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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 - and they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 - The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:10 - and at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, that from the fruit of the vineyard they may give to him, but the husbandmen having beat him, did send him away empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - 'And he added to send another servant, and they that one also having beaten and dishonoured, did send away empty;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:25 - who, through the mouth of David thy servant, did say, Why did nations rage, and peoples meditate vain things?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:10 - and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that is towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet 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 hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:58 - so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - And working together also we call upon you that ye receive not in vain the grace of God --

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:2 - and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 5:6 - Let no one deceive you with vain words, for because of these things cometh the anger of God upon the sons of the disobedience,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:16 - the word of life holding forth, for rejoicing to me in regard to a day of Christ, that not in vain did I run, nor in vain did I labour;

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:8 - See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 2:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 2:1 - For yourselves have known, brethren, our entrance in unto you, that it did not become vain,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:5 - because of this also, I, no longer forbearing, did send to know your faith, lest he who is tempting did tempt you, and in vain might be our labour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:20 - And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?
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