Quick Definition
κενόω v. I empty, deprive of content, make unreal
Strong's Definition
to make empty, i.e. (figuratively) to abase, neutralize, falsify
Derivation: from G2756 (κενός);
KJV Usage: make (of none effect, of no reputation, void), be in vain
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | κενοδοξία · κενόδοξος · κενός · κενοφωνία · κενῶς
76.27 · Power, Force
to cause to lose power, to cause to be emptied of power, to make powerless to take away the power or significance of something
87.70 · Status · Low Status or Rank [including persons of low status]
to empty oneself, to divest oneself of position to completely remove or eliminate elements of high status or rank by eliminating all privileges or prerogatives associated with such status or rank
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κενόω, -@: [fut. κενώσω, 1 Co. ix. 15 Ltxt. T Tr WH]; 1 aor. é€xévwoa; Pass., pf. κεκένωμαι; 1 aor. ἐκενώθην ; (κενός) ; 1. to emply, make empty: ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσε, 80. τοῦ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ or τῆς μορφῆς τοῦ θεοῦ, i. e. he laid aside equality with or the form of God (said of Christ), Phil. ii. 7 (see a fuller exposition of this passage in μορφή). 2. to make void i. 6. deprive of force, render vain, useless, of no effect: pass., Ro. iv. 14; 1 Co. i. 17. 3. to make void i. e. cause a thing to be seen to be empty, hollow, false: τὸ καύχημα, 1 Co. ix. 15; pass. 2-Co. ix. 8. (Twice in Sept. viz. Jer. xiv. 2; xv. 9; often in Attic writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κενόω kenoō 5x
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. 1:17; to show to be without foundation, falsify, 1 Cor. 9:15; 2 Cor. 9:3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κενόω, -ῶ
(< κενός, q.v.), [in LXX: Je 14:2 15:9 (אמל pu.)*;]
to empty. Metaph., to empty, make empty, vain or of no effect: καύχημα, I Co 9:15; ἑαυτόν, of Christ, Phl 2:7 (v Lft.; ICC, in l, and esp. Gifford, Incarn., 54 ff.); pass., πίστις, Ro 4:14; ὁ σταυρός, I Co 1:17; καύχημα, II Co 9:3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κενόω (kenoō) — to empty. κενόω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect κεινόω [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: future κενώσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκένωσα [Refs]: perfect κεκένωκα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, future κενωθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκενώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κεκένωμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (κενός): —empty, πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα [Refs 5th c.BC+][same place]: with genitive, empty of a thing, ἀνδρῶν τάνδε πόλιν κενῶσαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; χέρας [δώρων] [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; opposed to πληροῦν τινά τινος, Pl.[same place],[Refs]:—passive, to be emptied, made or left empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ κενούμενον into the space continually left empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+] will be left without them, Emp.[same place]; κεκενωμένου τοῦ τείχεος πάντων stripped of all things, Hdt. [prev. cited]
2. make a place empty by leaving it, desert it, βωμοῦ ἐσχάραν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λόχμην [Refs][same place]:—passive, κενωθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. in Medicine texts, empty by depletion, opposed to πληροῦν, [Refs 5th c.BC+], Gal.[same place]; τινα [Refs 1st c.BC+] O.; carry off, αἷμα [Refs 2nd c.AD+] —passive, τὰ κενούμενα evacuations, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. empty out, pour away, φάρμακον [Refs 2nd c.AD+] falsa lectio in [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, τοῦ λαοῦ κενωθέντος [Refs 1st c.BC+]; make away with, θανάτου βάρος [Refs 5th c.AD+]
5. expend, εἴς με κένωσον πᾶν βέλος [Refs 1st c.BC+]
6. in passive, waste away, shrivel, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, make empty, ἑαυτόν [NT]; make void or of no effect, καύχημα [NT+2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be or become so, [NT]