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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:53

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 - When the time came, he sent a servant[fn] to the tenants, so that they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - And he sent another servant. But they also beat and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who through the mouth of our father David, your servant,[fn] said by the Holy Spirit,
“‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
and the peoples plot in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:14 - And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2 - I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:6 - Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because 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 fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:8 - See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits[fn] of the world, and not according to Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:1 - For you yourselves know, brothers,[fn] that our coming to you was not in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:20 - Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
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