3780. ouchi

Strong's Lexicon

ouchi: not, no, indeed not

Original Word: οὐχί
Part of Speech: Particle, Interrogative; Particle, Negative
Transliteration: ouchi
Pronunciation: oo-khee'
Phonetic Spelling: (oo-khee')
Definition: not, no, indeed not
Meaning: by no means, not at all.

Word Origin: A strengthened form of the Greek negative particle οὐ (ou), which is Strong's number 3756.

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "οὐχί," the concept of negation is often expressed in Hebrew by the particles לֹא (lo, Strong's 3808) and אַל (al, Strong's 408), which are used to negate verbs and statements.

Usage: The Greek particle "οὐχί" (ouchi) is used to express a strong negation or denial. It often appears in rhetorical questions where the expected answer is "yes," thereby emphasizing the negative aspect of the statement. It is a more emphatic form of "οὐ" (ou), used to reinforce the denial or contradiction of a statement or assumption.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the context of Koine Greek, which was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean from the time of Alexander the Great until the Byzantine Empire, "οὐχί" was used to convey a strong negation. This form of speech was common in both everyday language and in the rhetorical style of the time, which often employed questions to make a point more forcefully. In the New Testament, this particle is used to challenge assumptions, correct misunderstandings, or emphasize a truth.

HELPS Word-studies

3780 ouxí (an emphatic negative adverb, intensifying 3756 /ou, "not"; see R, 1157) – properly definitely not, absolutely out of the question!

3780 (ouxi) is always emphatic, denying (dismissing) what is entirely non-factual – meaning "definitely not!" (G. Archer).

["The base, ou, is made stronger by -xi (ouxi, as in Lk 1:60). Brugmann considers ouxi an intensive particle and different from the Homeric ki (ou-ki)" (R, 1164).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
intens. of ou,
Definition
not, not at all
NASB Translation
fail (1), no (6), no indeed (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3780: οὐχί

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): John 13:10; John 14:22; 1 Corinthians 5:2; 1 Corinthians 6:1; followed by ἀλλά, 1 Corinthians 10:29; 2 Corinthians 10:13 (L T Tr WH οὐκ); in denials or contradictions (A. V. nay; not so), Luke 1:60; Luke 12:51; Luke 13:3, 5; Luke 16:30; Romans 3:27.

b. in a question, Latinnonne? (asking what no one denies to be true): Matthew 5:46; Matthew 10:29; Matthew 13:27; Matthew 20:13; Luke 6:39; Luke 17:17 (L Tr WH οὐχ); ; John 11:9; Acts 2:7 Tr WH text; Romans 2:26 (L T Tr WH οὐχ); 1 Corinthians 1:20; Hebrews 1:14, etc.; (the Sept. for הֲלֹא, Genesis 40:8; Judges 4:6); ἀλλ' οὐχί, will he not rather, Luke 17:8.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

not, nay

Intensive of ou; not indeed -- nay, not.

see GREEK ou

Forms and Transliterations

ουχ οὐχ Ουχι ουχί ούχι Οὐχί οὐχὶ ouch Ouchi Ouchí ouchì

Englishman's Concordance

Matthew 5:46 Prtcl-I
GRK: μισθὸν ἔχετε οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ
KJV: have ye? do not even the publicans
INT: reward have you do not also the

Matthew 5:47 Prtcl-I
GRK: περισσὸν ποιεῖτε οὐχὶ καὶ οἱ
KJV: [than others]? do not even
INT: extraordinary do you Do not also the

Matthew 6:25 Prtcl-I
GRK: τί ἐνδύσησθε οὐχὶ ἡ ψυχὴ
KJV: Is not the life
INT: what you should put on Is not the life

Matthew 10:29 Prtcl-I
GRK: οὐχὶ δύο στρουθία
KJV: Are not two sparrows
INT: Not two sparrows

Matthew 12:11 Prtcl-I
GRK: εἰς βόθυνον οὐχὶ κρατήσει αὐτὸ
KJV: will he not lay hold
INT: into a pit will not he lay hold of it

