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κενός (kenos) means “empty” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κενός Greek · G2756 18 tagged occurrences in 16 verses

Pronunciation guide: ken-os' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2756

κενός · kenos · empty

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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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(a) empty, (b) met: empty (in moral content), vain, ineffective, foolish, worthless, (c) false, unreal, pretentious, hollow.

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How translators render G2756

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
in vain 4
vain 4
empty-handed 3
empty 2
foolish 1
is worthless 1
so is 1
with empty 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
vain 10
empty 4
in vain 3
vain things 1

Verses containing G2756

Page 1 of 1. 16 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Mark 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

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  2. Luke 1:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

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  3. Luke 20:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

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  4. Luke 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

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  5. Acts 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

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  6. 1 Corinthians 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

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  7. 1 Corinthians 15:14 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

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  8. 1 Corinthians 15:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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  9. 2 Corinthians 6:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

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  10. Galatians 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

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  11. Ephesians 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

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  12. Philippians 2:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

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  13. Colossians 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

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  14. 1 Thessalonians 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.

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  15. 1 Thessalonians 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.

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  16. James 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

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