oukoun

Strong’sG3766

not therefore

stem oukoun-once in the New Testamentnever changes form

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

οὐκοῦν,

adv.

(< οὔκουν, not therefore),

with the negative element lost, therefore, so then: Jo 18:37.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3766 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidook-oon'

is it not therefore that, i.e. (affirmatively) hence or so

Fromfrom G3756 and G3767;

King Jamesthen.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

οὐκοῦν,
Doric dialect οὐκῶν, adverb, composed, like{οὔκουν}, of οὐκ and οὖν, but differing in meaning and accent,Refs 2nd c.AD+
I in questions, inviting assent to an inference, or to an addition to what has already received assent, οὐκοῦν δοκεῖ σοι.. ; you think then, do you not, that.. ? Refs 5th c.BC+subjunctive, οὐκοῦν καὶ ἄλλους σε φῶμεν δυνατὸν εἶναι ποιεῖν (i.e. ῥήτορας ἀγαθούς) ; Refs when a negative answer is invited, οὐκοῦν οὐκ ἂν εἴη τὸ μὴ λυπεῖσθαί ποτε ταὐτὸν τῷ χαίρειν ;Refs; οὐκοῦν οὐδ᾽ ἂν εἷς ἀντείποι ; Refs 4th c.BC+
II in affirmative sentences, surely then, οὐκοῦν, εἰ ταῦτα ἀληθῆ, πολλὴ ἐλπὶς ἀφικομένῳ οἷ ἐγὼ πορεύομαι Refs 5th c.BC+subjunctive or imperative, οὐκοῦν διδάσκωμεν αὐτόν, ἀλλὰ μὴ λοιδορῶμεν let us teach him, then, Refs; οὐκοῦν.. ἱκανῶς ἐχέτω let this then suffice, Refs 5th c.BC+: with a prohibition, οὐκοῦν μὴ.. αὐτομολήσῃς Refs 4th c.BC+; οὐκοῦν ὑπόλοιπον δουλεύειν slavery, then, is the only alternative, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 in replies, very well, yes, ἴωμεν.. Answ. οὐκοῦν ἐπειδὰν πνεῦμα τοὐκ πρῴρας ἀνῇ, τότε στελοῦμεν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀμηχάνων ἐρᾷς. Answ. οὐκοῦν, ὅταν δὴ μὴ σθένω, πεπαύσομαι Refs; ἥξει γὰρ αὐτά, κἂν ἐγὼ σιγῇ στέγω. Answ. οὐκοῦν ἅ γ᾽ ἥξει καὶ σὲ χρὴ λέγειν ἐμοί Refs; ἀπόλωλας, ὦ κακόδαιμον. Answ. οὐκοῦν, ἢν λάχω Refs 5th c.BC+; ἴθι δὴ σκεψώμεθα.. Answ. οὐκοῦν χρή yes, let us do so, Refs 5th c.BC+; surely, οὐκοῦν τρύγοιπος ταῦτα πάντ᾽ ἰάσεται Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

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Where it appears

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Oukoun1×

John 18:37“so”legata oun auto tos Pilatos; Oukoun basilevos asō sis? apokrinita tos Iēsus; …“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this …