οὐ ou

Greek word for “no” · Strong’s G3756 · used 1,670 times in 1,439 verses

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Meaning

οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, WH, mg.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for ou in context, with how often each is used:

• not 1,355
• certainly 96
• surely 70
• no longer 47
• no 38
• nothing 13
• neither 10
• none 8
• never 7
• not? 4
• ‘no 2
• not desire 2

Where it is used

Also in 15 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 8 (25), John 16 (18), John 5 (17), John 6 (17), John 7 (17), 1 Corinthians 15 (17), John 10 (15), Mark 14 (14), Luke 12 (14), John 11 (14)

Forms

• οὐκ 817
• οὐ 662
• οὐχ 104
• οὐκέτι 46
• Οὐ 14
• οὔ 12
• Οὐκ 8
• οὒ 4
• Οὐχ 2
• Οὐκέτι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ou more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• εἰ ei “if” 154
• οἶδα oida “to know” 111
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 99
• οὐδέ oude “nor” 75
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 80
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 87
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 81
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 86
• ἐάν ean “if” 80
• πατήρ patēr “father” 83
• γινώσκω ginōskō “to know” 69
• ἤ ē “or” 74

Key verses

The verses using ou that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 23:13 — But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them…
• John 10:28 — And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.
• John 14:27 — Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
• John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye…
• Romans 16:18 — For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
• 1 Corinthians 6:9 — Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor…
• 2 Corinthians 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have…
• Hebrews 6:10 — For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do…
• James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
• 2 Peter 2:3 — And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth…
• Revelation 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.