Greek word study

κενόςkenós — empty, vain, hollow

(a) empty, (b) met: empty (in moral content), vain, ineffective, foolish, worthless, (c) false, unreal, pretentious, hollow.

Translated in the King James as: empty, (in) vain

Appears 17 times in Scripture

Origin: apparently a primary word;

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Where it appears

Mark — 1×
Mark 12:3
Luke — 3×
Luke 1:53Luke 20:10Luke 20:11
Acts — 1×
Acts 4:25
1 Corinthians — 4×
1 Cor 15:101 Cor 15:141 Cor 15:58+ 1 more in 1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians — 1×
2 Cor 6:1
Galatians — 1×
Gal 2:2
Ephesians — 1×
Eph 5:6
Philippians — 1×
Phil 2:16
Colossians — 1×
Col 2:8
1 Thessalonians — 2×
1 Thess 2:11 Thess 3:5
James — 1×
James 2:20

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.