κενώσω

κενόω

empty: aor subj act 1st sg

κενόω

empty: fut ind act 1st sg

κενόω

empty: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

κενόω, E.Med. 959, Pl.Smp. 197d; [dialect] Ep. [full] κεινόω Nic.Th.56, Al. 140: [tense] fut.

A

κενώσω E. Ion 447

: [tense] aor.

ἐκένωσα Id.Ba. 730

: [tense] pf.

κεκένωκα App.BC 5.67

:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

κενωθήσομαι Gal.4.709

,

κενεώσομαι Emp.16

: [tense] aor.

ἐκενώθην Th.2.51

: [tense] pf.

κεκένωμαι Hdt.4.123

, Hp.Morb.Sacr.9: ([etym.] κενός): — empty,

πᾶσαν ἠπείρου πλάκα A.Pers. 718

(troch.);

ναούς E. Ion

l.c.: c. gen., empty of a thing,

ἀνδρῶν τάνδε πόλιν κενῶσαι A.Supp. 660

, cf. E.Rh. 914 (lyr.); χέρας [δώρων] Id.Med.l.c.;

τινὰ τᾶς συοπλουτοσύνας Cerc.4.13

; opp. πληροῦν τινά τινος, Pl.l.c., cf. R.560d:—[voice] Pass., to be emptied, made or left empty, S.OT29; ἐς τὸ κενούμενον into the space continually left empty, Th.2.76; οἰκίαι πολλαὶ ἐκενώθησαν ib.51: c.gen., τούτων κενεώσεται.. αἰών will be left without them, Emp.l.c.; κεκενωμένου τοῦ τείχεος πάντων stripped of all things, Hdt.l.c.

2 make a place empty by leaving it, desert it,

βωμοῦ ἐσχάραν E.Andr. 1138

; λόχμην Id.Ba.l.c.:—[voice] Pass.,

κενωθεισῶν τῶν νεῶν Th.8.57

.

3 Medic., empty by depletion, opp. πληροῦν, Hp.Aph.2.51, cf. Aret.CA1.2, Gal.l.c.; τινα Phld.Lib.p.30 O.; carry off,

αἷμα Luc.Ocyp.93

;

ἐκ τοῦ σώματος χολήν Gal.Nat.Fac.1.13

:—[voice] Pass., τὰ κενούμενα evacuations, Id.6.78, Antyll. ap. Stob.4.37.27.

4 empty out, pour away,

φάρμακον Iamb.Bab.7

: metaph., πλοῦτον f.l. in Ph.1.119:—[voice] Pass.,

τοῦ λαοῦ κενωθέντος D.S.24.1

; make away with,

θανάτου βάρος Cypr. Fr.1.6

.

5 expend,

εἴς με κένωσον πᾶν βέλος AP5.57

(Arch.).

6 in [voice] Pass., waste away, shrivel, Thphr.HP7.4.3, 9.14.3.

II metaph., make empty,

ἑαυτόν Ep.Phil.2.7

; make void or of no effect,

καύχημα 1 Ep.Cor.9.15

;

ὑπάρξεις Vett.Val.90.7

:—[voice] Pass., to be or become so, Ep.Rom.4.14.

κενόω fut. κενώσω; 1 aor. ἐκένωσα. Pass. aor. ἐκενώθην; pf. pass. κεκένωμαι (s. κενός; Trag., Hdt. et al.; pap; Jer 14:2; 15:9; Philo; Jos., Ant. 8, 258 v.l.)

① to make empty, to empty

ⓐ of desertion by an earthly spirit, pass. κενοῦται ὁ ἄνθρωπος the man is emptied Hm 11:14.

ⓑ of divestiture of position or prestige: of Christ, who gave up the appearance of his divinity and took on the form of a slave, ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν he emptied himself, divested himself of his prestige or privileges Phil 2:7 (s. ἁρπαγμός 2 and JRoss, JTS 10, 1909, 573f, supported by WWarren, On ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν: JTS 12, 1911, 461–63; KPetersen, ἑαυτ. ἐκέν.: SymbOsl 12, ’33, 96–101; WWilson, ET 56, ’45, 280; ELewis, Interpretation 1, ’47, 20–32; ESchweizer, Erniedrigung u. Erhöhung bei Jesus u. seinen Nachfolgern ’62; HRobinson, The Cross in the OT ’55, 103–5; RMartin, An Early Christian Confession ’60; JJeremias, TW V 708, holds that the kenosis is not the incarnation but the cross [Is 53:12], and defends his position NovT 6, ’63, 182–88; D Georgi, Der Vorpaulinische Hymnus Phil 2:6–11 in Bultmann Festschr., ’64, 263–93; JHarvey, ET 76, ’65, 337–39 [Adam typology]; the counter-cultural perspective in this vs. contrasts w. the view of Eteocles in Eur., Phoen. 504–9).—Cp. πολλοὶ ἐκενώθησαν many have been turned into fools Hs 9, 22, 3.

② to cause to be without result or effect, destroy, render void or of no effect (Vett. Val. 90, 7) τὸ καύχημά μου οὐδεὶς κενώσει no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting 1 Cor 9:15. Pass. κεκένωται ἡ πίστις faith is made invalid Ro 4:14. ἵνα μὴ κενωθῇ ὁ σταυρὸς τοῦ Χριστοῦ 1 Cor 1:17. ἵνα μὴ τὸ καύχημα ἡμῶν … κενωθῇ so that our boast about you might not prove empty 2 Cor 9:3 (cp. καύχημα 2).—DELG s.v. κενός. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq.