What does κενοδοξία (kenodoxía) mean in the Bible?
κενοδοξία (kenodoxía): Conceited self-regard divorced from actual merit or reality; pride in imaginary rather than genuine accomplishments
Greek · G2754
κενοδοξία
Empty conceit
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κενοδοξία G2754
Pronunciation kenodoxía
What does κενοδοξία (kenodoxía) mean in the Bible?
κενοδοξία (kenodoxía): Conceited self-regard divorced from actual merit or reality; pride in imaginary rather than genuine accomplishments
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How does the BSB render G2754?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include empty pride (1).
Where does κενοδοξία (kenodoxía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Philippians 2:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It empty pride 1× Philippians 2:3
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Usage map
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First aligned row Philippians 2:3
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Philippians 1
Source forms
κενοδοξίαν 1x kenodoxian Philippians 2:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Philippians 2:3
Evidence Summary
Presence
Greek word. Conceited self-regard divorced from actual merit or reality; pride in imaginary rather than genuine accomplishments
Strong's G2754
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Philippians 2:1–4 Source Gloss
empty conceit
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Conceited self-regard divorced from actual merit or reality; pride in imaginary rather than genuine accomplishments
(κενόδοξος), [in LXX: Wis.14:14, 2Ma.2:15 2Mac 8:10 * ;]
1foolish fancy, vain opinion, error (LXX, ll. with).
2vainglory, groundless conceit: Php.2:3.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Philippians 2:3 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
κενοδοξίαν, kenodoxian
vainglory, empty pride
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Phil 2:3 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
empty glory
Word Origins
κενοδοξία is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Warns against pride-driven division. Philippians 2:1–4
Canonical Themes
Presence
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain