οὖν
therefore
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Every verse where G3767 appears in the Book of John — 188 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
John
- John 1:21 οὖν conj They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."
- John 1:22 οὖν conj They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
- John 1:25 οὖν conj They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
- John 1:40 οὖν conj One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
- John 2:18 οὖν conj The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"
- John 2:20 οὖν conj The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?"
- John 2:22 οὖν conj When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
- John 3:25 οὖν conj There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification.
- John 3:29 οὖν conj He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
- John 4:1 οὖν conj Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
- John 4:5 οὖν conj So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
- John 4:6 οὖν conj Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being tired from his journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
- John 4:28 οὖν conj So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people,
- John 4:33 οὖν conj The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"
- John 4:40 οὖν conj So when the Samaritans came to him, they begged him to stay with them. He stayed there two days.
- John 4:45 οὖν conj So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.
- John 4:46 οὖν conj Jesus came therefore again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water into wine. There was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.
- John 4:48 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
- John 4:52 οὖν οὖν conj conj So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him."
- John 4:53 οὖν conj So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." He believed, as did his whole house.
- John 5:10 οὖν conj So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
- John 5:19 οὖν conj Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
- John 6:5 οὖν conj Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"
- John 6:10 οὖν conj Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
- John 6:11 οὖν conj Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down; likewise also of the fish as much as they desired.
- John 6:13 οὖν conj So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves, which were left over by those who had eaten.
- John 6:14 οὖν conj When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
- John 6:15 οὖν conj Jesus therefore, perceiving that they were about to come and take him by force, to make him king, withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
- John 6:19 οὖν conj When therefore they had rowed about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they saw Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the boat; and they were afraid.
- John 6:21 οὖν conj They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat. Immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
- John 6:24 οὖν conj When the multitude therefore saw that Jesus wasn't there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
- John 6:28 οὖν conj They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
- John 6:30 οὖν οὖν conj conj They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
- John 6:32 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
- John 6:34 οὖν conj They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
- John 6:35 οὖν conj Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
- John 6:41 οὖν conj The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."
- John 6:52 οὖν conj The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
- John 6:53 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.
- John 6:60 οὖν conj Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"
- John 6:62 οὖν conj Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
- John 6:66 οὖν conj At this, many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
- John 6:67 οὖν conj Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"
- John 7:3 οὖν conj His brothers therefore said to him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
- John 7:11 οὖν conj The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"
- John 7:15 οὖν conj The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters, having never been educated?"
- John 7:16 οὖν conj Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
- John 7:25 οὖν conj Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?
- John 7:28 οὖν conj Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.
- John 7:30 οὖν conj They sought therefore to take him; but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
- John 7:33 οὖν conj Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
- John 7:35 οὖν conj The Jews therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
- John 7:40 οὖν conj Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
- John 7:43 οὖν conj So there arose a division in the multitude because of him.
- John 7:45 οὖν conj The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"
- John 8:5 οὖν conj Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
- John 8:12 οὖν conj Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
- John 8:13 οὖν conj The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."
- John 8:19 οὖν conj They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
- John 8:21 οὖν conj Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."
- John 8:22 οὖν conj The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"
- John 8:24 οὖν conj I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
- John 8:25 οὖν conj They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
- John 8:28 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
- John 8:31 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
- John 8:36 οὖν conj If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
- John 8:38 οὖν conj I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."
- John 8:57 οὖν conj The Jews therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
- John 8:59 οὖν conj Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden, and went out of the temple, having gone through the midst of them, and so passed by.
- John 9:7 οὖν conj and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
- John 9:8 οὖν conj The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"
- John 9:10 οὖν οὖν conj conj They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
- John 9:11 οὖν conj He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."
- John 9:15 οὖν conj Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
- John 9:16 οὖν conj Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
- John 9:17 οὖν conj Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
- John 9:18 οὖν conj The Jews therefore did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him who had received his sight,
- John 9:19 οὖν conj and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
- John 9:20 οὖν conj His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
- John 9:24 οὖν conj So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
- John 9:25 οὖν conj He therefore answered, "I don't know if he is a sinner. One thing I do know: that though I was blind, now I see."
- John 9:26 οὖν conj They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
- John 10:7 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
- John 10:20 οὖν conj Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"
- John 10:24 οὖν conj The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
- John 10:39 οὖν conj They sought again to seize him, and he went out of their hand.
- John 11:3 οὖν conj The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
- John 11:6 οὖν conj When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed two days in the place where he was.
- John 11:12 οὖν conj The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
- John 11:14 οὖν conj So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
- John 11:16 οὖν conj Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."
- John 11:17 οὖν conj So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
- John 11:20 οὖν conj Then when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
- John 11:21 οὖν conj Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
- John 11:31 οὖν conj Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."
- John 11:32 οὖν conj Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
- John 11:33 οὖν conj When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
- John 11:36 οὖν conj The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
- John 11:38 οὖν conj Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
- John 11:41 οὖν conj So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
- John 11:45 οὖν conj Therefore many of the Jews, who came to Mary and saw what Jesus did, believed in him.
