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").
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