Definition

(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expects an affirmative one)) whether

Etymology

a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas G3756 (οὐ) expresses an absolute denial);

Where the KJV renders it

• any but (that)
• X forbear
• + God forbid
• + lack
• lest
• neither
• never
• no (X wise in)
• none
• nor
• (can-)not
• nothing
• that not
• un(-taken)
• without

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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