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Koine Greek wordlink #134550

SR GNT 1 Th 2:1 κενή (kenaʸ) ‘you_all that not vain it has become’ Strongs=27560 Lemma=kenos
Word role=substantive adjective case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=54 AD

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Other uses (2) of identical word form κενή (S-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κενή’ (S-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘vain’.

1 Cor 15:10 ‘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 ‘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)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kenos’ have 5 different glosses: ‘with empty’, ‘empty’, ‘empty-handed’, ‘vain’, ‘vain things’.

Greek words (9) other than κενή (S-NFS) with a gloss related to ‘vain’

ACTs 4:25 κενά (kena) S-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 15:14 κενόν (kenon) S-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 15:58 κενός (kenos) S-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) S-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) S-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)

PHP 2:16 κενόν (kenon) S-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) S-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)

1 TH 3:5 κενόν (kenon) S-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 Timothy 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 2:20 κενέ (kene) A-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 ANP=accusative,neuter,plural ANS=accusative,neuter,singular NFS=nominative,feminine,singular NMS=nominative,masculine,singular NNS=nominative,neuter,singular VMS=vocative,masculine,singular