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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2758. κενόω (kenoó) -- To empty, to make void, to nullify</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2758.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/5-16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2758.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2758</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2757.htm" title="2757">◄</a> 2758. kenoó <a href="../greek/2759.htm" title="2759">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kenoó: To empty, to make void, to nullify</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κενόω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kenoó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ke-no'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ken-o'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To empty, to make void, to nullify<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>(a) I empty, (b) I deprive of content, make unreal.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek word κενός (kenos), meaning "empty" or "vain."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent to κενόω, the concept of "emptying" or "making void" can be related to Hebrew words like רֵיק (req), meaning "empty," or בָּטַל (batal), meaning "to cease" or "to make void."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The verb κενόω primarily means "to empty" or "to make void." In the New Testament, it is often used metaphorically to describe the act of making something of no effect or rendering it powerless. It can also imply the act of divesting oneself of status or privilege.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of "emptying" oneself was countercultural, as society often valued honor, status, and power. The use of κενόω in the New Testament, particularly in the context of Christ's incarnation and humility, presents a radical departure from these cultural norms. It reflects the Christian ethos of humility and self-sacrifice, which was revolutionary in the context of the prevailing cultural values of honor and prestige.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2758</b> <i>kenóō</i> – properly, to <i>empty</i> out, render void; (passive) be emptied – hence, <i>without recognition</i>, perceived as <i>valueless</i> (Phil 2:7). <a href="/greek/2756.htm">See 2756</a> (<i>kenos</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2756.htm">kenos</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to empty<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>emptied (1), made empty (1), made void (2), make...empty (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2758: κενόω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κενόω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κενῷ</span>: (future <span class="greek2">κενώσω</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9-15.htm">1 Corinthians 9:15</a> <span class="manuref">L</span> text <span class="manuref">T</span> <span class="manuref">Tr</span> <span class="manuref">WH</span>); 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐκενωσα</span>; passive, perfect <span class="greek2">κεκνωμαι</span>; 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἐκενωθην</span>; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to empty, make empty</span>: <span class="greek2">ἑαυτόν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκένωσε</span>, namely, <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">εἶναι</span> <span class="greek2">ἴσα</span> <span class="greek2">Θεῷ</span> or <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">μορφῆς</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">Θεοῦ</span>, i. e. he laid aside equality with or the form of God (said of Christ), <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7</a> (see a fuller exposition of this passage in <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">to make void i. e. deprive of force, render vain, useless, of no effect</span>: passive, <a href="/interlinear/romans/4-14.htm">Romans 4:14</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-17.htm">1 Corinthians 1:17</a>. <p><span class="textheading">3.</span> <span class="accented">to make void i. e. cause a thing to be seen to be empty, hollow, false</span>: <span class="greek2">τό</span> <span class="greek2">καύχημα</span>, <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9-15.htm">1 Corinthians 9:15</a>; passive <a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-3.htm">2 Corinthians 9:3</a>. (Twice in the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> viz. <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jeremiah 14:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/jeremiah/15-9.htm">Jeremiah 15:9</a>; often in Attic writings.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>empty, make void, be in vain. <p>From <a href="/greek/2756.htm">kenos</a>; to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify -- make (of none effect, of no reputation, void), be in vain. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2756.htm">kenos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>εκενώθη εκενώθησαν εκενωσεν ἐκένωσεν κεκενωται κεκένωται κεντουσί κενωθη κενωθή κενωθῇ κενωσει κενώσει κενώση ekenosen ekenōsen ekénosen ekénōsen kekenotai kekenōtai kekénotai kekénōtai kenosei kenōsei kenṓsei kenothe kenōthē kenothêi kenōthē̂i<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/romans/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Romans 4:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-RIM/P-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/romans/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">νόμου κληρονόμοι <b>κεκένωται</b> ἡ πίστις</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/romans/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> faith <span class="itali">is made void</span> and the promise<br><a href="/kjvs/romans/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> faith <span class="itali">is made void,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/romans/4-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> law [be] heirs <span class="itali">has been made void</span> the faith<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/1-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 1:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-ASP-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἵνα μὴ <b>κενωθῇ</b> ὁ σταυρὸς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Christ <span class="itali">would not be made void.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Christ <span class="itali">should be made of none effect.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/1-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that not <span class="itali">be emptied of power</span> the cross<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 9:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-FIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μου οὐδεὶς <b>κενώσει</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> have any <span class="itali">man make</span> my boast<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> my glorying <span class="itali">void.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/9-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of me anyone <span class="itali">should make void</span><p><b><a href="/text/2_corinthians/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Corinthians 9:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Passive - 3rd Person Singular">V-ASP-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν <b>κενωθῇ</b> ἐν τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> about <span class="itali">you may not be made empty</span> in this<br><a href="/kjvs/2_corinthians/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of you <span class="itali">should be in vain</span> in this<br><a href="/interlinear/2_corinthians/9-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> about you <span class="itali">should be made void</span> in the<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/2-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 2:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular">V-AIA-3S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀλλὰ ἑαυτὸν <b>ἐκένωσεν</b> μορφὴν δούλου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">but emptied</span> Himself, taking<br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> himself <span class="itali">of no reputation,</span> and took upon him<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> but himself <span class="itali">emptied</span> form of a servant<p><b><a href="/greek/2758.htm">Strong's Greek 2758</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2758.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ekeno_sen_2758.htm">ἐκένωσεν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kekeno_tai_2758.htm">κεκένωται — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/keno_sei_2758.htm">κενώσει — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/keno_the__2758.htm">κενωθῇ — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2757.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2757"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2757" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2759.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2759"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2759" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>