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Strong's G2756 · Greek

κενός

kenos · ken-os'

apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κενός (G2756)

19 κενός , -ή, -όν , [in LXX chiefly for ריק and cognate forms;] empty ( Ge 37:24 , Jg 7:16 ). Metaph., empty , vain : λόγοι , Eph 5:6 ; ἀπάτη , Col 2:8 ; κήρυγμα, πίστις , I Co 15:14 ; vain , fruitless : ἡ χάρις , I Co 15:10 ; κόπος , I Co 15:58 ; ἡ εἴσοδος , I Th 2:1 ; κενά , Ac 4:25 (LXX) ; εἰς κενόν , in vain , to no purpose (Diod., LXX; cl. διὰ κενῆς ), II Co 6:1 , Ga 2:2 , Phl 2:16 , I Th 3:5 ; of persons, empty-handed : Mk 12:3 , Lk 1:53 20:10 , 11 ; vain , Ja 2:20 .† SYN. : μάταιος , of the aim or effect of an action, κ. of its quality (Lft. on Cl. Rom., I Co. , § 7; Tr., Syn. , xlix).

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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