κενόω,
κενῷ: (future
κενώσω,
1 Corinthians 9:15 L text
T Tr WH); 1 aorist
ἐκενωσα; passive, perfect
κεκνωμαι; 1 aorist
ἐκενωθην;
1. to empty, make empty:
ἑαυτόν ἐκένωσε, namely,
τοῦ εἶναι ἴσα Θεῷ or
τῆς μορφῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ, i. e. he laid aside equality with or the form of God
BLB DISCLAIMER (said of Christ),
Philippians 2:7 (see a fuller exposition of this passage in
μορϕή).
2. to make void i. e. deprive of force, render vain, useless, of no effect: passive,
Romans 4:14;
1 Corinthians 1:17.
3. to make void i. e. cause a thing to be seen to be empty, hollow, false:
τό καύχημα,
1 Corinthians 9:15; passive
2 Corinthians 9:3. (Twice in the
Sept. viz.
Jeremiah 14:2;
Jeremiah 15:9; often in Attic writings.)
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BLB Disclaimer
The statement that Christ "laid aside equality with or the form of God" is confusing and erroneous if understood as the removal of Christ’s divine nature. Such interpretation is not supported here nor elsewhere in Scripture. The text does not state that Christ "emptied himself" of anything, but rather that he "emptied Himself" by taking the form of a human and a servant to the point of death, for our good and for our salvation. Beginning in Philippians 2:5, Paul sets forth Christ as the consummate example of the very kind of selflessness to which he exhorts believers in 2:3–4, and which he himself exemplifies in 2:17.
BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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Jeremiah
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14:2; 15:9
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Romans
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4:14
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1 Corinthians
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1:17; 9:15; 9:15
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2 Corinthians
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9:3
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Philippians
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2:7; 2:5; 2:2-3; 2:17
