Greek verb · G2758
κενόω
kenooken-o'-o
to empty
5 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kenóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2758is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2758
to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify
The King James renders it: make (of none effect, of no reputation, void), be in vain.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kenoo is rendered "to empty". It stands 5 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 4:14For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
Romans 4:14κεκένωται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's five uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- emptied1
- has been made void1
- may be emptied of power1
- may be made void1
- will make void1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 5, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κενωθῇ2
- ἐκένωσεν1
- κεκένωται1
- κενώσει1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-APS-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FAI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RPI-3S
Romans
one use
For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,
- κεκένωταιkekenotaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has been made void
1 Corinthians
two uses
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not with words of wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
- κενωθῇkenotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be emptied of power
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that something be done for me. Indeed, I would rather die than let anyone nullify my boast.
- κενώσειkenoseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will make void
2 Corinthians
one use
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
- κενωθῇkenotheaverb · aorist passive, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may be made void
Philippians
one use
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
- ἐκένωσενekenosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: emptied
Where it leads
On this page
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.