Forms of the word

Dictionary
κενῶς
Greek transliteration
kenōs
Simplified transliteration
kenos

Numbers

Strong's number
2761
GK Number
3036

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
adverb
Gloss
without reason, in vain, to no purpose
Definition
in vain, to no purpose, unmeaning, Jas. 4:5*

Greek-English Concordance for κενῶς

James 4:5 Or do you imagine that scripture has no meaning (kenōs | κενῶς | adverb) when it says, “God yearns jealously over the spirit that he has placed in us”?

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