κενός kenos · G2756

empty

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) (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

κενός, ή, όν, ; Ionic dialect and poetry κεινός []; Epic dialect also κενεός, as always in [] (except in Il.[same places], and κενός [], and in Doric dialect, []; Aeolic dialect κέννος, accusative to Greg. Cor.p.610 []; but οἱ Αἰολεῖς.. οὐ λέγουσι κέννος Choerob.in [], from κενϝος, kenevos,[] κενευϝός []; I mostly of things, empty, opposed to πλέως, []; opposed to πλήρης, []; opposed to μεστός, []; τὸ κ. (i.e. τάλαντον) the empty one, []; χώματα κεινά, ={κενοτάφια}, []; κατέθισαν ἐπὶ κενευϝῶν …

Where it's used 18 times

Mark 12:3 · Luke 1:53 · Luke 20:10 · Luke 20:11 · Acts 4:25 · 1 Corinthians 15:10 · 1 Corinthians 15:14 · 1 Corinthians 15:58 · 2 Corinthians 6:1 · Galatians 2:2 · Ephesians 5:6 · Philippians 2:16 · Colossians 2:8 · 1 Thessalonians 2:1 · 1 Thessalonians 3:5 · James 2:20 … and 2 more

Source: TBESG G2756; TFLSJ G2756

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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