G2756

κενός

kenos

Adjective · Apparently a primary word

Apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively):—empty, (in) vain.

Outline

empty, vain, devoid of truth

of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing
of men

empty handed
without a gift

metaph. destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith
metaph. of endeavours, labours, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect

vain of no purpose

Usages

Mark 12:3

And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

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Luke 1:53

He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.

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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.

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Luke 20:11

And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty.

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Acts 4:25

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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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.

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1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

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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.

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2 Corinthians 6:1

We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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1 Thessalonians 2:1

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

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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.

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James 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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