NOUGHT.See Naught; and notice, further, the phrase set at nought (Pro_1:25, Mar_9:12). To set is to value, and nought is nothing, so the phrase means to reckon of no value.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
nôt (חנּם, ḥinnam; καταργέω, katargéō) ?Nought? is to be distinguished from ?naught? implying ?badness? (see NAUGHT). ?Nought? in the sense of ?nothing,? etc., is the translation of ḥinnām, ?gratis? (Gen_29:15), and of various other words occurring once only, e.g.'āwen, ?vanity? (Amo_5:5); tōhū, ?vacancy,? ?ruin? (Isa_49:4);'epha‛, ?nothing? (Isa_41:24); nābhēl, ?to fade? (Job_14:18, margin ?fadeth away?); pūr, ?to make void? (Psa_33:10); katargeō, ?to make without effect? (1Co_1:28; 1Co_2:6); oudeı́s, ?not even one? (Act_5:36); apelegmós, ?refutation? (Act_19:27, the Revised Version (British and American) ?come into disrepute?); dōreán, ?without payment? (2Th_3:8, the Revised Version (British and American) ?for nought?); erēmóō, ?to desolate? (Rev_18:17, the Revised Version (British and American) ?made desolate?); katalúō, ?to loose down? (Act_5:38, the Revised Version (British and American) ?be overthrown?). In Apocrypha we have ?set at nought? and ?come to nought,? etc. (1 Esdras 1:56; 2 Esdras 2:33; 8:59).
For ?nought? the Revised Version (British and American) has ?perish? (Deu_28:63); for ?come to nought? (Job_8:22), ?be no more?; ?nought? for ?not ought? (Exo_5:11), for ?no might? (Deu_28:32); for ?brought to silence,? twice (Isa_15:1), ?brought to nought?; the American Standard Revised Version ?bring to nought? (1Co_1:19) for ?bring to nothing? (the English Revised Version ?reject?); ?nought but terror? (Isa_28:19) for ?a vexation only?; ?brought to nought? (Isa_16:4) for ?is at an end?; ?come to nought? for ?taken none effect? (Rom_9:6); ?set at nought? for ?despise? (Rom_14:3).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.