Greek Word Study · Strong’s G2756
κενός
kenos · “empty”
Used 18 times across 11 books
Definition
κενός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX chiefly for רִיק and cognate forms ;]
empty (Gen.37:24, Jdg.7:16). Metaphorical,
(a) empty, vain: λόγοι, Eph.5:6; ἀπάτη, Col.2:8; κήρυγμα, πίστις, 1Co.15:14;
(b) vain, fruitless: ἡ χάρις, 1Co.15:10; κόπος, 1Co.15:50; ἡ εἴσοδος, 1Th.2:1; κενά, Act.4:25 (LXX); εἰς κενόν, in vain, to no purpose (Diod., LXX; cl. διὰ κενῆς), 2Co.6:1, Gal.2:2, Php.2:16, 1Th.3:5;
(with) of persons, empty-handed: Mrk.12:3, Luk.1:53 20:10-11; vain, Jas.2:20.†
SYN.: μάταιος, of the aim or effect of an action, κ. of its quality (Lft. on Cl. Rom., 1Co., § 7; Tr., Syn., xlix)
[in LXX chiefly for רִיק and cognate forms ;]
empty (Gen.37:24, Jdg.7:16). Metaphorical,
(a) empty, vain: λόγοι, Eph.5:6; ἀπάτη, Col.2:8; κήρυγμα, πίστις, 1Co.15:14;
(b) vain, fruitless: ἡ χάρις, 1Co.15:10; κόπος, 1Co.15:50; ἡ εἴσοδος, 1Th.2:1; κενά, Act.4:25 (LXX); εἰς κενόν, in vain, to no purpose (Diod., LXX; cl. διὰ κενῆς), 2Co.6:1, Gal.2:2, Php.2:16, 1Th.3:5;
(with) of persons, empty-handed: Mrk.12:3, Luk.1:53 20:10-11; vain, Jas.2:20.†
SYN.: μάταιος, of the aim or effect of an action, κ. of its quality (Lft. on Cl. Rom., 1Co., § 7; Tr., Syn., xlix)
Where it appears
Mark1
Luke3
Acts1
1 Corinthians4
2 Corinthians1
Galatians1
Ephesians1
Philippians2
Colossians1
1 Thessalonians2
James1
In the text
Mark 12:3And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.Luke 20:10And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.Luke 20:11And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.Acts 4:25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.1 Corinthians 15:14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.1 Corinthians 15:58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.2 Corinthians 6:1We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.Galatians 2:2And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
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