James 2:20:6Jas.2.20.W6TAB

κενέ

kene

empty

Transliteration
ke-NE
Extended
keh-NEH
IPA
/keˈne/

Meaning by language

English
empty

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Result
κε + νέ
ke + ne
kene

Alphabet Analysis

Kappak — as in kite
Epsilone — as in met (short)
Nun — as in new
Epsilone — as in met (short)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-NE

  2. sentence

    THE-leis de GNO-nai Ô AN-thrô-pe ke-NE HO-ti hê PEE-stis khô-RIS tôn ER-gôn ar-GÊ ES-tin

Exegesis

The vocative particle ō {ὦ | ô} ‘O’ and the noun anthrōpe {ἄνθρωπε | án-thrō-pe} ‘person’ modified by the adjective kene {κενέ | ke-né} ‘empty’ interrupts the question to address the interlocutor directly.

In contextJames 2:20

But do you want to know, O empty man , that faith without works is useless ?

About this coordinate

James 2:20:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of James 2:20, so the Greek word κενέ (kene) 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 Jas.2.20.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.20.W6.S1) and character.