- κενός
- empty
- κενός
- empty, vain, hollow
- (a) empty, (b) met: empty (in moral content), vain, ineffective, foolish, worthless, (c) false, unreal, pretentious, hollow.
- κενός
- empty (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: apparently a primary word;KJV Usage: empty, (in) vain.
- κενός
- empty
- G:A
- κενός, -ή, -όν
[in LXX chiefly for רִיק and cognate forms ;]
empty (). Metaph.,Refs
Gen.37:24, Jdg.7:16
__(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),;Refs
2Co.6:1, Gal.2:2, Php.2:16, 1Th.3:5
__(with) of persons, empty-handed:; vain, Jas.2:20.†Refs
Mrk.12:3, Luk.1:53 20:10-11
SYN.: μάταιος, of the aim or effect of an action, κ. of its quality (Lft. on Cl. Rom., 1Co., § 7; Tr., Syn., xlix) (AS)
1) empty, vain, devoid of truth
1a) of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing
1b) of men
1b1) empty handed
1b2) without a gift
1c) metaph. destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith
1d) metaph. of endeavours, labours, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect
1d1) vain of no purpose
1a) of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing
1b) of men
1b1) empty handed
1b2) without a gift
1c) metaph. destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith
1d) metaph. of endeavours, labours, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect
1d1) vain of no purpose
κενός
kenos
ken-os'
Apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: empty, (in) vain.