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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: χάρις, 1 Corinthians 15:10; κόπος; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 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 61 times in 59 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 31:42–Isa 65:23)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:42 - “If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the dread of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered the decision last night.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:24 - and they took him and cast him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - “And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - “Let their slavery be hard on the men, and let them work at it so that they will have no regard for false words.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - “You shall keep 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - “And 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.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - ‘And your power will be spent uselessly, for your land will not give forth its produce and the trees of the land will not give forth their fruit.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - “When you [fn]let him go to be free from you, you shall not [fn]let him go empty-handed.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 -

“Three times in a year all your males shall appear before Yahweh 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 Yahweh empty-handed.

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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - So 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - “I went out full, but Yahweh has caused me to return empty. Why do you call me Naomi? Yahweh has answered against me, and [fn]the Almighty has brought calamity against me.”
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.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - So 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 turned away from you.”
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.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - Then he said, “Go, ask for vessels for yourself, from those outside, from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few.
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 establish this word; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.” And all the assembly said, “Amen!” And they praised Yahweh. Then the people did according to this word.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - And Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you set your heart upon 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. So you incited Me against him to swallow him up in vain.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 -

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 -

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,

Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 -

“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,

Or is there any taste in the slime of a [fn]yolk?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 -

So am I apportioned months of worthlessness,

And nights of trouble are appointed me.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 -

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,

And come to an end without hope.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 -

“I have rejected everything; I will not live forever.

Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:17 -

“For He bruises me with a tempest

And multiplies my wounds without cause.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 -

“Let him not believe in emptiness, deceiving himself;

For emptiness will be his [fn]reward,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 -

“They conceive [fn]trouble and give birth to wickedness,

And their [fn]belly prepares deception.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 -

“He returns what he has attained

And cannot swallow it;

As to the wealth of his trading,

He cannot even enjoy it.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 -

“How then will you vainly comfort me,

Indeed when your answers remain full of [fn]falsehood?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:6 -

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,

And stripped the clothing of the naked.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 -

“You have sent widows away empty,

And the [fn]might of the orphans has been crushed.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 -

“Behold, all of you have seen it;

Why then do you speak with utter vanity?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 -

Because I feared the great multitude,

And the contempt of families terrified me,

And I kept silent and did not go out of doors

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:21 -

“His flesh wastes away from sight,

And his bones which were not seen stick out.

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 -

“She treats her children cruelly, as if they were not hers;

Though her labor be empty, she is without dread,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 -

Why do the [fn]nations rage

And the peoples meditate on a vain thing?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 -

If I have rewarded evil to him who [fn]is at peace with me,

Or have plundered my adversary without cause,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 -

Gimel

Indeed, let none who hope in You be ashamed;

Let those who deal treacherously without cause be ashamed.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 -

I hate those who regard worthless idols,

But I trust in Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 -

For He has satisfied the [fn]thirsty soul,

And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

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?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 -

And it will be as when a hungry man dreams

And behold, he is eating;

But he awakens, and his soul is empty,

Or as when a thirsty man dreams

And behold, he is drinking,

But he awakens, and behold, he is faint,

And his soul is not quenched.

Thus the multitude of all the nations will be

Who wage war against Mount Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 -

Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty.

Therefore, I have called [fn]her

[fn]Rahab who has ceased.”

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For a wicked fool speaks wicked folly,

And his heart does wickedness:

To do ungodliness and to speak error against Yahweh,

In order to make the hungry person empty;

He even causes the thirsty to lack a drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 -

For thus says Yahweh, 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 formless place, but formed it to be inhabited),

“I am Yahweh, and there is none else.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 -

No one calls in righteousness, and no one seeks justice in truth.

They trust in [fn]confusion and speak worthlessness;

They conceive trouble and give birth to wickedness.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 -

“They will not labor in vain,

Or bear children for terror;

For they are the seed of those blessed by Yahweh,

And their offspring with them.


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