κενός, -ή, -όν [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)
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G2756 — κενός
kenos · empty · Greek
16 tagged verse occurrences
Mark 12:3 · κενόν.And they caught [him], and beat him, and sent [him] away empty.Luke 1:53 · κενούς·He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.Luke 20:10 · κενόν.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 · κενόν.And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty.Acts 4:25 · κενά;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 · κενὴBut 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 · κενὸν · κενὴAnd if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain.1 Corinthians 15:58 · κενὸςTherefore, 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 · κενὸνWe then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.Galatians 2:2 · κενὸνAnd 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 · κενοῖςLet 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 · κενὸν · κενὸνHolding 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 · κενῆςBeware 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 · κενὴFor yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:1 Thessalonians 3:5 · κενὸνFor 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 · κενέ,But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?