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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 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 - “Now at vintage-time he sent a servant to the vinedressers, that they might give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:11 - “Again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, 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 by the mouth of Your servant David[fn] have said:

‘Why did the nations rage,
And the people plot vain things?

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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; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:14 - And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:58

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:1 - We then, as workers together with Him also plead with 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 - And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I might run, or had 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 the word of life, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have not run in vain or labored in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:8 - Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles 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, brethren, 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 no longer endure it, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor might be in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:20 - But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?[fn]
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