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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek 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:
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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 Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
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
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.
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights rserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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.
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.
The Vocabulary of the Greek New Testament.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
Copyright © 1914, 1929, 1930 by James Hope Moulton and George Milligan. Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Derivative Copyright © 2015 by Allan Loder.
List of Word Forms
κενως κενώς κενῶς κεπφωθείς kenos kenôs kenōs kenō̂s