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Lexicon :: Strong's G2756 - kenos

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κενός
Transliteration
kenos (Key)
Pronunciation
ken-os'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:659,426

Trench's Synonyms: xlix. κενός, μάταιος.

Strong’s Definitions

κενός kenós, ken-os'; apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively):—empty, (in) vain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's G2756 in the following manner: vain (9x), in vain (4x), empty (4x), vain things (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's G2756 in the following manner: vain (9x), in vain (4x), empty (4x), vain things (1x).

  1. empty, vain, devoid of truth

    1. of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing

    2. of men

      1. empty handed

      2. without a gift

    3. metaph. destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith

    4. metaph. of endeavours, labours, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect

      1. vain of no purpose

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κενός kenós, ken-os'; apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively):—empty, (in) vain.
STRONGS G2756:
κενός, κενή, κενόν (from Homer on down), the Sept. for רֵיקָם, רֵק, רִיק, etc., empty;
1. properly, of places, vessels, etc.,which contain nothing (Judges 7:16; Genesis 37:24); metaphorically, empty, vain; devoid of truth: λόγοι, Ephesians 5:6 (Exodus 5:9); ἀπάτη, Colossians 2:8; κήρυγμα, πίστις, 1 Corinthians 15:14.
2. of men, empty-handed; without a gift: ἀποστέλλειν and ἐξαποστέλλειν τινα κενόν (Genesis 31:42; Deuteronomy 15:13; Deuteronomy 16:16), Mark 12:3; Luke 1:53; Luke 20:10f; metaphorically, destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith, James 2:20.
3. metaphorically, of endeavors, labors, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect: ἡ χάρις, 1 Corinthians 15:10; κόπος; 1 Corinthians 15:58; ἡ εἴσοδος, 1 Thessalonians 2:1; neuter plural κενά, things that will not succeed, Acts 4:25 (from Psalm 2:1); εἰς κενόν, in vain, to no purpose (cf. Winer's Grammar, 592 (551)): 2 Corinthians 6:1; Galatians 2:2; Philippians 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 3:5 (Isaiah 65:23; Jeremiah 6:29, etc.; Diodorus 19, 9; Heliodorus 10, 30). (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlix.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
31:42; 37:24
Exodus
5:9
Deuteronomy
15:13; 16:16
Judges
7:16
Psalms
2:1
Isaiah
65:23
Jeremiah
6:29
Mark
12:3
Luke
1:53; 20:10
Acts
4:25
1 Corinthians
15:10; 15:14; 15:58
2 Corinthians
6:1
Galatians
2:2
Ephesians
5:6
Philippians
2:16
Colossians
2:8
1 Thessalonians
2:1; 3:5
James
2:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2756 matches the Greek κενός (kenos),
which occurs 18 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:3 - But they took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 - He has filled the hungry with good things, and sent away the rich empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 - And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have the nations raged haughtily and the peoples meditated vain things?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by God's grace I am what I am; and his grace, which was towards me, has not been vain; but I have laboured more abundantly than they all, but not *I*, but the grace of God which was with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:14 - but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also is our preaching, and vain also your faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - But as fellow-workmen, we also beseech that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2 - and I went up according to revelation, and I laid before them the glad tidings which I preach among the nations, but privately to those conspicuous among them, lest in any way I run or had run in vain;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:6 - Let no one deceive you with vain words, for on account of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - holding forth the word of life, so as to be a boast for me in Christ's day, that I have not run in vain nor laboured in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:8 - See that there be no one who shall lead *you* away as a prey through philosophy and vain deceit, according to the teaching of men, according to the elements of the world, and not according to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:1 - For ye know yourselves, brethren, our entering in which we had to you, that it has not been in vain;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - For this reason *I* also, no longer able to refrain myself, sent to know your faith, lest perhaps the tempter had tempted you and our labour should be come to nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:20 - But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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