Definition

to make utterly nothing of, i.e. despise

Etymology

from G1537 (ἐκ) and a derivative of the neuter of G3762 (οὐδείς);

Word family

• ἐκ ek
• οὐδείς oudeís

How the KJV renders it

• set at nought

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.