οὐ

⁺ 630-305-651-493-451=2530 Gn 2,5.17.18; 3,1.3

not

οὐ and οὐ-compounds: as negation in sentences expressing fact, statement or objectivity

before a verb: can negate a whole sentence, οὐ μέμνησαι τῶν λόγων you do not remember the words

Tob^BA 6,16

before another word type: negates the word preceded by it, αὐτοὶ παρεζήλωσάν με ἐπ᾽ οὐ θεῷ they have provoked me to jealousy with that which is not God Dt 32,21

introduces a question when an affirm. answer is expected

οὐ μή [+subj.] expresses a strong pro-hibition, οὐ μὴ φάγητε ἀπὸ παντὸς ξύλου τοῦ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ you shall not eat of any tree in the garden Gn 3,1; οὐ μόνον ... ἀλλὰ καὶ ... not only ... but also ... Jdt 11,7; πᾶς ... οὐκ nobody, no (semit., rendering Hebr. לא

[*]⁺ ...כל, for class. οὐδείς) Ex 12,43

*Gn 4,15 οὐχ οὕτως not so-כן לא for MT לכן therefore, see also 30,15; *Gn 26,32 οὐχ not-לא for MT לו to him; *Mi 2,4 οὐκ not-אין for MT איך how

Cf. CONYBEARE 1905=1988 79-80; SHIPP 1979, 424-425

(→οὐδαμοῦ, οὐδαμῶς, οὐδέ, οὐδείς, οὐδέποτε, οὐδέπω, οὐθείς, οὐκ, οὐκέτι, οὔπω, οὔτε, οὐχ, οὐχί)