ΟΥ̓: οὐ, before a vowel with smooth breathing οὐκ, before one with rough breathing οὐχ (but improperly οὐχ ἰδού, Ac 2:7, WH, mg.; cf. WH, Intr., § 409; M, Pr., 44, 244), [ [in LXX for לֹא, אַיִן, אֵין;] ] neg. particle, not, no, used generally c. indic. and for a denial of fact (cf . μή); 1. . absol. (accented), οὔ, no: Mt 13:29, Jo 1:21 21:5; οὒ οὔ, Mt 5:37, Ja 5:12.
2. . Most freq. negativing a verb or other word, Mt 1:25 10:26, 38, Mk 3:25 9:37, Jo 8:29, Ac 7:5, Ro 1:16, Phl 3:3, al.; in litotes, οὐκ ὀλίγοι (i.e. very many), Ac 17:4, al.; οὐκ ἄσημος, Ac 21:39; πᾶς . . . οὐ, c. verb, (like Heb. כֹּל . . . לֹא), no, none, Mt 24:22, Mk 13:20, Lk 1:37, Eph 5:5, al.; in disjunctive statements, οὐκ . . . ἀλλά, Lk 8:52, Jo 1:33, Ro 8:20, al.; c. 2 pers. fut. (like Heb. לֹא, c. impf.), as emphatic prohibition, Mt 4:7, Lk 4:12, Ro 7:7, al.
3. . With another negative, (a) . strengthening the negation: Mk 5:37, Jo 8:15 12:19, Ac 8:39, al.; (b) . making an affirmative: Ac 4:20, I Co 12:15.
4. . With other particles: οὐ μή (v.s. μή); οὐ μηκέτι, Mt 21:19; with μή interrog., Ro 10:18, I Co 9:4, 5 11:22.
5. . Interrogative, expecting an affirmative answer (Lat. nonne): Mt 6:26, Mk 4:21, Lk 11:40, Jo 4:35, Ro 9:21, al.