G3756 – ou – οὐabsolutely/definitely (do) not!
- Strong’s ID:
- G3756
- Greek Word:
- οὐ
- Transliteration:
- ou
- Pronunciation:
- oo
- Part of Speech:
- particle
- Etymology:
- a primary word
- Comparables:
- G3361, no, not
- Usage Count:
- 1645
- Search:
- Find “ou” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
absolutely/definitely (do) not
Word Picture:
Not simply a “no” (see G3361), but an emphatic, “absolutely not!” or “definitely not!”
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
also (before a vowel) ουκ ouk ook; and (before an aspirate) ουχ ouch ookh; a primary word; the absolute negative [compare G3361] adverb; no or not:— + long, nay, neither, never, no (X man), none, [can-]not, + nothing, + special, un([-worthy]), when, + without, + yet but. See also G3364, G3372.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203-3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) no, not; in direct questions expecting an affirmative answer
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayers Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.