NOT, adv. See Naught.
1. A word that expreses negation, denial or refusal as, he will no go will you remain? I will not. In the first member of a sentence, it may be followed by nor or neither as not for a price nor reward I was not in sfety, neither had I rest.
2. With the substantive verb in the following phrase, it denies being, or denotes extinction of existence.
Thine eyes are open upon me, and I am not. Job 7 .
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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