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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 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 37:24 - Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 3:21 - "I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:15 - You are to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for at that time you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before me empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:20 - Now the firstling of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. "No one will appear before me empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:16 - I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:20 - Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:13 - If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:16 - Three times a year all your males must appear before the LORD your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:47 - For this is no idle word for you - it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - He divided the three hundred men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:21 - I left here full, but the LORD has caused me to return empty-handed. Why do you call me 'Naomi,' seeing that the LORD has opposed me, and the Sovereign One has caused me to suffer?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:17 - She said, "He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:3 - They replied, "If you are going to send the ark of the God of Israel back, don't send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you."

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:22 - From the blood of the slain, from the fat of warriors, the bow of Jonathan was not turned away. The sword of Saul never returned empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:3 - He said, "Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. Get as many as you can.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:13 - I also shook out my garment, and I said, "In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!" All the assembly replied, "So be it!" and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:9 - Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 - "Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:17 - he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:31 - Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:35 - They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:34 - So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:6 - "For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:9 - you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:12 - If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:34 - because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors -

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:21 - His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:20 - In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:16 - She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:4 - or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:3 - Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:29 - Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her 'Proud one who is silenced.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:18 - For this is what the LORD says, the one who created the sky - he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited - "I am the LORD, I have no peer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:23

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:23 - They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the LORD will bless their children and their descendants.

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