Strong's Lexicon
G2756 — κενός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2756 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κενός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | apparently a primary word |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 18 |
| Transliteration: | kenos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ken-os' |
| Meaning: | 1. empty {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | empty, (in) vain |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κενός, κενή, κενόν (from Homer on down), the Sept. for øÅé÷Èí, øÅ÷, øÄé÷, etc., empty;
1. properly, of places, vessels, etc.,which contain nothing (Jdg 7:16; Gen 37:24); metaphorically, empty, vain; devoid of truth: λόγοι, Eph 5:6 (Exo 5:9); ἀπάτη, Col 2:8; κήρυγμα, πίστις, 1Co 15:14.
2. of men, empty-handed; without a gift: ἀποστέλλειν and ἐξαποστέλλειν τινα κενόν (Gen 31:42; Deu 15:13; Deu 16:16), Mar 12:3; Luk 1:53; Luk 20:10 f; metaphorically, destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith, Jas 2:20.
3. metaphorically, of endeavors, labors, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect: ἡ χάρις, 1Co 15:10; κόπος; 1Co 15:58; ἡ εἴσοδος, 1Th 2:1; neuter plural κενά, things that will not succeed, Act 4:25 (from Psa 2:1); εἰς κενόν, in vain, to no purpose (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 592 (551)): 2Co 6:1; Gal 2:2; Php 2:16; 1Th 3:5 (Isa 65:23; Jer 6:29, etc.; Diodorus 19, 9; Heliodorus 10, 30). (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlix.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κενός (empty)
Mark 12:3
- KJV: And they caught and beat him and sent away empty
- GK: οι δε λαβόντες αυτόν έδειραν και απέστειλαν κενόν
Luke 1:53
- KJV: He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away
- GK: πεινώντας ενέπλησεν αγαθών και πλουτούντας εξαπέστειλεν κενούς
Luke 20:10
- KJV: And 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 away empty
- GK: και εν καιρώ απέστειλεν προς τους γεωργούς δούλον ίνα από του καρπού του αμπελώνος δώσιν αυτώ οι δε γεωργοί δείραντες αυτόν εξαπέστειλαν κενόν
Luke 20:11
- KJV: And again he sent another servant and they beat him also and entreated shamefully and sent away empty
- GK: και προσέθετο πέμψαι έτερον δούλον οι δε κακείνον δείραντες και ατιμάσαντες εξαπέστειλαν κενόν
Acts 4:25
- KJV: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said Why did the heathen rage and the people imagine vain things
- GK: ο διά στόματος Δαβίδ του παιδός σου ειπών ινατί εφρύαξαν έθνη και λαοί εμελέτησαν κενά
1 Corinthians 15:10
- KJV: But by the grace of God I am what I am and his grace 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
- GK: χάριτι δε θεού ειμί ο ειμι και η χάρις αυτού η εις εμέ ου κενή εγενήθη αλλά περισσότερον αυτών πάντων εκοπίασα ουκ εγώ δε αλλ΄ χάρις του θεού η συν εμοί
1 Corinthians 15:14
- KJV: And if Christ be not risen then our preaching vain and your faith also vain
- GK: ει δε χριστός ουκ εγήγερται κενόν άρα το κήρυγμα ημών κενή δε και η πίστις υμών
1 Corinthians 15:58
- KJV: Therefore 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
- GK: ώστε αδελφοί μου αγαπητοί εδραίοι γίνεσθε αμετακίνητοι περισσεύοντες εν τω έργω του κυρίου πάντοτε ειδότες ότι ο κόπος υμών ουκ έστι κενός εν κυρίω
2 Corinthians 6:1
- KJV: We then workers together beseech also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain
- GK: συνεργούντες δε και παρακαλούμεν μη εις κενόν την χάριν του θεού δέξασθαι υμάς