Word study · Greek

kenophōnía

empty chatter

Say it: ken-of-o-NEE-ah (approximate)

κενοφωνία

What it means

Empty talk (kenos "empty" plus phōnē "sound"). In 6:20 and 2 Timothy 2:16, "empty chatter."

Range of meaning

  • Empty talkSpeech without substance.
  • ChatterIdle babble.

In 1 Timothy

Every verse (1)

Verses where G2757 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources