pr. a horn-like projection, a point, extremity; in NT an apex, or fine point; as of letters, used for the minutest part, a tittle, Mt. 5:18; Lk. 16:17*

in vain, to no purpose, unmeaning, Jas. 4:5*

in its original signification, a commander of a hundred foot-soldiers, a centurion, Mk. 15:39, 44, 45*

a sharp point; a sting, of an animal, Rev. 9:10; a prick, stimulus, goad, Acts 26:14; met. of death, destructive power, deadly venom, 1 Cor. 15:55, 56*

to empty, evacuate;, ἑαυτόν, to divest one's self of one's prerogatives, abase one's self, Phil. 2:7; to deprive a thing of its proper functions, Rom. 4:14; 1 Cor.

vain, empty babbling, vain disputation, fruitless discussion, 1 Tim. 6:20; 2 Tim. 2:16*

empty; having nothing, empty-handed, Mk. 12:3; met. vain, fruitless, void of effect, Acts 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:10; εἰς κενόν, in vain, to no purpose, 2 Cor. 6:1; hollow, fallacious, false, Eph. 5:6; Col.

boastful, Gal. 5:26*

empty conceit, Phil. 2:3*

to order, command, direct, bid, Mt. 8:18; 14:19, 28