- John 11:47 οὖν conj The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
- John 11:53 οὖν conj So from that day forward they took counsel that they might put him to death.
- John 11:54 οὖν conj Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
- John 11:56 οὖν conj Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
- John 12:1 οὖν conj Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
- John 12:2 οὖν conj So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him.
- John 12:3 οὖν conj Mary, therefore, took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
- John 12:7 οὖν conj But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
- John 12:9 οὖν conj A large crowd therefore of the Jews learned that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
- John 12:17 οὖν conj The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, was testifying about it.
- John 12:19 οὖν conj The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."
- John 12:21 οὖν conj These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
- John 12:28 οὖν conj Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."
- John 12:29 οὖν conj The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
- John 12:34 οὖν conj The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"
- John 12:35 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
- John 12:50 οὖν conj I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
- John 13:6 οὖν conj Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
- John 13:12 οὖν conj So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?
- John 13:14 οὖν conj If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet.
- John 13:24 οὖν conj Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom he speaks."
- John 13:25 οὖν conj He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
- John 13:26 οὖν conj Jesus therefore answered, "It is he to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it." So when he had dipped the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
- John 13:27 οὖν conj After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
- John 13:30 οὖν conj Therefore, having received that morsel, he went out immediately. It was night.
- John 13:31 οὖν conj When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
- John 16:17 οὖν conj Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'"
- John 16:18 οὖν conj They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
- John 16:22 οὖν conj Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
- John 18:3 οὖν conj Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- John 18:4 οὖν conj Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
- John 18:6 οὖν conj When therefore he said to them, "I AM," they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- John 18:7 οὖν conj Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
- John 18:8 οὖν conj Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"
- John 18:10 οὖν conj Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and struck the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.
- John 18:11 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
- John 18:12 οὖν conj So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
- John 18:16 οὖν conj but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
- John 18:17 οὖν conj Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "I am not."
- John 18:19 οὖν conj The high priest therefore asked Jesus about his disciples, and about his teaching.
- John 18:24 οὖν conj Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas, the high priest.
- John 18:25 οὖν conj Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You aren't also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
- John 18:27 οὖν conj Peter therefore denied it again, and immediately the rooster crowed.
- John 18:28 οὖν conj They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn't enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
- John 18:29 οὖν conj Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"
- John 18:31 οὖν οὖν conj conj Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"
- John 18:33 οὖν conj Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
- John 18:37 οὖν conj Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
- John 18:39 οὖν conj But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"
- John 18:40 οὖν conj Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
- John 19:1 οὖν conj So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
- John 19:5 οὖν conj Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"
- John 19:6 οὖν conj When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."
- John 19:8 οὖν conj When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.
- John 19:13 οὖν conj When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
- John 19:15 οὖν conj They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"
- John 19:16 οὖν οὖν conj conj So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
- John 19:20 οὖν conj Therefore many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek.
- John 19:21 οὖν conj The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"
- John 19:23 οὖν conj Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also the coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
- John 19:24 οὖν οὖν conj conj Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
- John 19:26 οὖν conj Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
- John 19:29 οὖν conj Now a vessel full of vinegar was set there; so they put a sponge full of the vinegar on hyssop, and held it at his mouth.
- John 19:30 οὖν conj When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
- John 19:31 οὖν conj Therefore the Jews, because it was the Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn't remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a special one), asked of Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
- John 19:32 οὖν conj Therefore the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him;
- John 19:38 οὖν conj After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus' body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.
- John 19:40 οὖν conj So they took Jesus' body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.
- John 19:42 οὖν conj Then because of the Jews' Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.
- John 20:2 οὖν conj Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"
- John 20:3 οὖν conj Therefore Peter and the other disciple went out, and they went toward the tomb.
- John 20:6 οὖν conj Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying,
- John 20:8 οὖν conj So then the other disciple who came first to the tomb also entered in, and he saw and believed.
- John 20:10 οὖν conj So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
- John 20:11 οὖν conj But Mary was standing outside at the tomb weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb,
- John 20:19 οὖν conj When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
- John 20:20 οὖν conj When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
- John 20:21 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
- John 20:25 οὖν conj The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
- John 20:30 οὖν conj Therefore Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book;
- John 21:5 οὖν conj Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."
- John 21:6 οὖν conj He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.
- John 21:7 οὖν οὖν conj conj That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
- John 21:9 οὖν conj So when they got out on the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread.
- John 21:15 οὖν conj So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
- John 21:21 οὖν conj Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"
- John 21:23 οὖν conj This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple wouldn't die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, but, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?"
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ουν (oûn) is a Greek word most often rendered “therefore.” Debuting at Matthew 1:17, it then recurs through the corpus. With 480 verses in 23 books, it is a common word in the Greek New Testament. It concentrates in John, which alone accounts for 39% of its uses. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3767 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 480
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 480 distinct verses.
- 23 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 23 of 27 New Testament books.
- #41
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 41 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 480 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 480 distinct verses.