Matthew 13:27 Prtcl-I
GRK: αὐτῷ Κύριε οὐχὶ καλὸν σπέρμα
KJV: Sir, didst not thou sow good
INT: to him Sir not good seed

Matthew 13:56 Prtcl-I
GRK: ἀδελφαὶ αὐτοῦ οὐχὶ πᾶσαι πρὸς
KJV: sisters, are they not all with
INT: sisters of him not all with

Matthew 18:12 Prtcl-I
GRK: ἐξ αὐτῶν οὐχὶ ἀφήσει τὰ
KJV: doth he not leave
INT: of them [does he] not having left the

Matthew 20:13 Prtcl-I
GRK: ἀδικῶ σε οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνησάς
KJV: wrong: didst not thou agree with me
INT: I do wrong you Not for a denarius did you agree with

Luke 1:60 Adv
GRK: αὐτοῦ εἶπεν Οὐχί ἀλλὰ κληθήσεται
NAS: and said, No indeed; but he shall be called
KJV: and said, Not [so]; but
INT: of him said No but he will be called

Luke 4:22 Prtcl-I
GRK: καὶ ἔλεγον Οὐχὶ υἱός ἐστιν
INT: and they said Not the son is

Luke 6:39 Prtcl-I
GRK: τυφλὸν ὁδηγεῖν οὐχὶ ἀμφότεροι εἰς
KJV: the blind? shall they not both fall
INT: a blind [man] to lead not both into

Luke 12:6 Prtcl-I
GRK: οὐχὶ πέντε στρουθία
KJV: Are not five sparrows
INT: Not five sparrows

Luke 12:51 Adv
GRK: τῇ γῇ οὐχί λέγω ὑμῖν
NAS: I tell you, no, but rather
KJV: I tell you, Nay; but rather
INT: the earth No I say to you

Luke 13:3 Adv
GRK: οὐχί λέγω ὑμῖν
NAS: I tell you, no, but unless
KJV: I tell you, Nay: but, except
INT: No I say to you

Luke 13:5 Adv
GRK: οὐχί λέγω ὑμῖν
NAS: I tell you, no, but unless
KJV: I tell you, Nay: but, except
INT: No I say to you

Luke 14:28 Prtcl-I
GRK: πύργον οἰκοδομῆσαι οὐχὶ πρῶτον καθίσας
KJV: a tower, sitteth not down first,
INT: a tower to build not first having sat down

Luke 14:31 Prtcl-I
GRK: εἰς πόλεμον οὐχὶ καθίσας πρῶτον
KJV: king, sitteth not down first,
INT: in war not having sat down first

Luke 15:8 Prtcl-I
GRK: δραχμὴν μίαν οὐχὶ ἅπτει λύχνον
KJV: one piece, doth not light a candle,
INT: drachma one not lights a lamp

Luke 16:30 Adv
GRK: δὲ εἶπεν Οὐχί πάτερ Ἀβραάμ
NAS: But he said, 'No, father Abraham,
KJV: And he said, Nay, father Abraham:
INT: and he said No father Abraham

Luke 17:8 Prtcl-I
GRK: ἀλλ' οὐχὶ ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ
KJV: And will not rather say unto him,
INT: but not will he say to him

Luke 17:17 Prtcl-I
GRK: Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν οὐχὶ οἱ δέκα
INT: Jesus said Not the ten

Luke 18:30 Adv
GRK: ὃς οὐχὶ μὴ ἀπολάβῃ
INT: who no nothing shall receive

Luke 22:27 Prtcl-I
GRK: ὁ διακονῶν οὐχὶ ὁ ἀνακείμενος
KJV: he that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat?
INT: he that serves [Is] not he that reclines [at table]

Luke 23:39 Prtcl-I
GRK: αὐτόν λέγων Οὐχὶ σὺ εἶ
INT: him saying not you are if

Strong's Greek 3780
54 Occurrences

οὐχὶ — 54 Occ.