Strong's Lexicon
G3780 — οὐχί
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3780 |
|---|---|
| Word: | οὐχί |
| Part of Speech: | particle |
| Etymology: | intensive of G3756 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 54 |
| Transliteration: | ouchi |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ou-khee' |
| Meaning: | 1. not indeed |
| KJV Renderings: | nay, not |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
οὐχί, equivalent to οὐ, not, but stronger (cf. νυνί at the beginning);
a. in simple negative sentences, by no means, not at all (A. V. not): Joh 13:10; Joh 14:22; 1Co 5:2; 1Co 6:1; followed by ἀλλά, 1Co 10:29; 2Co 10:13 (L T Tr WH οὐκ); in denials or contradictions (A. V. nay; not so), Luk 1:60; Luk 12:51; Luk 13:3; Luk 13:5; Luk 16:30; Rom 3:27.
b. in a question, Latinnonne? (asking what no one denies to be true): Mat 5:46; Mat 10:29; Mat 13:27; Mat 20:13; Luk 6:39; Luk 17:17 (L Tr WH οὐχ); ; Joh 11:9; Act 2:7 Tr WH text; Rom 2:26 (L T Tr WH οὐχ); 1Co 1:20; Heb 1:14, etc.; (the Sept. for äÂìÉà, Gen 40:8; Jdg 4:6); ἀλλ’ οὐχί, will he not rather, Luk 17:8.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
οὐχί (nay)
Matthew 5:46
- KJV: For if ye love them which love you what reward have ye do not even the publicans the same
- GK: εάν γαρ αγαπήσητε τους αγαπώντας υμάς τίνα μισθόν έχετε ουχί και οι τελώναι το αυτό ποιούσι
Matthew 5:47
- KJV: And if ye salute your brethren only what do more do not even the publicans so
- GK: και εάν ασπάσησθε τους αδελφούς υμών μόνον τι περισσόν ποιείτε ουχί και οι τελώναι το αυτό ποιούσιν
Matthew 6:25
- KJV: Therefore 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
- GK: διά τούτο λέγω υμίν μη μεριμνάτε τη ψυχή υμών τι φάγητε και τι πίητε μηδέ τω σώματι υμών τι ενδύσησθε ουχί η ψυχή πλείόν εστι της τροφής και το σώμα του ενδύματος
Matthew 10:29
- KJV: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father
- GK: ουχί δύο στρουθία ασσαρίου πωλείται και εν εξ αυτών ου πεσείται επί την γην άνευ του πατρός υμών
Matthew 12:11
- KJV: And 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 out
- GK: ο δε είπεν αυτοίς τις έσται εξ υμών άνθρωπος ος έξει πρόβατον εν και εάν εμπέση τούτο τοις σάββασιν εις βόθυνον ουχί κρατήσει αυτό και εγερεί
Matthew 13:27
- KJV: So 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
- GK: προσελθόντες δε οι δούλοι του οικοδεσπότου είπον αυτώ κύριε ουχί καλόν σπέρμα έσπειρας εν τω σω αγρώ πόθεν ουν έχει τα ζιζάνια
Matthew 13:55
- KJV: Is not this the carpenter’s son is not his mother called Mary and his brethren James and Joses and Simon and Judas
- GK: ουχ ούτός εστιν ο του τέκτονος υιός ουχί η μήτηρ αυτού λέγεται Μαριάμ και οι αδελφοί αυτού Ιάκωβος και Ιωσής και Σίμων και Ιούδας
Matthew 13:56
- KJV: And his sisters are they not all with us Whence then hath this all these things
- GK: και αι αδελφαί αυτού ουχί πάσαι προς ημάς εισί πόθεν ουν τούτω ταύτα πάντα
Matthew 18:12
- KJV: How think ye if a man have an hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray doth he not leave the ninety and nine and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray
- GK: τι υμίν δοκεί εάν γένηταί τινι ανθρώπω εκατόν πρόβατα και πλανηθή εν εξ αυτών ουχί αφείς τα ενενήκοντα εννέα επί τα όρη πορευθείς ζητεί το πλανώμενον
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