Nothing
Nothing [1]
nuth´ing ( לא , lō' , ע ֿ2 לאנ מאוּמה , lo' me'ūmāh , etc.; μηδείς , mēdeı́s , οὐδείς , oudeı́s ): "Nothing" is represented by various words and phrases, often with lō' , which is properly a substantive with the meaning of "nothing." Most frequently we have lō' me'ūmāh , "not anything" ( Genesis 40:15; Judges 14:6 ).
Other forms are lō' dhābhār , "not anything"; ( Genesis 19:8 ); lō'khōl , "not any(thing)" ( Genesis 11:6; Proverbs 13:7 ); lā' (Aramaic), "no," "nothing" ( Daniel 4:35 , "as nothing"); 'epheṣ , "end," "cessation" ( Isaiah 34:12 ); biltı̄ , "without," "save," "not" ( Isaiah 44:10; Amos 3:4 ); 'ayin , "there is not" ( Isaiah 41:24 ); once, tōhū , "emptiness" ( Job 6:18 ); bal māh , "not anything" ( Proverbs 9:13 ); ḥinnām , "free," "gratis" ( 2 Samuel 24:24 ); mā‛aṭ , "to make small," "bring to nothing" ( Jeremiah 10:24 ); raḳ , "only" ( Genesis 26:29 ); le'al , "for nothing" ( Job 24:25 ).
In 2 Maccabees 7:12 , we have "nothing," adverbially ( en oudenı́ ), "he nothing regarded the pains" (compare 1 Kings 15:21 ); 2 Macc 9:7 ( oudamṓs ), the Revised Version (British and American) "in no wise"; The Wisdom of Solomon 2:11, "nothing worth" ( áchrēstos ), the Revised Version (British and American) "of no service"; Baruch 6:17, 26.
For "nothing" the Revised Version (British and American) has "none" ( Exodus 23:26; Joel 2:3 ), "never" ( Nehemiah 5:8 ), "not wherewith" ( Proverbs 22:27 ), "vanity and nought" ( Isaiah 41:29 ); for "answered nothing" ( Mark 15:5 ), "no more answered anything"; "answered nothing" in Mark 15:3 is omitted; "anything" for "nothing" ( 1 Timothy 6:7 ), "not anything" ( Acts 20:20 ), "not" ( 1 Corinthians 8:2 ), "no word" ( Luke 1:37 ), "not wherewith" ( Luke 7:42 ); for "to nothing" ( Job 6:18 ), "up into the waste"; for "it is nothing with" ( 2 Chronicles 14:11 ), "there is none besides," margin "like"; for "lacked nothing" ( 1 Kings 4:27 ), "let nothing be lacking," for "nothing doubting" ( Acts 11:12 ), "making no distinction"; for "hoping for nothing again" ( Luke 5:35 ), "never despairing"; for "are nothing" ( Acts 21:24 ), "no truth in"; for "nothing shall offend them" ( Psalm 119:165 ), "no occasion of stumbling"; for "bring to nothing" ( 1 Corinthians 1:19 ), the English Revised Version "reject," the American Standard Revised Version "bring to nought"; "nothing better" for "no good" ( Ecclesiastes 3:12 ), for "not" ( Matthew 13:34 , different text), for "no man" ( Acts 9:8 ), "for nothing," for "free" ( Exodus 21:11 ); "miss nothing" for "not sin" ( Job 5:24 ), margin "shalt not err"; "and shall have nothing" for "and not for himself" ( Daniel 9:26 , margin "there shall be none belonging to him").
