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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 61 times in 59 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 31:42–Isa 65:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - “If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - “I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - “Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - “You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And [fn]none shall appear before Me empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - “You shall redeem with a lamb the [fn]first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. [fn]None shall appear before Me empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘Your strength will be spent uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - “When you set him [fn]free, you shall not send him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - “Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:47

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - “For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, [fn]which you are about to cross the Jordan to [fn]possess.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - He divided the 300 men into three [fn]companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, and they followed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - “I went out full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has witnessed against me and [fn]the Almighty has afflicted me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - She said, “These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, ‘Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 6:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but you shall surely return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 1:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - “From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty,
The bow of Jonathan did not turn back,
And the sword of Saul did not return empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - Then he said, “Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I also shook out the [fn]front of my garment and said, “Thus may God shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not fulfill this [fn]promise; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised the LORD. Then the people did according to this [fn]promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - The LORD said to Satan, “Have you [fn]considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man [fn]fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to [fn]ruin him without cause.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 - “Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - “Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the [fn]white of an egg?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - “My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - “I [fn]waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:17 - “For He bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - “Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his [fn]reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - “They conceive [fn]mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their [fn]mind prepares deception.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - “He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - “How then will you vainly comfort me,
For your answers remain full of [fn]falsehood?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:6 - “For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped [fn]men naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - “You have sent widows away empty,
And the [fn]strength of the orphans has been crushed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - “Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you [fn]act foolishly?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:21 - “His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - “In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - “She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is [fn]unconcerned;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why are the [fn]nations in an uproar
And the peoples devising a vain thing?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - If I have rewarded evil to [fn]my friend,
Or have plundered [fn]him who without cause was my adversary,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed;
[fn]Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I hate those who regard [fn]vain idols,
But I trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - For He has satisfied the [fn]thirsty soul,
And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow?
Who has contentions? Who has complaining?
Who has wounds without cause?
Who has redness of eyes?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be as when a hungry man dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his [fn]hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty man dreams—
And behold, he is drinking,
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his [fn]thirst is not quenched.
Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called [fn]her
“[fn]Rahab who has been exterminated.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart [fn]inclines toward wickedness:
To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,
To [fn]keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And [fn]to withhold drink from the thirsty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it [fn]a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited),
“I am the LORD, and there is none else.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one sues righteously and no one pleads [fn]honestly.
They trust in confusion and speak lies;
They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - “They will not labor in vain,
Or bear children for calamity;
For they are the [fn]offspring of those blessed by the LORD,
And their descendants with them.

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