- Gospels 280 verses · 58%
- Johannine 193 verses · 40%
- Pauline corpus 109 verses · 23%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 92 verses · 19%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 14 verses · 3%
- Hebrews 13 verses · 3%
- Revelation 4 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Therefore 244×, Then 187×, So 12×
- American Standard Version: Therefore 274×, Then 87×, So 30×
- Berean Standard Bible: Then 133×, So 122×, Therefore 76×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Therefore 250×, Then 178×, So 56×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3767 across 488 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 19 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 38 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3767 across 473 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 32 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 14 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3767 across 374 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 119 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3767 across 494 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- then, therefore, accordingly, consequently, these things being so
Word origin
Origin: apparently a root word
Apparently a primary word; (adverbially) certainly or (conjugationally) accordingly : - and (so truly) but now (then) so (likewise then) then therefore verily wherefore.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word ουν appears 132 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 130 verses in 17 books.
- 132
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 130
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 6:14 οὖν
- Exodus 1:10 οὖν
- Numbers 9:7 οὖν
- Deuteronomy 2:3 οὖν
- Joshua 1:2 οὖν
- Judges 1:7 οὖν
- 1 Samuel 19:2 οὖν
- 2 Samuel 24:13 οὖν
- 2 Kings 18:20 οὖν
- 2 Chronicles 35:3 οὖν
- Ezra 4:13 οὖν
- Esther 1:13 οὖν
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3767) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 130. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 6:14 οὖν Make an ark of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ark, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
- Genesis 8:21 οὖν Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
- Genesis 12:12 οὖν It will happen, when the Egyptians will see you, that they will say, 'This is his wife.' They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
- Genesis 12:13 οὖν Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you."
- Genesis 16:2 οὖν Sarai said to Abram," See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 18:21 οὖν I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me. If not, I will know."
- Genesis 19:9 οὖν They said, "Stand back!" They said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
- Genesis 19:22 οὖν Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
- Genesis 21:23 οὖν Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son. But according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner."
- Genesis 23:4 οὖν "I am a stranger and a foreigner living with you. Give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
- Genesis 24:49 οὖν Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me. That I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."
- Genesis 24:50 οὖν Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.
- Genesis 27:3 οὖν Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me venison.
- Genesis 27:8 οὖν Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you.
- Genesis 27:33 οὖν Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."
- Genesis 27:43 οὖν Now therefore, my son, obey my voice. Arise, flee to Laban, my brother, in Haran.
- Genesis 29:27 οὖν Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me yet seven other years."
- Genesis 30:30 οὖν For it was little which you had before I came, and it has increased to a multitude. Yahweh has blessed you wherever I turned. Now when will I provide for my own house also?"
- Genesis 31:13 οὖν I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth."
- Genesis 31:16 οὖν For all the riches which God has taken away from our father, that is ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do."
- Genesis 31:30 οὖν Now, you want to be gone, because you sore longed after your father's house, but why have you stolen my gods?"
- Genesis 31:44 οὖν Now come, let us make a covenant, you and I; and let it be for a witness between me and you."
- Genesis 33:13 οὖν Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
- Genesis 34:8 οὖν Hamor talked with them, saying, "The soul of my son, Shechem, longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.
- Genesis 37:20 οὖν Come now therefore, and let's kill him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say, 'An evil animal has devoured him.' We will see what will become of his dreams."
- Genesis 40:8 οὖν They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
- Genesis 41:24 οὖν The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians; but there was no one who could explain it to me."
- Genesis 41:33 οὖν Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 43:4 οὖν If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food,
- Genesis 44:29 οὖν If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.'
- Genesis 44:30 οὖν Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the boy's life;
- Genesis 44:33 οὖν Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, a bondservant to my lord; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
- Genesis 45:5 οὖν Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.
- Genesis 45:8 οὖν So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 45:9 οὖν Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.
- Genesis 45:13 οὖν You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."
- Genesis 46:33 οὖν It will happen, when Pharaoh summons you, and will say, 'What is your occupation?'
- Genesis 47:4 οὖν They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as foreigners in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks. For the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now therefore, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."
- Genesis 47:19 οὖν Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land won't be desolate."
- Genesis 48:5 οὖν Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh, even as Reuben and Simeon, will be mine.
- Genesis 50:5 οὖν 'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'"
- Exodus 1:10 οὖν Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."
- Exodus 2:20 οὖν He said to his daughters, "Where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
- Exodus 3:16 οὖν Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and tell them, 'Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt;
- Exodus 3:18 οὖν They will listen to your voice, and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall tell him, 'Yahweh, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. Now please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to Yahweh, our God.'
- Exodus 4:1 οὖν Moses answered, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice; for they will say, 'Yahweh has not appeared to you.'"
- Exodus 4:4 οὖν Yahweh said to Moses, "Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail." He put forth his hand, and laid hold of it, and it became a rod in his hand.
- Exodus 4:23 οὖν and I have said to you, "Let my son go, that he may serve me;" and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn.'"
- Exodus 5:3 οὖν They said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to Yahweh, our God, lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword."
- Exodus 5:5 οὖν Pharaoh said, "Behold, the people of the land are now many, and you make them rest from their burdens."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3767) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.