Strong G2758κενόω
to empty
- Transliteration
- kenoō
- Pronunciation
- ken-o'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2756; to make empty that is (figuratively) to abase neutralize falsify: - make (of none effect of no reputation void) be in vain.
Detailed definition
κενόω, -ῶ
(κενός, which see), [in LXX: Jer.14:2 15:9 (עָמָל pu.)*;]
to empty. Metaphorical, to empty, make empty, vain or of no effect: καύχημα, 1Co.9:15; ἑαυτόν, of Christ, Php.2:7 (v Lft.; ICC, in 1, and esp. Gifford, Incarn., 54 ff.); pass., πίστις, Rom.4:14; ὁ σταυρός, 1Co.1:17; καύχημα, 2Co.9:3†
(AS)
(κενός, which see), [in LXX: Jer.14:2 15:9 (עָמָל pu.)*;]
to empty. Metaphorical, to empty, make empty, vain or of no effect: καύχημα, 1Co.9:15; ἑαυτόν, of Christ, Php.2:7 (v Lft.; ICC, in 1, and esp. Gifford, Incarn., 54 ff.); pass., πίστις, Rom.4:14; ὁ σταυρός, 1Co.1:17; καύχημα, 2Co.9:3†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2758 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- make2
- should2
- void2
- reputation1
First verses
- Romans 4:14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- 1 Corinthians 1:17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
- 1 Corinthians 9:15But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
- 2 Corinthians 9:3Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:
- Philippians 2:7But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κενόω,
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 959, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 197d)]; Epic dialect κεινόω [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 56, “Al.” 140)]: future κενώσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 447)]: aorist ἐκένωσα [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 730)]: perfect κεκένωκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.67)]:—passive, future κενωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.709, κενεώσομαι 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 16)]: aorist ἐκενώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51)]: perfect κεκένωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.123, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 9)]: (κενός): —empty, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 718 (troch.); ναούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion”)][same place]: with genitive, empty of a thing, ἀνδρῶν τάνδε πόλιν κενῶσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 660, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 914 (Lyric poetry))]; χέρας [δώρων] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author]“Med.”[same place]; τινὰ τᾶς συοπλουτοσύνας 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 4.13)]; opposed to πληροῦν τινά τινος, Pl.[same place],[Refs (compare “R.” 560d)]:—passive, to be emptied, made or left empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 29)]; ἐς τὸ κενούμενον into the space continually left empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76; οἰκίαι πολλαὶ ἐκενώθησαν [prev. work] 51: with _genitive_, τούτων κενεώσεται.. αἰών)] will be left without them, Emp.[same place]; κεκενωμένου τοῦ τείχεος πάντων stripped of all things, Hdt. [prev. cited]
2 make a place empty by leaving it, desert it, βωμοῦ ἐσχάραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1138)]; λόχμην [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.”)][same place]:—passive, κενωθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.57.)]
3 in Medicine texts, empty by depletion, opposed to πληροῦν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.51, compare 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2)], Gal.[same place]; τινα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.30)] O.; carry off, αἷμα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ocyp.” 93; ἐκ τοῦ σώματος χολήν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ φυσικῶν δυνάμεων - Scripta Minora” 1.13:)] —passive, τὰ κενούμενα evacuations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 6.78, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.37.27.)]
4 empty out, pour away, φάρμακον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Iamblichus Scriptor Eroticus 7: _metaphorically_, πλοῦτον)] falsa lectio in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.119)]:—passive, τοῦ λαοῦ κενωθέντος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 24.1)]; make away with, θανάτου βάρος [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Cypria “fragment” 1.6.)]
5 expend, εἴς με κένωσον πᾶν βέλος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.57 (1st c.BC: Archias).)]
6 in passive, waste away, shrivel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.4.3, 9.14.3.)]
II metaphorically, make empty, ἑαυτόν [NT (NT.Phil.2.7)]; make void or of no effect, καύχημα [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.1Cor.9.15; ὑπάρξεις 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 90.7)]:—passive, to be or become so, [NT (NT.Rom.4.14.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 959, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 197d)]; Epic dialect κεινόω [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 56, “Al.” 140)]: future κενώσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 447)]: aorist ἐκένωσα [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 730)]: perfect κεκένωκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.67)]:—passive, future κενωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 4.709, κενεώσομαι 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 16)]: aorist ἐκενώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.51)]: perfect κεκένωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.123, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 9)]: (κενός): —empty, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 718 (troch.); ναούς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion”)][same place]: with genitive, empty of a thing, ἀνδρῶν τάνδε πόλιν κενῶσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 660, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 914 (Lyric poetry))]; χέρας [δώρων] [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author]“Med.”[same place]; τινὰ τᾶς συοπλουτοσύνας 3rd c.BC: Cercidas Iambographus 4.13)]; opposed to πληροῦν τινά τινος, Pl.[same place],[Refs (compare “R.” 560d)]:—passive, to be emptied, made or left empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 29)]; ἐς τὸ κενούμενον into the space continually left empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.76; οἰκίαι πολλαὶ ἐκενώθησαν [prev. work] 51: with _genitive_, τούτων κενεώσεται.. αἰών)] will be left without them, Emp.[same place]; κεκενωμένου τοῦ τείχεος πάντων stripped of all things, Hdt. [prev. cited]
2 make a place empty by leaving it, desert it, βωμοῦ ἐσχάραν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 1138)]; λόχμην [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.”)][same place]:—passive, κενωθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.57.)]
3 in Medicine texts, empty by depletion, opposed to πληροῦν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 2.51, compare 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “ὀξέων νούσων θεραπευτικόν” 1.2)], Gal.[same place]; τινα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.30)] O.; carry off, αἷμα [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ocyp.” 93; ἐκ τοῦ σώματος χολήν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ φυσικῶν δυνάμεων - Scripta Minora” 1.13:)] —passive, τὰ κενούμενα evacuations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] 6.78, 2nd c.AD: Antyllus Medicus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.37.27.)]
4 empty out, pour away, φάρμακον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Iamblichus Scriptor Eroticus 7: _metaphorically_, πλοῦτον)] falsa lectio in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.119)]:—passive, τοῦ λαοῦ κενωθέντος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 24.1)]; make away with, θανάτου βάρος [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Cypria “fragment” 1.6.)]
5 expend, εἴς με κένωσον πᾶν βέλος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 5.57 (1st c.BC: Archias).)]
6 in passive, waste away, shrivel, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 7.4.3, 9.14.3.)]
II metaphorically, make empty, ἑαυτόν [NT (NT.Phil.2.7)]; make void or of no effect, καύχημα [NT+2nd c.AD+ (NT.1Cor.9.15; ὑπάρξεις 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 90.7)]:—passive, to be or become so, [NT (NT.Rom.4.14.)]