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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 λαβόντεσ αὐτόν ἔρριψαν εἰσ τὸν λάκκον. ὁ δὲ λάκκοσ κενόσ, ὕδωρ οὐκ εἶχεν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 37:24)
  • τὴν ἑορτὴν τῶν ἀζύμων φυλάξασθε ποιεῖν. ἑπτὰ ἡμέρασ ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα, καθάπερ ἐνετειλάμην σοι, κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦ μηνὸσ τῶν νέων. ἐν γὰρ αὐτῷ ἐξῆλθεσ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, οὐκ ὀφθήσῃ ἐνώπιόν μου κενόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 23:15)
  • καὶ πρωτότοκον ὑποζυγίου λυτρώσῃ προβάτῳ. ἐὰν δὲ μὴ λυτρώσῃ αὐτό, τιμὴν δώσεισ. πᾶν πρωτότοκον τῶν υἱῶν σου λυτρώσῃ. οὐκ ὀφθήση ἐνώπιόν μου κενόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 34:20)
  • τρεῖσ καιροὺσ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ ὀφθήσεται πᾶν ἀρσενικόν σου ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἐὰν ἐκλέξηται αὐτὸν Κύριοσ, ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τῶν ἀζύμων καὶ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τῶν ἑβδομάδων καὶ ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ τῆσ σκηνοπηγίασ. οὐκ ὀφθήσῃ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου κενόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 16:16)
  • ὅτι οὐχὶ λόγοσ κενὸσ οὗτοσ ὑμῖν, ὅτι αὕτη ἡ ζωὴ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἕνεκεν τοῦ λόγου τούτου μακροημερεύσετε ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, εἰσ ἣν ὑμεῖσ διαβαίνετε τὸν Ἰορδάνην ἐκεῖ κληρονομῆσαι αὐτήν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:47)

Synonyms

  1. empty

  2. vain

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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