particle
ouchi
Greekοὐχί (ouchi)
Strong’sG3780
by no means, not at all
stem ouchi-53 times in the New Testamentin 9 of 27 books
Translated as
What it means
οὐχί,
strengthened form of οὐ,
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3780 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoo-khee'
not indeed
Fromintensive of G3756;
King Jamesnay, not.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.
Where it appears
53 occurrences, every one of them listed
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Matthew 5:46“not”ean gar agapaveia toin agaparōtoin vin, tinon misthon echavō? ouchi kai tois telōnois tem autem poialō?If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Do not even tax collectors do the same?
Matthew 5:47“not”kai ean aspazeveia toin adelfoin vu monem, tinem perissem poiavō? ouchi kai tois ethnikois tem autem poialō?And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even Gentiles do the same?
Matthew 6:25“not”Dia houtem legamō vi; mē merimnavōr ta psucha vu tinem esthiaveia, mēde te sōme vu tinem endueveia; ouchi tas psuchas polloterem atō tau trofēau kai tem sōmem teu endumeu?Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Matthew 10:29“not”ouchi duo strouthieim assarieu pōlitō? kai henem ek auteiu ouk pipteti epi tan gēan aneu tou patērou vu.Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Matthew 12:11“not”tos de legata autoi; Tinos eti ek vu anthrōpos hos echati probatem henem, kai ean empiptateia houtem tei sabbatei eis bothunon, ouchi kratati autem kai egeirati?He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 13:27“not”prosercharatois de tois doulois tou oikodespotou legala auto; Kurior, ouchi kalem spermem speirasa en to so agro? pothen oun echatō zizanieim?The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
Matthew 13:56“not”kai tais adelfais autou ouchi pantais pros nin alō? pothen oun houto houteim panteim?Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”
Matthew 18:12“not”tinem vi dokatō? ean gineteia tino anthrōpo hekaton probateim kai planiteia henem ek auteiu, ouchi afiēkati teim enenēkonta ennea epi teim oreim kai poreuiratos zētatō tem planirōtem?What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Matthew 20:13“not”tos de apokriniratos heno autoiu legata; Hetairor, ouk adikamō sin; ouchi dēnarieu sumfōnasa mi?But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me on one denarius?
Luke 6:39“not”Legata de kai parabolan autoi; Mēti dunetō tuflos tuflon hodēgarō? ouchi amfoterois eis bothunon empipteli?Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
Luke 12:6“not”ouchi pente strouthieim pōlilō assarieiu duo? kai henem ek auteiu ouk atō epilanthanirētem enōpion tou theou.Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
Luke 14:28“not”tinos gar ek vu thelarōtos purgon oikodomara ouchi prōtem kathizaratos psēfizatō tan dapanan, ei echatō eis apartismon?Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?
Luke 14:31“not”ē tinos basilevos poreuerōtos hetero basilevo sumballara eis polemon ouchi kathizaratos prōtem bouleueti ei dunatos atō en deka chiliadai hupantara to meta eikosi chiliadaiu ercherōto epi auton?Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Luke 15:8“not”Ē tinas gunaikas drachmain echarōtas deka, ean apolluateia drachman henan, ouchi haptatō luchnon kai saratō tan oikian kai zētatō epimelōs heōs hou heuriskateia?Or what woman who has ten silver coins and loses one of them does not light a lamp, sweep her house, and search carefully until she finds it?
Luke 17:8“not”alla ouchi legati auto; Hetoimazasar tinem deipnameia kai perizōnnueratos diakonasōr mi heōs esthiameia kai pinameia, kai meta houteim esthiesi kai pinesi sis?Instead, won’t he tell him, ‘Prepare my meal and dress yourself to serve me while I eat and drink, and afterward you may eat and drink’?
Luke 22:27“not”tinos gar megoteros, tos anakeierōtos ē tos diakonarōtos? ouchi tos anakeierōtos? mis de en mese vu amō hōs tos diakonarōtos.For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
Luke 24:26“not”ouchi houteim date paschara ton christon kai eiserchara eis tan doxan autou?Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”
Acts 5:4“not”ouchi menarōtem si menate kai pipraskiratem en ta sa exousia huparchate? tinem hoti tithesa en ta kardia su tem pragmem houtem? ouk pseudesa anthrōpoi alla to theo.Did it not belong to you before it was sold? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? How could you conceive such a deed in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God!”
Acts 7:50“not”ouchi tas cheiras mu poiata houteim panteim?Has not My hand made all these things?’
Romans 3:29“not”ē Ioudaioiu tos theos monem? ouchi kai ethneiu? nai kai ethneiu,Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
1 Corinthians 1:20“not”pou sofos? pou grammatevos? pou suzētētos tou aiōnou houtou? ouchi mōrainata tos theos tan sofian tou kosmou?Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
1 Corinthians 3:3“not”ēti gar sarkikois avō. hopou gar en vi zēlos kai eras, ouchi sarkikois avō kai kata anthrōpon peripatavō?for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
1 Corinthians 5:12“not”tinem gar mi toin exō krinarō? ouchi toin esō vis krinavō,What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
1 Corinthians 8:10“not”ean gar tinos horateia sin ton echarōton gnōsian en eidōleie katakeierōton, ouchi tas suneidēsias autou asthenou arōtou oikodomiti eis tem teim eidōlothuteim esthiarō?For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
1 Corinthians 9:1“not”Ouk amō eleutheros? ouk amō apostolos? ouchi Iēsun ton kurion nu horamē? ouk tem ergem mu vis avō en kurio?Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you yourselves not my workmanship in the Lord?
