Empty, Emptier
Empty, Emptier
empti, empti-er (, kenos): Empty, adjective meaning void, etc., as the translation of , rek, , rk, , rekam, etc., occurs in the literal sense of with nothing (Gen 31:42; Job 22:9); in 2Sa 1:22, it is equivalent to in vain, hungry (Isa 29:8); in some instances the meaning is comparative only; , bakak, to gush out, to pour out, to empty is used adjectivally (Hos 10:1, Israel is an empty vine; but the Revised Version (British and American) takes the Hebrew word in its original sense of pouring out, rendering Israel is a luxuriant vine); tohu, emptiness (Job 26:7); kenos, empty is so translated (Mar 12:3); in Mat 12:44, the Greek word is scholazo, to be free, unoccupied; to empty (verb) is the translation of bakak (Nah 2:2), of dalal, to become poor, etc. (Isa 19:6, the English Revised Version minished, the American Standard Revised Version diminished). the Revised Version (British and American) has empty for vain (Eph 5:6), emptied himself for made himself of no reputation (Phi 2:7), emptied out for gathered (2Ki 22:9; 2Ch 34:17, margin poured out).