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'Nothing' in the Bible

Then Elisha said, “Get some meal.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Serve it for the people to eat.” And there was nothing bad in the pot.

But he said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha, the man of God, said, Now my master has taken nothing from Naaman, this Aramaean, of what he would have given him: by the living Lord, I will go after him and get something from him.

Then they said to one another, We are not doing right. Today is a day of good news, and we say nothing: if we go on waiting here till the morning, punishment will come to us. So let us go and give the news to those of the king's house.

The diseased men went and called to the city’s gatekeepers and told them, “We went to the Aramean camp and no one was there—no human sounds. There was nothing but tethered horses and donkeys, and the tents were intact.”

But when they went out to bury her, they found nothing left of her except her skull, her feet, and the palms of her hands.

Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

So the Lord would have nothing to do with all the offspring of Israel, and sent trouble on them, and gave them up into the hands of their attackers, till he had sent them away from before his face.)

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the people.

And that night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men; and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.

And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.

And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them.

Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

And the Lord said, I will send Judah away from before my face, as I have sent Israel; I will have nothing more to do with this town, which I had made mine, even Jerusalem, and the holy house of which I said, My name will be there.

King David answered Ornan, “No, I insist on paying the full price, for I will not take for the Lord what belongs to you or offer burnt offerings that cost me nothing.”

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.

The king used the algum wood to have steps made for the LORD's Temple and for the royal palace, as well as lyres and harps for the choir, and nothing like that wood had been seen before in the territory of Judah.

Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps, one at each end. Nothing like it had ever been made in any other kingdom.

All of King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, since it was considered as nothing in Solomon’s time,

And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

He stationed gatekeepers at the gates of the Lord’s temple so that nothing unclean could enter for any reason.

There was great joy throughout Jerusalem, because nothing had happened like this in Jerusalem since the days of David's son Solomon, king of Israel.

And in them they put all the offerings and the tenths and the holy things, keeping nothing back, and over them was Conaniah the Levite, with Shimei his brother second to him.

But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.

We make known to the king that if this city is built and the walls are finished, you will have nothing in [the province] Beyond the River."

Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.

Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,

And in the night I got up, taking with me a small band of men; I said nothing to any man of what God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem: and I had no beast with me but the one on which I was seated.

It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.

And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

I also shook the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake from his house and property everyone who doesn’t keep this promise. May he be shaken out and have nothing!”The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the Lord. Then the people did as they had promised.

Then I replied to him, “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”

So all the people went to eat, to drink, to send something to those who had nothing, and to celebrate with great joy, because they understood the words that were being declared to them.

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

And so, when the streets of Jerusalem were getting dark before the Sabbath, I gave orders for the doors to be shut and not to be open again till after the Sabbath: and I put some of my servants by the door so that nothing might be taken in on the Sabbath day.

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.

Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?

Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

I have no peace, no quiet, and no rest; nothing but pain comes on me.

“He will rescue you from six troubles;Even in seven, evil will not touch you.

You will know that your tent is secure,and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.

Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me?

Under the burning sun they are cut off, and come to nothing because of the heat.

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

He is looking to his family for support, but it is not there; he puts his hope in it, but it comes to nothing.

You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

When you sleep, there'll be nothing to fear; and many will court your favor.

Though a man comes to nothing like a bit of dead wood, or like a robe which has become food for the worm.

“But as a mountain, if it falls, crumbles into nothing,And as the rock is moved from its place,

what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors,

Nothing he owned remains in his tent.Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach, {he lets nothing escape that he desires}.

Nothing is left for him to consume;therefore, his prosperity will not last.

So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,And stripped men naked.

you see nothing but darkness, and a flood of troubles drowns you."

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

After I spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them.

"Now, I've become the object of their mocking melodies; I'm nothing but a fool's proverb to them!

If I saw one near to death for need of clothing, and that the poor had nothing covering him;

“For calamity from God is a terror to me,And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

"They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say.

“And shall I wait, because they say nothing,But stand still and say no more?

since I don't know the first thing about how to flatter; and the one who made me would sweep me away as if I were nothing."

His flesh wastes away to nothing,and his unseen bones stick out.

But if you have nothing to say, then at least listen to me! Be quiet and learn some wisdom from me."

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;he does not run from the sword.

I have spoken once, and I will not reply;twice, but now I can add nothing.

"There's nothing like him on earth; he was created without the ability to fear.

His ways are ever fixed; your decisions are higher than he may see: as for his haters, they are as nothing to him.

Break the arm of the wicked and evil person;call his wickedness into accountuntil nothing remains of it.

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.

Yahweh brings to nothing [the] plan of nations; he frustrates [the] intents of peoples.

False witnesses stepped forward and questioned me concerning things about which I knew nothing.

Let all those who take pleasure in my troubles be shamed and come to nothing: let those who are lifted up against me be covered with shame and have no honour.

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אל 
'al 
never , nay , neither , no , none , nor , not , nothing , rather than , whither , nothing worth
Usage: 727

חנּם 
Chinnam 
Usage: 32

אפס 
'ephec 
ends , no , none , not , nothing , without , else , beside , but , cause , howbeit , .
Usage: 43

בּל 
Bal 
none, not, nor, lest, nothing, not, neither, no
Usage: 69

בּלתּי 
Biltiy 
but, except, save, nothing, lest, no, from, inasmuch, and not
Usage: 109

לה לא 
La' (Aramaic) 
not , no , nor , without , neither , none , cannot , ever , never , no , nothing
Usage: 82

מאוּמה 
M@uwmah 
Usage: 32

מעט 
Ma`at 
Usage: 22

רק 
Raq 
only, surely, nothing but, except, but, in any wise
Usage: 107

תּהוּ 
Tohuw 
Usage: 20

ἀθετέω 
Atheteo 
Usage: 10

ἄντλημα 
Antlema 
nothing to draw with
Usage: 1

μηδείς μηδεμία μηδέν 
medeis 
no man , nothing , no , none , not , anything ,
Usage: 79

οὐδείς 
Oudeis 
no man , nothing , none , no , any man , any , man , neither any man ,
Usage: 160

οὐδέποτε 
Oudepote 
Usage: 10

οὐδέπω 
Oudepo 
never before , never yet , nothing yet , not yet , as yet not
Usage: 5

τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 373

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