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κενός

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	κενός
Citation form	κενός, ή, όν
Part of speech	adjective
Gloss	empty, vain, hollow
Strong’s	G2756
Transliteration	kenós
Definition	empty (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses	:--empty, (in) vain.
Derivation	apparently a primary word
SBLGNT occurrences	16

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek form	Grammar and occurrences
κενά	adjective, accusative, plural, neuter (MorphGNT ----APN-) — Acts 4:25
κενέ	adjective, vocative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----VSM-) — James 2:20
κενὴ	adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Corinthians 15:10 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Corinthians 15:14 adjective, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Thessalonians 2:1
κενῆς	adjective, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Colossians 2:8
κενοῖς	adjective, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----DPM-) — Ephesians 5:6
κενόν	adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Mark 12:3 adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Luke 20:10 adjective, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Luke 20:11
κενὸν	adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 2 Corinthians 6:1 adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Galatians 2:2 adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — Philippians 2:16 adjective, accusative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----ASN-) — 1 Thessalonians 3:5 adjective, nominative, singular, neuter (MorphGNT ----NSN-) — 1 Corinthians 15:14
κενὸς	adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — 1 Corinthians 15:58
κενούς	adjective, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-) — Luke 1:53

Morphology

adjective; MorphGNT ----APM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----APN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----ASM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----ASN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----DPM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----GSF-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSF-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSM-
adjective; MorphGNT ----NSN-
adjective; MorphGNT ----VSM-

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: κενος.