UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Notes: οὐ[a] and μή[a] are lexically equivalent in meaning, but they have a syntactic distribution which may be said to give them certain distinctions in so-called class meaning. However, since these differences are based upon syntactic distributions, such distinctions in meaning are beyond the scope of this type of lexical analysis. The form οὐ, of course, tends to occur primarily in indicative clauses, while μή occurs generally in non-indicative clauses.; In a number of languages, however, an affirmative response to such a question would be indicated by a negative particle, so that the answer to the question in RV MAT 27:13 · LV MAT 27:13 · Read together MAT 27:13 would be ‘no.’; The combination οὐ μή[d] may be regarded technically as a type of idiom in that the two negations do not cancel each other out, but constitute an emphatic negation. The combination οὐ μή[d] may be regarded technically as a type of idiom in that the two negations do not cancel each other out, but constitute an emphatic negation.

Form 1

Part of speech: advb.

Inflections: οὐ; οὐκ; before vowel; οὐ; οὐχ; before aspirated word

Related lemmas: οὐκ · οὐχ

Sense 1: not

Semantic entry: 69.3

Semantic domains: Affirmation, Negation

Subdomains: Negation

Definition: marker of negative propositions{N:001}

MAT 1:25: RV MAT 1:25 · LV MAT 1:25 · Read together MAT 1:25

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OET-RV MAT 1:25

25 but he didn’t sleep with her until after she had given birth. Yosef named the boy Yeshua.

OET-LV MAT 1:25

25 and was_ not _knowing her until of _which she _bore a_son, and he _called the name of _him, Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa).

MAT 2:18: RV MAT 2:18 · LV MAT 2:18 · Read together MAT 2:18

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OET-RV MAT 2:18

18 The sound of terrible weeping and mourning was heard in Ramah;
⇔ Rahel (Rachel) weeping for her children, and she didn’t want to be comforted,
⇔ because her children were no more.

OET-LV MAT 2:18

18 A_voice in Ɽama/(Rāmāh) was _heard, weeping and great mourning, Ɽaⱪaʸl/(Rāḩēl) weeping for _the children of _her, and was_ not _wanting to _be _comforted, because they _are not.

All 1,037 recorded passages for this sense

EPH: RV EPH 1:16 · RV EPH 1:21 · RV EPH 2:8–9 · RV EPH 3:5 · RV EPH 4:20 · RV EPH 5:4–5 · RV EPH 6:7 · RV EPH 6:9 · RV EPH 6:12 · LV EPH 1:16 · LV EPH 1:21 · LV EPH 2:8–9 · LV EPH 3:5 · LV EPH 4:20 · LV EPH 5:4–5 · LV EPH 6:7 · LV EPH 6:9 · LV EPH 6:12 · Read together EPH 1:16 · Read together EPH 1:21 · Read together EPH 2:8–9 · Read together EPH 3:5 · Read together EPH 4:20 · Read together EPH 5:4–5 · Read together EPH 6:7 · Read together EPH 6:9 · Read together EPH 6:12

COL: RV COL 1:9 · RV COL 2:1 · RV COL 2:8 · RV COL 2:19 · RV COL 2:23 · RV COL 3:11 · RV COL 3:23 · RV COL 3:25 · LV COL 1:9 · LV COL 2:1 · LV COL 2:8 · LV COL 2:19 · LV COL 2:23 · LV COL 3:11 · LV COL 3:23 · LV COL 3:25 · Read together COL 1:9 · Read together COL 2:1 · Read together COL 2:8 · Read together COL 2:19 · Read together COL 2:23 · Read together COL 3:11 · Read together COL 3:23 · Read together COL 3:25

Sense 2: [Glosses - en]

Semantic entry: 69.11

Semantic domains: Affirmation, Negation

Subdomains: Markers for an Affirmative Response to Questions

Definition: marker of an affirmative response to a question{N:002}

MAT 6:30: RV MAT 6:30 · LV MAT 6:30 · Read together MAT 6:30

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OET-RV MAT 6:30

30 So if God dresses the plants in the fields that are here today and thrown away tomorrow, won’t he care much more for you, you people with little faith?

