For nothing
חִנָּםStrong’s H2600chinnam (chin-nam)
Appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chinnam is the Hebrew word usually translated “without cause”, “nothing” and “without paying”. It appears in 31 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?”
Meaning
- Freely, for nothing, without causegratis, gratuitously, for nothing · for no purpose, in vain · gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly
How it's translated
- without cause 19
- for nothing 5
- without paying 4
- in vain 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 6
- Psalms 5
- Job 4
- Exodus 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- Isaiah 2
15 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 21:2If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- Exodus 21:11And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money.
- Numbers 11:5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
- 1 Samuel 19:5For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
- 1 Samuel 25:31That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
- 2 Samuel 24:24And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
All 31 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
חִנָּם chinnam · for nothing
1) freely, for nothing, without cause 1a) gratis, gratuitously, for nothing 1b) for no purpose, in vain 1c) gratuitously, without cause, undeservedly
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “nothing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
NOTH'ING, noun
[no and thing.]
- Not any thing; not any being or existence; a word that denies the existence of any thing; non-entity; opposed to something.
- Non-existnce; a state of annihilation.
- Not any thing; not any particular thing, deed or event. nothing was done to redeem our character.
- No other thing.
All definitions and other forms of “nothing”
- No part, portion, quantity or degree.
- No importance; no value; no use.“Behold, ye are of nothing and your work of naught” Isaiah 41:24
- No possession of estate; a low condition.
- A thing of no proportion to something, or of trifling value or advantage.
- A trifle; a thing of no consideration or importance.
NOTH'ING, adverb
In no degree; not at all.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.