Nought
Nought [1]
nôt ( חנּם , ḥinnam ; καταργέω , katargéō ) "Nought" is to be distinguished from "naught" implying "badness" (see Naught ). "Nought" in the sense of "nothing," etc., is the translation of ḥinnām , "gratis" ( Genesis 29:15 ), and of various other words occurring once only, e.g. 'āwen , "vanity" ( Amos 5:5 ); tōhū , "vacancy," "ruin" ( Isaiah 49:4 ); 'epha‛ , "nothing" ( Isaiah 41:24 ); nābhēl , "to fade" ( Job 14:18 , margin "fadeth away"); pūr , "to make void" ( Psalm 33:10 ); katargeō , "to make without effect" ( 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 2:6 ); oudeı́s , "not even one" ( Acts 5:36 ); apelegmós , "refutation" ( Acts 19:27 , the Revised Version (British and American) "come into disrepute"); dōreán , "without payment" ( 2 Thessalonians 3:8 , the Revised Version (British and American) "for nought"); erēmóō , "to desolate" ( Revelation 18:17 , the Revised Version (British and American) "made desolate"); katalúō , "to loose down" ( Acts 5:38 , the Revised Version (British and American) "be overthrown"). In Apocrypha we have "set at nought" and "come to nought," etc. (1 Esdras 1:56; 2 Esdras 2:33; 8:59).
For "nought" the Revised Version (British and American) has "perish" ( Deuteronomy 28:63 ); for "come to nought" ( Job 8:22 ), "be no more"; "nought" for "not ought" ( Exodus 5:11 ), for "no might" ( Deuteronomy 28:32 ); for "brought to silence," twice ( Isaiah 15:1 ), "brought to nought"; the American Standard Revised Version "bring to nought" ( 1 Corinthians 1:19 ) for "bring to nothing" (the English Revised Version "reject"); "nought but terror" ( Isaiah 28:19 ) for "a vexation only"; "brought to nought" ( Isaiah 16:4 ) for "is at an end"; "come to nought" for "taken none effect" ( Romans 9:6 ); "set at nought" for "despise" ( Romans 14:3 ).