OET-LV MAT 6:30

30 But if the god is_ thus _dressing the grass of _the field being today, and tomorrow being _thrown into the_furnace, not by _much more for _you _all, little _faith ones?

MAT 7:22: RV MAT 7:22 · LV MAT 7:22 · Read together MAT 7:22

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OET-RV MAT 7:22

22 Many people will complain on judgement day saying, ‘Master, master, didn’t we prophesy using your name, and exorcise demons using your name, and do many miracles using your name?’

OET-LV MAT 7:22

22 Many will _be _saying to _me on that the day:
master, master, not we _prophesied the in _your name, and we _throw _out demons the in _your name, and we _did many miracles the in _your name?

All 77 recorded passages for this sense

LUK: RV LUK 11:40 · RV LUK 13:15 · RV LUK 14:5 · RV LUK 15:4 · LV LUK 11:40 · LV LUK 13:15 · LV LUK 14:5 · LV LUK 15:4 · Read together LUK 11:40 · Read together LUK 13:15 · Read together LUK 14:5 · Read together LUK 15:4

ACT: RV ACT 2:7 · RV ACT 5:28 · RV ACT 9:21 · RV ACT 13:10 · RV ACT 21:38 · LV ACT 2:7 · LV ACT 5:28 · LV ACT 9:21 · LV ACT 13:10 · LV ACT 21:38 · Read together ACT 2:7 · Read together ACT 5:28 · Read together ACT 9:21 · Read together ACT 13:10 · Read together ACT 21:38

ROM: RV ROM 2:21 · RV ROM 2:26 · RV ROM 6:16 · RV ROM 9:21 · RV ROM 10:19 · RV ROM 11:2 · LV ROM 2:21 · LV ROM 2:26 · LV ROM 6:16 · LV ROM 9:21 · LV ROM 10:19 · LV ROM 11:2 · Read together ROM 2:21 · Read together ROM 2:26 · Read together ROM 6:16 · Read together ROM 9:21 · Read together ROM 10:19 · Read together ROM 11:2

CO2: RV CO2 12:18 · RV CO2 13:5 · LV CO2 12:18 · LV CO2 13:5 · Read together CO2 12:18 · Read together CO2 13:5

GAL: RV GAL 4:21 · LV GAL 4:21 · Read together GAL 4:21

Sense 3: no

Semantic entry: 69.2

Semantic domains: Affirmation, Negation

Subdomains: Negation

Definition: a negative response to questions or statements or an emphatic negation of a statement

MAT 5:37: RV MAT 5:37 · LV MAT 5:37 · Read together MAT 5:37

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OET-RV MAT 5:37

37 Just say ‘yes’ when you commit to doing something, and ‘no’ when you don’t, because going beyond that is actually evil.

OET-LV MAT 5:37

37 But let _be the statement of _you _all, yes be yes, no be no, and the additional than these things is from the evil.

MAT 13:29: RV MAT 13:29 · LV MAT 13:29 · Read together MAT 13:29

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OET-RV MAT 13:29

29 ‘No,’ said the farmer, ‘because pulling that out might also pull up some of the wheat plants.

