1 Corinthians 15:10:151 Cor.15.10.W15TAB
κενὴ
kenê
“empty”
- Transliteration
- ke-NÊ
- Extended
- keh-NAY
- IPA
- /keˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- empty
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
ke-NÊ
- sentence
KHA-ri-ti DE the-OU EI-mi HO EI-mi KAI hê KHA-ris au-TOU hê EIS e-ME OU ke-NÊ e-ge-NÊ-thê al-LA pe-ris-SO-te-ron au-TÔN PAN-tôn e-ko-PI-a-sa OUK e-GÔ DE al-LA hê KHA-ris TOU the-OU hê SYN e-MOI
Exegesis
The predicate ou kenē egenēthē {οὐ κενὴ ἐγενήθη | ou ke-nḗ e-ge-nḗ-thē} combines an aorist passive verb with an adjective to affirm that grace did not prove empty.
In context — 1 Corinthians 15:10
But through the grace of God I am who I am, and the favor He showed me was not in vain; rather, I strove more than all of them—yet it was not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
About this coordinate
1 Corinthians 15:10:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Corinthians 15:10, so the Greek word κενὴ (kenê) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Cor.15.10.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Cor.15.10.W15.S1) and character.