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κενός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κενός κενή κενόν

Structure: κεν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. empty
  2. vain, fruitless
  3. exhausted, void, destitute

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ. τὰ ἓξ τῶν κριθῶν ταῦτα ἔδωκέ μοι, ὅτι εἶπε πρόσ με. μὴ εἰσέλθῃσ κενὴ πρὸσ τὴν πενθεράν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Ruth 3:17)
  • ἀφ̓ αἵματοσ τραυματιῶν καὶ ἀπὸ στέατοσ δυνατῶν τόξον Ἰωνάθαν οὐκ ἀπεστράφη κενὸν εἰσ τὰ ὀπίσω, καὶ ρομφαία Σαοὺλ οὐκ ἀνέκαμψε κενή. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 1:22)
  • καὶ ἐπολέμησαν πρὸσ τὸν Βακχίδην, καὶ συνετρίβη ὑπ̓ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἔθλιβον αὐτὸν σφόδρα, ὅτι ἦν ἡ βουλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡ ἔφοδοσ αὐτοῦ κενή. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 9:68)
  • ὁ δὲ βίοσ μού ἐστιν ἐλαφρότεροσ λαλιᾶσ, ἀπόλωλε δὲ ἐν κενῇ ἐλπίδι. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 7:6)
  • ἡ δόξα μου κενὴ μετ̓ ἐμοῦ, καὶ τὸ τόξον μου ἐν χειρὶ αὐτοῦ πορεύεται. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 29:20)

Synonyms

  1. empty

  2. vain

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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