OET-LV MAT 13:29

29 But he is _saying:
No, lest gathering the darnels, you _all _may _uproot the wheat together _with them.

All 9 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:37 · RV MAT 13:29 · LV MAT 5:37 · LV MAT 13:29 · Read together MAT 5:37 · Read together MAT 13:29

JHN: RV JHN 1:21 · RV JHN 7:12 · RV JHN 21:5 · LV JHN 1:21 · LV JHN 7:12 · LV JHN 21:5 · Read together JHN 1:21 · Read together JHN 7:12 · Read together JHN 21:5

CO2: RV CO2 1:17–19 · LV CO2 1:17–19 · Read together CO2 1:17–19

JAM: RV JAM 5:12 · LV JAM 5:12 · Read together JAM 5:12

Sense 4: by no means, certainly not

Semantic entry: 69.5

Semantic domains: Affirmation, Negation

Subdomains: Negation

Definition: a marker of emphatic negation{N:003}

Collocations: οὐ μή

MAT 5:18: RV MAT 5:18 · LV MAT 5:18 · Read together MAT 5:18

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OET-RV MAT 5:18

18 because I can assure you all that until heaven and earth reach their end, not one letter or mark will be taken away from those instructions until everything is fulfilled.

OET-LV MAT 5:18

18 For/Because truly I _am _saying to _you _all, until the heaven and the earth wishfully may _pass _away, one Iota or one serif by _no _means may_ not _pass _away from the law, until wishfully all things may _become.

MAT 5:26: RV MAT 5:26 · LV MAT 5:26 · Read together MAT 5:26

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OET-RV MAT 5:26

26 I can assure you that you won’t get out of prison until the fine is completely paid.

OET-LV MAT 5:26

26 Truly I _am _saying to _you, by _no _means you _may_ not _come _out from _there, until wishfully you _may _give _back the last quadran.

All 43 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:18 · RV MAT 5:26 · LV MAT 5:18 · LV MAT 5:26 · Read together MAT 5:18 · Read together MAT 5:26

MRK: RV MRK 13:30–31 · LV MRK 13:30–31 · Read together MRK 13:30–31

ACT: RV ACT 28:26 · LV ACT 28:26 · Read together ACT 28:26

ROM: RV ROM 4:8 · LV ROM 4:8 · Read together ROM 4:8

CO1: RV CO1 8:13 · LV CO1 8:13 · Read together CO1 8:13

GAL: RV GAL 4:30 · RV GAL 5:16 · LV GAL 4:30 · LV GAL 5:16 · Read together GAL 4:30 · Read together GAL 5:16

TH1: RV TH1 4:15 · LV TH1 4:15 · Read together TH1 4:15

HEB: RV HEB 8:11–12 · RV HEB 13:5 · LV HEB 8:11–12 · LV HEB 13:5 · Read together HEB 8:11–12 · Read together HEB 13:5

PE1: RV PE1 2:6 · LV PE1 2:6 · Read together PE1 2:6

Sense 5: [Glosses - en]

Semantic entry: 69.13

Semantic domains: Affirmation, Negation

Subdomains: Markers for an Affirmative Response to Questions

Definition: a marker of a strongly emphatic affirmative response to a question.

Collocations: οὐ μή

JHN 11:56: RV JHN 11:56 · LV JHN 11:56 · Read together JHN 11:56

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OET-RV JHN 11:56

56 They were looking out for Yeshua and as they stood around in the temple, they asked each other, “What do you think? Surely he won’t come to the celebrations.”

OET-LV JHN 11:56

56 Therefore they _were _seeking the Yaʸsous, and they _were _saying with one _another having _stood in the temple:
What it _is _supposing to _you _all?
That by _no _means he _may_ not _come to the feast?

JHN 18:11: RV JHN 18:11 · LV JHN 18:11 · Read together JHN 18:11

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OET-RV JHN 18:11

11 But Yeshua said to Kefa, “Put your sword back in its sheath. I need to proceed with the plan that the father has prepared for me—I can’t just avoid the suffering.”

OET-LV JHN 18:11

11 Therefore the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to_ the _Petros:
Put the sword into the sheath, the cup which the father has _given to _me, by _no _means I _may_ not _drink it?

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

οὐ

Form 1

Sense 1: not

Sense 2: [Glosses - en]

Sense 3: no

Sense 4: by no means, certainly not

Sense 5: [Glosses - en]