What does κενόδοξος (kenódoxos) mean in the Bible?
κενόδοξος (kenódoxos) is a Greek word meaning "conceited".
Greek · G2755
κενόδοξος
Conceited
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κενόδοξος G2755
Pronunciation kenódoxos
What does κενόδοξος (kenódoxos) mean in the Bible?
κενόδοξος (kenódoxos) is a Greek word meaning "conceited".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2755?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include conceited (1).
Where does κενόδοξος (kenódoxos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Galatians 5:26. Its strongest book concentrations include Galatians (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 conceited 1× Galatians 5:26
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Usage map
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First aligned row Galatians 5:26
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Galatians 1
Source forms
κενόδοξοι 1x kenodoxoi Galatians 5:26
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Galatians 5:26
Evidence Summary
Greek word. conceited
Strong's G2755
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
conceited
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.
Galatians 5:26 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
κενόδοξοι, kenodoxoi
vainglorious
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 Nominative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Gal 5:26 1×
Word Origins
κενόδοξος is built from these roots:
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