Greek root word (lemma) ‘κενός’ (kenos)

Strong’s: G2756

UBS entries sharing a lemma or Strong’s identifier: κενός (G2756)

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This root form (lemma) ‘κενός’ is used in 10 different forms in the Greek originals: κενόν (5, S-····ANS), κενή (3, S-····NFS), κενόν (3, S-····AMS), κενέ (1, A-····VMS), κενόν (1, S-····NNS), κενούς (1, S-····AMP), κενοῖς (1, A-····DMP), κενός (1, S-····NMS), κενά (1, S-····ANP), κενῆς (1, A-····GFS).

It is glossed in 5 different ways: ‘vain’(11), ‘empty-handed’(4), ‘vain things’(1), ‘with empty’(1), ‘empty’(1).

Have 18 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘kenos’ in the Greek originals

Mark 12:3 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective AMS ‘they beat him and they sent_out him empty-handed’ SR GNT Mark 12:3 word 11

OET-LV: 3 But having _taken him, they _beat him and they _sent_ him _out empty-handed. (MRK 12:3)

OET-RV: 3 But the tenants grabbed the slave and beat him up, then sent him back empty-handed. (MRK 12:3)

Luke 1:53 κενούς (kenous) Substantive Adjective AMP ‘and being_rich ones he sent_away empty-handed’ SR GNT Luke 1:53 word 7

OET-LV: 53 He _filled hungering ones with _good things, and he _sent _away being _rich ones empty-handed. (LUK 1:53)

OET-RV: 53 Those who are hungry, he fills with good things,
⇔ but those who are rich, he sends away empty handed. (LUK 1:53)

Luke 20:10 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective AMS ‘sent_away him having beat him empty-handed’ SR GNT Luke 20:10 word 29

OET-LV: 10 And in_the_season he _sent _out a_slave to the tenant _farmers, in _order _that they _will _be _giving to _him from the fruit of _the vineyard. But the tenant _farmers having _beat him sent_ him _away, empty-handed. (LUK 20:10)

OET-RV: 10 At the appropriate time of the year, he sent a slave to the tenants to collect his percentage of the profits, but they beat up the slave and sent him back empty-handed. (LUK 20:10)

Luke 20:11 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective AMS ‘and having dishonoured they sent_away him empty-handed’ SR GNT Luke 20:11 word 18

OET-LV: 11 And he _proceeded to _send another slave, but they, having _beat and having _dishonoured also _that one, they _sent _away him empty-handed. (LUK 20:11)

OET-RV: 11 So he sent another slave, but they also beat that one and dishonoured him, then sent him back empty-handed. (LUK 20:11)

Acts 4:25 κενά (kena) Substantive Adjective ANP ‘and peoples pondered vain things’ SR GNT Acts 4:25 word 26

OET-LV: 25 the one of _the father of _us, by the_ holy _spirit of_the_mouth Dawid/(Dāvid) servant of _you having _said: For/Because_ why _reason the_pagans raged, and peoples pondered vain things? (ACT 4:25)

OET-RV: 25 You spoke long ago by the holy spirit through our ancestor who was your servant, David, when you said,
⇔ ‘Why are the other nations angry and why have their peoples tried new ideas?” (ACT 4:25)

1 Cor 15:10 κενή (kenaʸ) Substantive Adjective NFS ‘toward me not vain was become but more_abundantly than’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:10 word 15

OET-LV: 10 But by_the_grace of_god, I _am what I _am, and the grace of _him which toward me, not vain was _become, but more _abundantly than them all I _laboured, not and I, but the grace the of_god with me. (CO1 15:10)

OET-RV: 10 But I am what I am thanks to God’s grace, as his grace towards me hasn’t been wasted. Actually, I worked harder than all the others, although of course it wasn’t really me, but God’s grace with me. (CO1 15:10)

1 Cor 15:14 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective NNS ‘chosen_one/messiah not has_been raised vain consequently the proclamation’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:14 word 6

OET-LV: 14 and if chosen _one /messiah not has _been _raised, vain consequently the proclamation of _us is, vain also the faith of _you _all is. (CO1 15:14)

OET-RV: 14 and if Messiah hasn’t come back to life, then our preaching is meaningless and so is your faith! (CO1 15:14)

1 Cor 15:14 κενή (kenaʸ) Substantive Adjective NFS ‘the proclamation of us is vain also the faith’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:14 word 12

OET-LV: 14 and if chosen _one /messiah not has _been _raised, vain consequently the proclamation of _us is, vain also the faith of _you _all is. (CO1 15:14)

OET-RV: 14 and if Messiah hasn’t come back to life, then our preaching is meaningless and so is your faith! (CO1 15:14)

1 Cor 15:58 κενός (kenos) Substantive Adjective NMS ‘of you_all not is vain in the master’ SR GNT 1 Cor 15:58 word 24

OET-LV: 58 So _then, brothers of _me beloved, firm be _becoming, immovable, being _plentiful in the work of _the master always, having _known that the labour of _you _all not is vain in the_master. (CO1 15:58)

