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.They took him, beat him, and sent him away empty.Luke 1:53 · κενούς·He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty.Luke 20:10 · κενόν.At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.Luke 20:11 · κενόν.He sent yet another servant, and they also beat him, and treated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.Acts 4:25 · κενά;who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, ‘Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?1 Corinthians 15:10 · κενὴBut by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.1 Corinthians 15:14 · κενὸν · κενὴIf Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.1 Corinthians 15:58 · κενὸςTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.2 Corinthians 6:1 · κενὸνWorking together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,Galatians 2:2 · κενὸνI went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.Ephesians 5:6 · κενοῖςLet no one deceive you with empty words. For because of these things, the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience.Philippians 2:16 · κενὸν · κενὸνholding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.Colossians 2:8 · κενῆςBe careful that you don’t let anyone rob you through his philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the elements of the world, and not after Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:1 · κενὴFor you yourselves know, brothers, our visit to you wasn’t in vain,1 Thessalonians 3:5 · κενὸνFor this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.James 2:20 · κενέ,But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is dead?