1 Corinthians 10:16“not”tem potēriem tau eulogiau hem euloganō, ouchi koinōnias atō teu haimeu tou Christou? ton arton hon klanō, ouchi koinōnias teu sōmeu tou Christou atō?Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 10:16“not”tem potēriem tau eulogiau hem euloganō, ouchi koinōnias atō teu haimeu tou Christou? ton arton hon klanō, ouchi koinōnias teu sōmeu tou Christou atō?Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
1 Thessalonians 2:19“not”tinas gar nu elpias ē charas ē stefanos kauchēsiau ē ouchi kai vis emprosthen tou kuriou nu Iēsu en ta autou parousia?After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?
Hebrews 1:14“not”ouchi pantois alō leitourgikeim pneumeim eis diakonian apostelirōteim dia toin mellarōtoin klēronomarō sōtērēan?Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Hebrews 3:17“not”tinoi de prosochthizata tesserakonta eteim? ouchi toi hamartaratoi, hoiu teim kōleim piptata en ta erēma?And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
Luke 12:51“no”dokavō hoti eirēnan paraginema dōara en ta gēa? ouchi, legamō vi, alla ē diamerismon.Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
Luke 13:3“no”ouchi, legamō vi, alla ean mē metanoaveiō pantois homoiōs apolluevi.No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
Luke 13:5“no”ouchi, legamō vi, alla ean mē metanoaveiō pantois hōsautōs apolluevi.No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
Luke 18:30“not”hos ouchi mē apolambateia pollaplasiōneim en to kairo houto kai en to aiōno to ercherōto zōan aiōnian.will fail to receive many times more in this age — and in the age to come, eternal life.”
John 13:10“not”legatō auto tos Iēsus; Tos louerētos ouk echatō chreian ei mē toin podoin niptera, alla atō katharos holos; kai vis katharois avō, alla ouchi pantois.Jesus told him, “Whoever has already bathed needs only to wash his feet, and he will be completely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.”
John 14:22“not”legatō auto Ioudaos, ouk tos Iskariōtos; Kurior, tinem ginatē hoti ni mellasō emfanizarō siauton kai ouchi to kosmo?Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
Romans 3:27“no”Pou oun tas kauchēsias? ekkleiita. dia poiou nomou? teiu ergeiu? ouchi, alla dia nomou pistiau.Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On that of works? No, but on that of faith.
Romans 8:32“not”hos ge tou idiou huiou ouk feideta, alla huper nu pantoiu paradōata auton, pōs ouchi kai sun auto teim panteim ni charizeti?He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
1 Corinthians 5:2“not”kai vis fusiirētois avō, kai ouchi mallon penthava, hina airiteia ek meseu vu tos tem ergem houtem poiaratos?And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?
1 Corinthians 6:1“not”Tolmatō tinos vu pragmem echarōtos pros ton heteron krinirō epi toiu adikoiu, kai ouchi epi toiu hagioiu?If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!
1 Corinthians 6:7“not”ēdē men oun holōs hēttēmem vi atō hoti krimeim echavō meta heautoiu; dia tinem ouchi mallon adikivō? dia tinem ouchi mallon aposterivō?The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
1 Corinthians 6:7“not”ēdē men oun holōs hēttēmem vi atō hoti krimeim echavō meta heautoiu; dia tinem ouchi mallon adikivō? dia tinem ouchi mallon aposterivō?The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?
1 Corinthians 10:29“not”suneidēsian de legamō ouchi tan heautou alla tan tou heterou; hinati gar tas eleutherias mu krinitō hupo allau suneidēsiau?the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
2 Corinthians 3:8“not”pōs ouchi mallon tas diakonias teu pneumeu eti en doxa?will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
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Luke 4:22“not”kai pantois marturale auto kai thaumazale epi toi logoi tau chariau toi ekporeuerōtoi ek teu stomeu autou, kai legale; Ouchi huios atō Iōsēf houtos?All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
Luke 17:17“not”apokriniratos de tos Iēsus legata; Ouchi tois deka katharizila? tois de ennea pou?“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?
Luke 23:39“not”Henos de toiu kremannuiratoiu kakourgoiu blasfēmate auton legarōtos; Ouchi sis asō tos christos? sōzasar siauton kai nin.One of the criminals who hung there heaped abuse on Him. “Are You not the Christ?” he said. “Save Yourself and us!”
Luke 24:32“not”kai legala pros allēloin; Ouchi tas kardias nu kaiirōtas ate en ni hōs lalate ni en ta hoda, hōs dianoigate ni tain grafain?They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
John 11:9“not”apokrinita Iēsus; Ouchi dōdeka hōrais alō tau hēmerau? ean tinos peripatateiō en ta hēmera, ouk proskoptatō, hoti tem fōtem tou kosmou houtou blepatō;Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.
Luke 1:60“no”kai apokriniratas tas mētēras autou legata; Ouchi, alla kaliti Iōannos.But his mother replied, “No! He shall be called John.”
Luke 16:30“no”tos de legata; Ouchi, patēror Abraam, alla ean tinos apo nekroiu poreuiteia pros autoin metanoali.‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’
John 9:9“no”allois legale hoti Houtos atō; allois legale; Ouchi, alla homoios auto atō. ekeinos legate hoti Mis amō.Some claimed that he was, but others said, “No, he just looks like him.” But the man kept saying, “I am the one.”
John 13:11“not”oidatelē gar ton paradōarōton auton; dia houtem legata hoti Ouchi pantois katharois avō.For He knew who would betray Him. That is why He said, “Not all of you are clean.”