adverb

kenōs

Greekκενῶς (kenōs)

Strong’sG2761

falsely, in vain

stem kenō-once in the New Testament

Translated as

in vain1×

What it means

κενῶς,

adv.,

[in LXX: Is 49:4 (לְרִיק)*;]

in vain, to no purpose: Ja 4:5.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2761 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidken-oce'

vainly, i.e. to no purpose

Fromadverb from G2756;

King Jamesin vain.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

This word never changes. It is spelled the same wherever it appears, so there is nothing to learn beyond the word itself.

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

kenōs1×

James 4:5“in vain”ē dokavō hoti kenōs tas grafas legatō; Pros fthonon epipothatō tem pneumem hem katoikizata en ni?Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?