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 took him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.Luke 1:53 · κενούς·The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.Luke 20:10 · κενόν.And at the season he sent unto the husbandmen a servant, 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 he sent yet another servant: and him also they beat, and handled him shamefully, and sent him away empty.Acts 4:25 · κενά;who by the Holy Spirit, by the mouth of our father David thy servant, didst say, Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples 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 found vain; but I labored 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 hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.1 Corinthians 15:58 · κενὸςWherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.2 Corinthians 6:1 · κενὸνAnd working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vainGalatians 2:2 · κενὸνAnd I went up by revelation; and I laid before them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but privately before them who were of repute, lest by any means I should be running, or had run, in vain.Ephesians 5:6 · κενοῖςLet no man deceive you with empty words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the sons of disobedience.Philippians 2:16 · κενὸν · κενὸνholding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.Colossians 2:8 · κενῆςTake heed lest there shall be any one that maketh spoil of you through his 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 entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:1 Thessalonians 3:5 · κενὸνFor this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.James 2:20 · κενέ,But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is barren?