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nuth´ing (ל×, loÌ„', ×œ× ×ž×וּמה, lo' me'uÌ„maÌ„h, etc.; μηδειÌÏ‚, meÌ„deıÌs, οὐδειÌÏ‚, oudeıÌs): “Nothing†is represented by various words and phrases, often with loÌ„', which is properly a substantive with the meaning of “nothing.†Most frequently we have loÌ„' me'uÌ„maÌ„h, “not anything†(; ).
Other forms are loÌ„' dhaÌ„bhaÌ„r, “not anythingâ€; (); loÌ„'khoÌ„l, “not any(thing)†(; ); laÌ„' (Aramaic), “no,†“nothing†(, “as nothingâ€);'ephesÌ£, “end,†“cessation†(); biltı̄, “without,†“save,†“not†(; );'ayin, “there is not†(); once, toÌ„huÌ„, “emptiness†(); bal maÌ„h, “not anything†(); hÌ£innaÌ„m, “free,†“gratis†(); mā‛atÌ£, “to make small,†“bring to nothing†(); rakÌ£, “only†(); le'al, “for nothing†().
In 2 Macc 7:12, we have “nothing,†adverbially (en oudenıÌ), “he nothing regarded the pains†(compare ); 2 Macc 9:7 (oudamoÌ„Ìs), the Revised Version (British and American) “in no wiseâ€; The Wisdom of Solomon 2:11, “nothing worth†(aÌchreÌ„stos), the Revised Version (British and American) “of no serviceâ€; Baruch 6:17, 26.
For “nothing†the Revised Version (British and American) has “none†(; ), “never†(), “not wherewith†(), “vanity and nought†(); for “answered nothing†(), “no more answered anythingâ€; “answered nothing†in is omitted; “anything†for “nothing†(), “not anything†(), “not†(), “no word†(), “not wherewith†(); for “to nothing†(), “up into the wasteâ€; for “it is nothing with†(), “there is none besides,†margin “likeâ€; for “lacked nothing†(), “let nothing be lacking,†for “nothing doubting†(), “making no distinctionâ€; for “hoping for nothing again†(), “never despairingâ€; for “are nothing†(), “no truth inâ€; for “nothing shall offend them†(), “no occasion of stumblingâ€; for “bring to nothing†(), the English Revised Version “reject,†the American Standard Revised Version “bring to noughtâ€; “nothing better†for “no good†(), for “not†(, different text), for “no man†(), “for nothing,†for “free†(); “miss nothing†for “not sin†(), margin “shalt not errâ€; “and shall have nothing†for “and not for himself†(, margin “there shall be none belonging to himâ€).