adverb
oupō
Strong’sG3768
not yet
stem oupō-26 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 booksnever changes form
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
οὔπω is a negative adverb of time meaning "not yet" 1234 — denying that something has happened up to the present point, and used in negated statements or in questions to ask whether something has happened yet 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Strong’s G3768 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidoo'-po
not yet
Fromfrom G3756 and G4452;
King Jameshitherto not, (no…) as yet, not yet.
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
or οὔ πω, Ionic dialect οὔκω, adverb not yet, opposed to οὐκέτι (no longer, no more), usually with present or past (especially perfect, or aorist in perfect sense) tenses, Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently with another word between, as οὐ γάρ πω Refs 8th c.BC+
2 sometimes merely as a stronger form of the negative, not, not at all, when it may be used with the present or future, σοὶ δ᾽ οὔ πω.. θεοὶ κοτέουσιν Refs 8th c.BC+: with aorist, 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.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
26 occurrences, every one of them listed
oupō25×
Matthew 16:9“not yet”oupō noavō, oude mnēmoneuavō toin pente artoin …… still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the …
Matthew 24:6“not yet”… mē throovōr; datō gar genera, alla oupō atō tem telem.… you are not alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to …
Mark 4:40kai legata autoi; Tinem deilois avō? oupō echavō pistian?… so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
Mark 8:17“not yet”… Tinem dialogizovō hoti artoin ouk echavō? oupō noavō oude suniēkavō? pōrorēntan echavō tan …… asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard …
Mark 11:2… heuriskavi pōlon dorēnton epi hon oudenos oupō anthrōpoiu kathizata; luavar auton kai feravōr.… there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it …
Mark 13:7“not yet”… polemoiu, mē throovōr; datō genera, alla oupō tem telem.… rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still …
Luke 23:53“ever”… mnēme laxeute hou ouk ate oudenos oupō keiorōntos.… in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
John 2:4… Iēsus; Tinem mi kai si, gunaikar? oupō hēkatō tas hōras mu.… Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
John 3:24oupō gar ate balorēntos eis tan fulakan …(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
John 6:17… Kafarnaoum. kai skotias ēdē genatelē kai oupō erchatelē pros autoin tos Iēsus,… was already dark, and Jesus had not yet gone out to them.
John 7:6… tos Iēsus; Tos kairos tos ēmos oupō pareiatō, tos de kairos tos humeteros …… always at hand, My time has not yet come.
John 7:8… heortan houtan, hoti tos ēmos kairos oupō plērotē.… this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
John 7:30… epibalata epi auton tan cheiran, hoti oupō erchatelē tas hōras autou.… on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 7:39… mellale labarō tois pisteuarantois eis auton; oupō gar ate pneumem, hoti Iēsus oudepō …… to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not …
John 8:20… hiere; kai oudenos piazata auton, hoti oupō erchatelē tas hōras autou.… seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
John 8:57… tois Ioudaiois pros auton; Pentēkonta eteim oupō echasō kai Abraam horasē?… Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have …
John 11:30oupō de erchatelē tos Iēsus eis tan …Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still …
John 20:17legatō auta Iēsus; Mē mu haptosōr, oupō gar anabainamē pros ton patron; poreuosōr …… Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go …
1 Corinthians 3:2galaktem vin potizama, ouk brōmem, oupō gar dunove. alla oude ēti nun …… not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact …
1 Corinthians 8:2ei tinos dokatō gnōskarē tinem, oupō gnōskata kathōs datō gnōskara;… who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know.
Hebrews 2:8“not yet”… oudenem afiēkata auto anupotaktem. nun de oupō horanō auto teim panteim hupotassorēnteim;… things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
Hebrews 12:4oupō mechris haimeu antikatastēava pros tan hamartan …… your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding …
1 John 3:2agapētoir, nun tekneim theou anō, kai oupō fanerita tinem eni. oidanē hoti ean …… and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when …
Revelation 17:10… piptala, tos henos atō, tos allosos oupō erchata, kai hotan erchateia oligem auton …… one is, and the other has not yet come. But when he does come …
Revelation 17:12… horasa deka basilevois alō, hotinois basileian oupō labala, alla exousian hōs basilevois henan …… saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive …
Oupō1×
Mark 8:21“not yet”kai legate autoi; Oupō suniēkavō?… He asked them, “Do you still not understand?”