2757. kenophónia
Strong's Concordance
kenophónia: empty talk
Original Word: κενοφωνία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: kenophónia
Phonetic Spelling: (ken-of-o-nee'-ah)
Short Definition: empty disputing, worthless babble
Definition: empty disputing, worthless babble.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2757: κνοφωνια

κνοφωνια, κνοφωνιας, (κενοφωνος uttering emptiness) (vaniloquium, Vulg. (Clementine edition (in 2 Timothy 2:16))), empty discussion, discussion of vain and useless matters (A. V. babbling): 1 Timothy 6:20; 2 Timothy 2:16. ((Dioscor. 1 prooem., p. 3, 1); ecclesiastical writings.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
chatter, empty talk

From a presumed compound of kenos and phone; empty sounding, i.e. Fruitless discussion -- vain.

see GREEK kenos

see GREEK phone

Forms and Transliterations
κενοφωνιας κενοφωνίας kenophonias kenophonías kenophōnias kenophōnías
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2 Occurrences


κενοφωνίας — 2 Occ.

1 Timothy 6:20 N-AFP
GRK: τὰς βεβήλους κενοφωνίας καὶ ἀντιθέσεις
NAS: worldly [and] empty chatter [and] the opposing arguments
KJV: profane [and] vain babblings, and
INT: profane empty babblings and oppositions

2 Timothy 2:16 N-AFP
GRK: δὲ βεβήλους κενοφωνίας περιίστασο ἐπὶ
NAS: worldly [and] empty chatter, for it will lead
KJV: profane [and] vain babblings: for
INT: and [the] worldly empty babblings stand aloof from to

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