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ΚΕΝΩΣ, κενως

KENŌS, kenōs

Sounds Like: keh-NOHS

Translations: in vain, vainly, emptily, without effect

From the root: ΚΕΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adverb

Explanation: This word describes an action or state as being empty, useless, or without purpose or result. It indicates that something is done to no avail or that a place is emptied out. It can be used to describe efforts that yield no fruit or a state of being devoid of something.

Inflection: Does not inflect

Strong’s number: G2758 (Lookup on BibleHub)


Instances

Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
  • Mandate 11 — 1:13
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
  • James — 4:5

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
  • 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
  • ΚΕΝ‾Η‾ — empty, vain, without effect, useless, a useless, a vain

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