OET-RV: 58 Therefore my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and stand firm, always doing the master’s work enthusiastically, knowing that your work for Yahweh isn’t wasted. (CO1 15:58)

2 Cor 6:1 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective ANS ‘we are exhorting not in vain the grace of god’ SR GNT 2 Cor 6:1 word 8

OET-LV: 6 And working _together also, we _are _exhorting not in vain the grace of_ the _god to _receive you _all. (CO2 6:1)

OET-RV: 6 Since we’re working together, we want to encourage you all not to accept God’s grace wastefully (CO2 6:1)

Gal 2:2 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective ANS ‘lest somehow in vain I may_be running or I ran’ SR GNT Gal 2:2 word 23

OET-LV: 2 and I _went _up according _to a_revelation, and I _placed _before before _them the good _message that I _am _proclaiming among the pagans, by but myself to _the ones supposing, lest somehow I _may _be _running or I _ran in vain. (GAL 2:2)

OET-RV: 2 God had told me to go there, and I explained to the leaders there the good message that I’d been proclaiming to the non-Jews. I did it privately, to double-check that I wasn’t somehow just acting vainly. (GAL 2:2)

Eph 5:6 κενοῖς (kenois) Adjective DMP ‘no_one you_all let_be seducing with empty messages because_of these things’ SR GNT Eph 5:6 word 5

OET-LV: 6 ˓Let˒_ no _one _be _seducing you _all with_empty messages, because/for because _of these things the severe _anger of_ the _god is _coming on the sons of_ the _disbelief. (EPH 5:6)

OET-RV: 6 Don’t let anyone seduce you with empty talk, because this is exactly what will induce God’s strong anger on those who are disobedient. (EPH 5:6)

Php 2:16 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective ANS ‘because not in vain I ran nor in’ SR GNT Php 2:16 word 14

OET-LV: 16 the_message of _life holding _up to a_boast to _me in the_day of_chosen _one /messiah, because not in vain I _ran, nor in vain I _laboured, (PHP 2:16)

OET-RV: 16 as you live out the message of life, and then I’ll be able to boast when Messiah returns because I didn’t waste my time or work for nothing, (PHP 2:16)

Php 2:16 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective ANS ‘I ran nor in vain I laboured’ SR GNT Php 2:16 word 19

OET-LV: 16 the_message of _life holding _up to a_boast to _me in the_day of_chosen _one /messiah, because not in vain I _ran, nor in vain I _laboured, (PHP 2:16)

OET-RV: 16 as you live out the message of life, and then I’ll be able to boast when Messiah returns because I didn’t waste my time or work for nothing, (PHP 2:16)

Col 2:8 κενῆς (kenaʸs) Adjective GFS ‘through philosophy and empty seduction according_to the’ SR GNT Col 2:8 word 14

OET-LV: 8 Be _watching _out, lest anyone will _be which taking_ you _all _captive through the philosophy and empty seduction, according _to the tradition of_ the _humans, according _to the principles of _the world, and not according _to chosen _one /messiah. (COL 2:8)

OET-RV: 8 Be careful in case anyone captures your minds with fancy ideas or theories without proof that come from human traditions or from worldly thinking, and not from Messiah. (COL 2:8)

1 Th 2:1 κενή (kenaʸ) Substantive Adjective NFS ‘you_all that not vain it has become’ SR GNT 1 Th 2:1 word 13

OET-LV: 2 For/Because yourselves you _all _have _known, brothers, the entrance of _us which to you _all, that not vain it _has _become, (TH1 2:1)

OET-RV: 2 Brothers and sisters, you yourselves know that our going to Thessalonikai wasn’t wasted, (TH1 2:1)

1 Th 3:5 κενόν (kenon) Substantive Adjective ANS ‘tempting and in vain may become the labour’ SR GNT 1 Th 3:5 word 22

OET-LV: 5 Because _of this also _I no _longer enduring, I _sent in _order that to _know the faith of _you _all, lest somehow tempted you _all the one tempting, and in vain may _become the labour of _us. (TH1 3:5)

OET-RV: 5 So again when I could no longer endure it, I sent Timotheos to find out about your faith, just in case you’d been tempted by the tempter and then our work there would have been wasted. (TH1 3:5)

Yac (Jam) 2:20 κενέ (kene) Adjective VMS ‘to know Oh person vain that faith apart_from’ SR GNT Yac 2:20 word 6

OET-LV: 20 But you _are _wanting to _know, Oh person vain, that the faith apart _from the works idle is? (JAM 2:20)

OET-RV: 20 But the vain person still wants to know if faith without good deeds is wasted? (JAM 2:20)

Key: A=adjective S=substantive adjective AMP=accusative, masculine, plural AMS=accusative, masculine, singular ANP=accusative, neuter, plural ANS=accusative, neuter, singular DMP=dative, masculine, plural GFS=genitive, feminine, singular NFS=nominative, feminine, singular NMS=nominative, masculine, singular NNS=nominative, neuter, singular VMS=vocative, masculine, singular