Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #131361

SR GNT Php 2:7 ἐκένωσεν (ekenōsen) ‘but himself emptied the form of a slave having taken’ Strongs=27580 Lemma=kenoō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=aorist voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=64 AD Refers to Word #131345 Person=Jesus

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Only use of identical word form ἐκένωσεν (V-IAA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐκένωσεν’ (V-IAA3··S) is always and only glossed as ‘emptied’.

Php 2:7 ‘but himself emptied the form of a slave having taken’ SR GNT Php 2:7 word 3

OET-LV: 7 but himself emptied, the_form of_a_slave having _taken, in the_likeness of _humans having _become. And in _form having _been _found as a_human, (PHP_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 but emptied himself and becoming like a human, took on the form of a slave. Then in that human form, (PHP 2:7)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kenoō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘has_been voided’, ‘may_be voided’, ‘will_be emptying’, ‘emptied’.

Key: V=verb