indeed not
| Root | οὐχί (ouchí) |
| Core Meanings | not indeed, certainly not, emphatic negation |
| Semantic Range | emphatic negation; strong denial; negative response to a question; marker of rhetorical questions expecting a positive answer; corrective negation |
| Conceptual Significance | οὐχί heightens the force of denial in discourse, often in rhetorical questions or emphatic rebuttals (especially in dialog and Pauline argumentation). It strengthens negation to underscore certainty, correction, or contrast within theological reasoning and narrative exchange. |
| Morphological Notes | Particle (Gr,T); an emphatic negative particle derived from οὐ. It is indeclinable and carries no tense, voice, mood, person, number, gender, or case distinctions. |
| Rendering Rationale | The particle οὐχί is an intensive form of οὐ, adding emphasis to the basic negation. "Indeed not" preserves both the negative force and the strengthening nuance conveyed by the intensified form, while reflecting its function as an uninflected particle. |
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