κενός kenos

Greek word for “empty” · Strong’s G2756 · used 18 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

κενός, -ή, -όν; empty ().

How it is translated

Glosses given for kenos in context, with how often each is used:

• vain 7
• empty-handed 3
• empty 3
• void 3
• vain things? 1
• foolish 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 15 (3), Luke 20 (2), Mark 12 (1), Luke 1 (1), Acts 4 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), Galatians 2 (1), Ephesians 5 (1), Philippians 2 (1), Colossians 2 (1)

Forms

• κενὸν 6
• κενόν 3
• κενὴ 3
• κενούς 1
• κενά 1
• κενὸς 1
• κενοῖς 1
• κενῆς 1
• κενέ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kenos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐξαποστέλλω exapostellō “to send out/away” 3
• δέρω derō “to beat up” 3
• πως pōs “how” 2
• τρέχω trechō “to run” 2
• κόπος kopos “labor” 2
• κοπιάω kopiaō “to labor” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 3
• πέμπω pempō “to send” 2
• δοῦλος doulos “slave” 2
• ἀποστέλλω apostellō “to send” 2
• χάρις charis “grace” 2
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 2

Key verses

The verses using kenos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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 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?

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.