ΚΕΝΟΙ, κενοι
KENOI, kenoi
Sounds Like: KEH-noy
Translations: empty, vain, a vain, futile, a futile, worthless, a worthless, without effect, a without effect
From the root: ΚΕΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: ΚΕΝΟΙ is an adjective meaning 'empty,' 'vain,' or 'futile.' It describes something that lacks substance, purpose, or value. It can refer to physical emptiness, like an empty vessel, or to abstract concepts, such as empty words or vain efforts. In a sentence, it would modify a noun, indicating that the noun is devoid of something or is without real significance.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine; or Plural, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G2756 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:26
Codex Sinaiticus
- Epistle of Barnabas — 16:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 19:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΝΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΠΟΚΕΝΑ — empty, void, vain, useless, a void thing, empty things
- ΚΕΝΑ — empty, vain, worthless, hollow, empty things, vain things
- ΚΕΝΑΙ — empty, vain, a vain, useless, a useless, foolish, a foolish
- ΚΕΝΑΙΟΝ — empty, vain, futile, an empty thing, a vain thing
- ΚΕΝΑΙΟΣ — empty, vain, a vain, worthless, futile, a futile
- ΚΕΝΑΙΣ — empty, vain, worthless, useless, idle, a vain, an empty
- ΚΕΝΑΟΝ — empty, vain, a vain thing, a worthless thing, without effect
- ΚΕΝΑΣ — empty, vain, worthless
- ΚΕΝΕ — empty, vain, useless, without effect, without content, without purpose
- ΚΕΝΗ — empty, vain, worthless, a vain thing, a worthless thing
- ΚΕΝΗΝ — empty, a empty, vain, a vain, worthless, a worthless, without effect, a without effect
- ΚΕΝΗΝΔΕ — to an empty place, to a vain place, to a hollow place, to a useless place
- ΚΕΝΗΣ — empty, vain, without effect, of no effect, of no purpose, of no result, without success, without content, without substance
- ΚΕΝΟ — empty, vain, without effect, useless, a void, a vacuum, in vain, empty-handed
- ΚΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) empty, (to) vain, (to) foolish, (to) worthless, (to) void, (to) hollow
- ΚΕΝΟΝ — empty, a void, vain, in vain, to no purpose, useless, a useless thing
- ΚΕΝΟΣ — empty, vain, a vain, useless, a useless, foolish, a foolish
- ΚΕΝΟΥ — empty, vain, without effect, of empty things, of vain things, of things without effect
- ΚΕΝΟΥΣ — empty, vain, without effect, without result, a vain, a resultless
- ΚΕΝΩΝ — of empty, of vain, of worthless, of foolish
- ΚΕΝΩΣ — in vain, vainly, emptily, without effect
- ΚΕΝ‾Η‾ — empty, vain, without effect, useless, a useless, a vain
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