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Nought
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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 ).
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Nought'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/n/nought.html. 1915.
