luke 13:15
- Luke 13:16
- Luke 13:24
- Luke 13:25
- Luke 13:27
- Luke 13:33
- Luke 13:34
- Luke 13:35
- Luke 14:3
- Luke 14:5
- Luke 14:6
- Luke 14:14
- Luke 14:20
- Luke 14:26
- Luke 14:27
- Luke 14:30
- Luke 14:33
- Luke 15:4
- Luke 15:7
- Luke 15:13
- Luke 15:19
- Luke 15:21
- Luke 15:28
- Luke 16:2
- Luke 16:3
- Luke 16:11