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Οὐκέτι (oukéti) means no longer, no more, or not any further, marking the end of a previous condition or action. Jesus says husband and wife are no longer two but one flesh, grounding His prohibition of human separation in God's joining.
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Οὐκέτι (oukéti) means no longer, no more, or not any further, marking the end of a previous condition or action. Jesus says husband and wife are no longer two but one flesh, grounding His prohibition of human separation in God's joining.
The BSB source-word alignment has 48 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include no longer (16), . . . (8), no more (4), vvv (4), [again] (3).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 19:6. Its strongest book concentrations include John (12), Mark (7), Romans (7), Galatians (4).
Οὐκέτι (oukéti) means no longer, no more, or not any further, marking the end of a previous condition or action. Jesus says husband and wife are no longer two but one flesh, grounding His prohibition of human separation in God's joining. After Jesus answers the resurrection question, opponents no longer dare to question Him. In His prayer, Jesus speaks of no longer remaining in the world in the same bodily mode while His disciples remain and He returns to the Father.
Paul says believers no longer evaluate anyone according to the flesh because Christ's death and resurrection inaugurate new creation. Revelation laments Babylon's luxuries as gone and never found again. The adverb announces cessation, but the exact condition ended and the new reality replacing it must come from context.
Οὐκέτι marks a condition that has ceased: two become one flesh, challengers ask no further questions, Jesus departs while disciples remain, fleshly evaluation ends, and Babylon's luxury disappears permanently.
So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
Jesus says the married pair are no longer two but one flesh, drawing an ethical prohibition against separation from God's creational act of joining.
And they did not dare to question Him any further.
After Jesus exposes the Sadducees' error about resurrection, His opponents no longer dare to question Him, ending that sequence of hostile testing.
I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
Jesus says He is no longer in the world while the disciples remain, speaking prospectively from the threshold of His return to the Father and praying for their protection.
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
Paul says the church no longer knows anyone according to the flesh, because Christ's death and resurrection reframe identity within reconciliation and new creation.
And they will say: “The fruit of your soul’s desire has departed from you; all your luxury and splendor have vanished, never to be seen again.”
Babylon's desired fruit, luxury, and splendor depart and will never be found again, giving economic and cultural loss irreversible finality within the lament.
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Greek word. Marks a decisive shift from one state to another, emphasizing cessation or discontinuity rather than mere negation
Marks a decisive shift from one state to another, emphasizing cessation or discontinuity rather than mere negation
:--after that (not), (not) any more, henceforth (hereafter) not, no longer (more), not as yet (now), now no more (not), yet (not).
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
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“No longer” is meaningful because something decisive has changed. Marriage creates a one-flesh union that cannot be treated as two independent lives joined only by preference. Jesus' answers bring one round of hostile questioning to an end, though not all opposition. In John 17, His departure changes the disciples' experience of His presence and becomes the setting for prayer that the Father keep them in His name.
Paul gives cessation a conversion-shaped force: Christ's death and resurrection end fleshly standards of evaluation, and new creation governs how people are known. Revelation shows a darker ending as Babylon's desired luxury disappears without recovery. Teachers should avoid vague rhetoric about leaving the past behind. Οὐκέτι calls for a named before and after, whether God joins, Christ departs and sends, reconciliation remakes perception, or judgment removes a corrupt order.
Matt.19.6
Οὐκέτι combines negation with a temporal particle and means no longer or no further. It negates continuation from a prior state. Verbal aspect and discourse identify what ceases and whether the ending is temporary or permanent.
Covenant transitions end old statuses, exile ends former splendor, marriage joins two as one, and reconciliation creates a new way of seeing. Scripture names endings by God's acts and judgments.