The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

κενῶς

Lemmaκενῶς
Citation formκενῶς
Part of speechadverb
Glossfalsely, in vain
Strong’sG2761
Transliterationkenōs
Definitionvainly, i.e. to no purpose
KJV glosses:--in vain.
Derivationadverb from
SBLGNT occurrences1

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 formGrammar and occurrences
κενῶς
adverb (MorphGNT --------)James 4:5

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

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