κενόω
Alt. κενόω,
Etym. κενός
I. "to empty out, drain", opp. to πληρόω, Aesch., Eur., etc.; c. gen. "to empty of" a thing:— Pass. "to be emptied, made or left empty", Soph.; ἐς τὸ κενούμενον into "the space continually left empty", Thuc.; c. gen., κεκεινωμένος πάντων "stripped" of all things, Hdt.
2. "to make" a place "empty by leaving" it, "desert" it, Eur.
II. metaph. "to make empty, to make of no account or of no effect", NTest.:—Pass. "to be or become so", id=NTest.