PHILIPPIANS 2:7 Gk., ( κενός )
WILLIAM
EDWY VINE (circa. 1873-1949 C.E.):
“...Gk., ( κενός
) EXPRESSES THE
HOLLOWNESS OF ANYTHING, THE ABSENCE OF THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE BE
POSSESSED. […] Gk., (
κενός ) STRESSES
THE ABSENCE OF QUALITY, Gk., ( μάταιος ), the absence of
useful aim or effect...”
- (Pages 197-198,
B1-Adjective, G2756, “EXPOSITORY DICTIONARY OF NEW TESTAMENT
WORDS,” 1949.)
[PERSONAL
FOOTNOTE]:
W. E. Vine was a Tri{3}nitarian while alive, and
argued in the same context as quoted above, that Jesus did not
“...empt[y]...” himself of Php 2:6 Gk., ( μορφῇ Θεοῦ
). I am not trying to misrepresent Mr Vine, (nor any other
Tri{3}nitarian scholar quoted here) but only highlight certain
isolated points of interest from their reference works.
RICHARD
CHENEVIX TRENCH (circa. 1807-1886 C.E.):
“...Gk.,
( κενός ) IMPLIES
HOLLOWNESS, Gk., (
μάταιος ) aimlessness. […]
When used to refer to people instead of things, Gk.,
( κενός ) IMPLIES
NOT ONLY AN ABSENCE OF […] Gk.,
( κενός )
expresses the emptiness of anything that is not filled with God, then
Gk., ( μάταιος )
refers to the aimlessness (lacking object and end) and vanity...”
- (Pages
180-184, Empty,
“SYNONYMS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT,” 1854.)
ALEXANDER
SOUTER (circa. 1873-1949 C.E.): “...Gk.,
( κενόω )
Phil II. 7. (A) I empty ( B ) I DEPRIVE OF CONTENT, make unreal...”
- (Page 132, “A POCKET LEXICON TO THE GREEK NEW TESTAMENT,”
Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, first published 1916.)
GEORGE
ABBOTT SMITH (circa. 1817-1875 C.E.): “...SYN : Gk.,
( μάταιος ) of the aim or effect of action Gk.,
( κενός ) OF ITS QUALITY […] to empty, to make
empty...” - (Page 244, “A MANUAL GREEK LEXICON OF THE NEW
TESTAMENT,” 1922.)
KENNETH
SAMUEL WUEST
(circa. 1893–1962 C.E.): “...Gk.,
( κενός ) empty […] CHARACTERIZE THE HOLLOWNESS...”
- (Pages 139-142, Philippians, Vol 2, “WORD STUDIES IN THE GREEK
NEW TESTAMENT,” Wm. B.
Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1961.)
