Not!
οὐχίStrong’s G3780ouchi
Appears in 51 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ouchi is the Greek word usually translated “surely”, “not” and “no”. It appears in 51 verses of the New Testament.
“For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?”
Meaning
Usually translated “surely”, “not” and “no”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- surely 36
- not 9
- no 6
- certainly 1
- only 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 18
- 1 Corinthians 10
- Matthew 9
- John 4
- Romans 3
- Acts 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:47And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
- Matthew 6:25Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
- Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
- Matthew 12:11And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
- Matthew 13:27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
- Matthew 13:56And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?
All 51 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
οὐχί ouchi · not!
οὐχί strengthened form of οὐ, not; (a) in neg. sentences, not, not at all: Luk.1:60 12:51, Jhn.13:10, al.; (b) more frequently in questions where an affirm. ans. is expected (Lat. nonne) : Mat.5:46-47, Luk.6:39, Jhn.11:9, al. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “not” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NOT, adverb
[See Naught.]
- A word that expreses negation, denial or refusal; as, he will no go; will you remain? I will not In the first member of a sentence, it may be followed by nor or neither; as not for a price nor reward; I was not in sfety, neither had I rest.
- With the substantive verb in the following phrase, it denies being, or denotes extinction of existence.“Thine eyes are open upon me, and I am not” Job 14:3
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.