signifies "to render void, deprive of force and authority" (from a, negative, and kuros, "might, authority;" kurios, "a lord," is from the same root), the opposite to kuroo, "to confirm" (see CONFIRM). It is used of making "void" the Word of God, Mat 15:6, Mar 7:13 (AV, "making of none effect"), and of the promise of God to Abraham as not being deprived of authority by the Law 430 years after, Gal 3:17, "disannul." Kuroo is used in Gal 3:15. See DISANNUL, VOID.
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"to reduce to inactivity, to render useless," is translated "to make of none effect," in Rom 3:3, Rom 3:31, Rom 4:14, Gal 3:17 (cp. akuroo, No. 1, in the same verse), and in the AV of Gal 5:4, RV, "ye are severed" (from Christ). For the meaning and use of the word see ABOLISH and DESTROY.
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"to make empty, to empty," is translated "should be made of none effect" in 1Co 1:17, AV (RV "made void"); it is used (a) of the Cross of Christ, there; (b) of Christ, in emptying Himself, Phi 2:7; (c) of faith, Rom 4:14; (d) of the Apostle Paul's glorying in the Gospel ministry, 1Co 9:15; (e) of his glorying on behalf of the church at Corinth, 2Co 9:3. See EMPTY, VAIN, VOID.
Note: In Rom 9:6 the verb ekpipto, lit., "to fall out of, as of a ship falling out of its course" (cp. the same word in Act 27:17, "were driven"), is translated "hath taken none effect," AV (RV, "hath come to nought"). See NOUGHT.
