Effect

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, Matthew 15:6; Mark 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, Galatians 3:17 , "disannul." Kuroo is used in ver. 15. See DISANNUL , VOID.

"to reduce to inactivity, to render useless," is translated "to make of none effect," in Romans 3:3,31; 4:14; Galatians 3:17 (cp. akuroo, No. 1, in the same verse), and in the AV of Galatians 5:4 , RV, "ye are severed" (from Christ). For the meaning and use of the word see ABOLISH and DESTROY.

"to make empty, to empty," is translated "should be made of none effect" in 1—Corinthians 1:17 , AV (RV "made void"); it is used (a) of the Cross of Christ, there; (b) of Christ, in emptying Himself, Philippians 2:7; (c) of faith, Romans 4:14; (d) of the Apostle Paul's glorying in the Gospel ministry, 1—Corinthians 9:15; (e) of his glorying on behalf of the church at Corinth, 2—Corinthians 9:3 . See EMPTY , VAIN , VOID.