- Transliteration: Kenos

- Phonetic: ken-os'

- Definition:

1. empty, vain, devoid of truth

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

b. of men

1. empty handed

2. without a gift

c. metaph. destitute of spiritual wealth, of one who boasts of his faith as a transcendent possession, yet is without the fruits of faith

d. metaph. of endeavours, labours, acts, which result in nothing, vain, fruitless, without effect

1. vain of no purpose

- Origin: apparently a primary word

- TDNT entry: 13:59,4

- Part(s) of speech: Adjective

- Strong's: Apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively): - empty (in) vain.