Kenos κενός

Kenos (Greek κενός, Strong's G2756) is a Greek adjective meaning “empty”. It occurs 18 times in 16 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Kenos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Mark

• Mark 12:3
  And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

Luke

• Luke 1:53
  He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
• Luke 20:10
  And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.
• Luke 20:11
  And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

Acts

• Acts 4:25
  Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 15:10
  But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
• 1 Corinthians 15:14
  And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
• 1 Corinthians 15:58
  Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 6:1
  We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

Galatians

• Galatians 2:2
  And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

Ephesians

• Ephesians 5:6
  Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Philippians

• Philippians 2:16
  Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

Colossians

• Colossians 2:8
  Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

1 Thessalonians

• 1 Thessalonians 2:1
  For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5
  For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.

James

• James 2:20
  But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).