Words the Bible translates as nothing
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 7 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- ayinאַיִןthere is not: the word that denies that something exists or is present
- oudeisοὐδείςnot even one: no one, nothing, none at all
- mēdeisμηδείςno one, nothing, none: a complete negative that leaves out every person or thing without exception
- ephesאֶפֶסnothing, none at all: what has run out or ceased to be, and so no one and nothing besides
+2 more meanings
- an outermost edge: the farthest point something reaches, above all the farthest reaches of the earth
- only, however: a small word that limits or pushes back on what was just said
- me'umahמְאוּמָהanything: an unspecified single thing, which in the negative sentences where it usually appears means nothing at all
- elilאֱלִילa contemptuous word for a false god or idol: a so-called god branded as a powerless nothing
- tohuתֹּהוּemptiness: something drained of its proper contents and so unable to serve its purpose, from a trackless desert to a worthless idol to the unformed earth
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