2001 Translation

KENĒS, kenēs

Sounds Like: keh-NES

Translations: empty, vain, without effect, of no effect, of no purpose, of no result, without success, without content, without substance

From the root: ΚΕΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word describes something as empty, vain, or without substance. It can refer to something literally empty, like a container, or metaphorically empty, like an effort that yields no results or a promise that is not kept. It implies a lack of content, purpose, or effectiveness.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine or Neuter

Strong’s number: G2756 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 6:12
• Psalms — 24:3, 30:7
• Proverbs — 23:29
• Job — 2:3, 6:5, 9:17, 22:6
• Colossians — 2:8
• Revelation — 3:12

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Leviticus — 26:16
• 1 Maccabees — 6:12
• Psalms — 24:3, 30:7
• Proverbs — 23:29
• Job — 2:3, 6:5, 9:17, 22:6
• Sirach — 23:11

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Colossians — 2:8

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
• ΚΕΝΟ — empty, vain, without effect, useless, a void, a vacuum, in vain, empty-handed
• ΚΕΝΟΙ — empty, vain, a vain, futile, a futile, worthless, a worthless, without effect, a without effect
• 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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