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Strong's G3756 · Greek

οὐ

ou

ouk ook, and (before an aspirate) ouch ookh a primary word; the absolute negative (compare 3361) adverb; no or not


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

οὐ (G3756)

1647 οὐ , before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ , before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού , Ac 2:7 , WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr. , § 409; M, Pr. , 44, 244), [in LXX for לֹא , אַיִן , אֵין ;] neg. particle , not , no , used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή ); absol. (accented), οὔ , no : Mt 13:29 , Jo 1:21 21:5 ; οὒ οὔ , Mt 5:37 , Ja 5:12 . Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26 , 38 , Mk 3:25 9:37 , Jo 8:29 , Ac 7:5 , Ro 1:16 , Phl 3:3 , al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many ), Ac 17:4 , al.; οὐκ ἄσημος , Ac 21:39 ; πᾶς . . . οὐ , c. verb, (like Heb. כֹּל . . . לֹא ), no , none , Mt 24:22 , Mk 13:20 , Lk 1:37 , Eph 5:5 , al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά , Lk 8:52 , Jo 1:33 , Ro 8:20 , al.; c. 2 pers. fut. (like Heb. לֹא , c. impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Mt 4:7 , Lk 4:12 , Ro 7:7 , al. With another negative, strengthening the negation: Mk 5:37 , Jo 8:15 12:19 , Ac 8:39 , al.; making an affirmative: Ac 4:20 , I Co 12:15 . With other particles: οὐ μή (v.s. μή ); οὐ μηκέτι , Mt 21:19 ; with μή interrog., Ro 10:18 , I Co 9:4 , 5 11:22 . Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne ): Mt 6:26 , Mk 4:21 , Lk 11:40 , Jo 4:35 , Ro 9:21 , al.

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