κενόω
kenóō
“to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify”
7 occurrencesNew TestamentUncommon Word
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to empty, evacuate; ἑαυτόν, to divest one’s self of one’s prerogatives, abase one’s self, Phil. 2:7; to deprive a thing of its proper functions, Rom. 4:14; 1 Cor. 1:17; to show to be without foundation, falsify, 1 Cor. 9:15; 2 Cor. 9:3*
Translated in KJV as
make (of none effect, of no reputation, void)be in vain
Etymology
from G2756 (κενός);
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