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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2761 - κενῶς

Transliteration

kenōs

Phonetics

ken-oce'

Origin

from (G2756)

Parts of Speech

adverb

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

vainly, in vain

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 7385 ‑ רִיק (reek);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

James 1

BSB (1)

James 1

CSB (1)

James 1

ESV (1)

James 1

KJV (1)

James 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

James 3

N95 (2)

James 2

NAS (3)

James 2

NLT (1)

James 1

WEB (1)

James 1

YLT (1)

James 1

ASV (1)

in vain 1

BSB (1)

without reason that 1

CSB (1)

reason 1

ESV (1)

purpose 1

KJV (1)

vain 1

LEB (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

no 1

purpose 1

to 1

N95 (2)

no 1

purpose 1

NAS (3)

no 1

purpose 1

to 1

NLT (1)

meaning 1

WEB (1)

in vain 1

YLT (1)

emptily 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

ADV 1

ANT

ADV 1

BEZ

ADV 1

BGB

ADV 1

BMT

ADV 1

BYZ

ADV 1

ELZ

ADV 1

NA26

D 1

SBL

ADV 1

SCV

ADV 1

STV

ADV 1

TIS

ADV 1

TRG

ADV 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

κενῶς

Adverb from G2756

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κενῶς, adverb, vainly, in vain (Winers Grammar, 463 (431); Aristotle onward): James 4:5.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κενῶς ,

adv.,

[in LXX: Isaiah 49:4 (H7385)*;]

in vain, to no purpose: James 4:5.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Lond 908.28 (A.D.139) (= III. p. 133) κενῶς καὶ [ἀ ]νωφελῶς.

List of Word Forms

κενως κενώς κενῶς κεπφωθείς kenos kenôs kenōs kenō̂s