Dictionary entry

κενόω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κενόω, -ῶ

(< κενός, q.v.), [in LXX: Je 14:215:9 (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.†