Naught
Naught
NAUGHT.Naught is nothing (from A.S. na not, and wiht a whit or a thing). Sometimes the spelling became nought (perhaps under the influence of ought). In the earliest editions of AV [Note: Authorized Version.] there is no difference between naught and nought; but in the ed. of 1638 a difference was introduced, naught being used in 2Ki 2:19, Pro 20:14, because there the meaning is bad; nought everywhere else, but with the meaning worthlessness. This distinction was preserved by Scrivener, in his Cambr. Par. Bible, and is found in most modern English Bibles.
Naughty, however, is simply worthless, as Jer 24:2 very naughty figs. But naughtiness always means wickedness, as Pro 11:6 transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.