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nought

Meaning of “nought”

Nothing, no thing, no value, no effect, no result, or no payment or cost; to come or be brought to nought is to fail, perish, or be made ineffective, and to set one at nought is to despise, reject, or treat as worthless.

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First occurrence: Genesis 29:15

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Psalms 44:12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 44:12 · retained source text

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and doest not increase thy wealth by their price.

1611 marginal noteHeb. without riches.

Proverbs 1:25
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
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1611 witness · Proverbs 1:25 · retained source text

But ye haue set at nought all my counsell, & would none of my reproofe:

Isaiah 8:10
Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 8:10 · retained source text

Take counsell together, and it shall come to nought: speake the word, and it shall not stand; for God is with vs.

Isaiah 29:20
For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:20 · retained source text

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquitie are cut off:

Isaiah 29:21
That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 29:21 · retained source text

That make a man an offendour for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproueth in the gate, and turne aside the iust for a thing of nought.

Isaiah 41:12
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 41:12 · retained source text

Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find them, euen them that contended with thee: they that warre against thee shalbe as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the men of thy contention.

1611 marginal noteHeb. the men of thy warre.

Isaiah 41:24
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 41:24 · retained source text

Behold, ye are of nothing, and your worke of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

1611 marginal noteOr, worse then nothing

1611 marginal noteOr, worse then of a viper.

Isaiah 49:4
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 49:4 · retained source text

Then I said; I haue laboured in vaine, I haue spent my strength for nought, and in vaine, yet surely my iudgement is with the LORD, and my worke with my God.

1611 marginal noteOr, my reward.

Isaiah 52:3
For thus saith the Lord, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 52:3 · retained source text

For thus sayth the LORD, Yee haue solde your selues for nought: and ye shall be redeemed without money.

Isaiah 52:5
Now therefore, what have I here, saith the Lord, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the Lord; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 52:5 · retained source text

Now therefore, what haue I here, sayth the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule ouer them, make them to howle, sayth the LORD, and my Name continually euery day is blasphemed.

1611 marginal noteEzek.36.20,23. rom. 2.24.

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