οὐχί ouchi

Greek word for “not!” · Strong’s G3780 · used 54 times in 52 verses

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Meaning

οὐχί; strengthened form of οὐ;

How it is translated

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

• surely 35
• not 8
• no 7
• certainly 1
• surely is 1
• not go 1
• only 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 5 (2), Matthew 13 (2), Luke 12 (2), Luke 13 (2), Luke 14 (2), Luke 17 (2), Luke 24 (2), John 13 (2), Romans 3 (2), 1 Corinthians 5 (2)

Forms

• οὐχὶ 47
• οὐχί 7

Words used with it

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

• ἐάν ean “if” 10
• ἤ ē “or” 7
• εἷς ehis “one” 7
• δέκα deka “ten” 3
• ἀσσάριον assarion “assarion” 2
• μετανοέω metanoeō “to repent” 3
• βόθυνος bothunos “pit” 2
• ποῦ pou “where?” 3
• στρουθίον strouthion “sparrow” 2
• ἐννέα ennea “nine” 2
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 4
• ἐμπίπτω empiptō “to fall into” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 6:25 — Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the…
• Luke 4:22 — And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
• Luke 24:26 — Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
• Acts 5:4 — Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast…
• Romans 3:29 — Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
• Romans 8:32 — He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
• 1 Corinthians 3:3 — For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
• 1 Corinthians 9:1 — Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
• 1 Corinthians 10:16 — The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• Galatians 2:14 — But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:19 — For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
• Hebrews 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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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.