G2756: κενός
kenós · “empty”
Definition
empty (literally or figuratively)
KJV translates it as: empty, (in) vain
Word origin: apparently a primary word;
Extended definition
[in LXX chiefly for רִיק and cognate forms ;]
empty (Gen.37:24, Jdg.7:16). Metaphorical,
(a) empty, vain: λόγοι, Eph.5:6; ἀπάτη, Col.2:8; κήρυγμα, πίστις, 1Co.15:14;
(b) vain, fruitless: ἡ χάρις, 1Co.15:10; κόπος, 1Co.15:50; ἡ εἴσοδος, 1Th.2:1; κενά, Act.4:25 (LXX); εἰς κενόν, in vain, to no purpose (Diod., LXX; cl. διὰ κενῆς), 2Co.6:1, Gal.2:2, Php.2:16, 1Th.3:5;
(with) of persons, empty-handed: Mrk.12:3, Luk.1:53 20:10-11; vain, Jas.2:20.†
SYN.: μάταιος, of the aim or effect of an action, κ. of its quality (Lft. on Cl. Rom., 1Co., § 7; Tr., Syn., xlix) (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2756 is translated
- vain ×5
- empty-handed. ×3
- void ×2
- in vain ×2
- empty; ×1
- vain things? ×1
- is void ×1
- with empty ×1
- empty ×1
- foolish, ×1
Bible verses with G2756 (kenós)
Kenós appears in 16 verses.
- Mark 12:3
And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.
- Luke 1:53
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Luke 20:10
And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
- Luke 20:11
And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.
- Acts 4:25
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
- 1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
- 1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- 2 Corinthians 6:1
We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
- Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
- Ephesians 5:6
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- Philippians 2:16
Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.
- Colossians 2:8
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:1
For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
- James 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?