"kenosis" meaning in English

See kenosis in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kɪˈnəʊsɪs/ Forms: kenoses [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”) (see keno- and κενό (kenó)), from κενόειν (kenóein, “to empty”) (with reference to Philippians 2.vii, "But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are" – New Jerusalem Version). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|κένωσις||emptying}} Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|kenoses}} kenosis (countable and uncountable, plural kenoses)
  1. (Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity. Wikipedia link: kenosis Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Christianity Related terms: kenotic, kenotism, kenoticism, kenoticist, krypsis Translations (Christ's voluntary abasement): κένωση (kénosi) [feminine] (Greek), kenoza [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κένωσις",
        "4": "",
        "5": "emptying"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”) (see keno- and κενό (kenó)), from κενόειν (kenóein, “to empty”) (with reference to Philippians 2.vii, \"But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are\" – New Jerusalem Version).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kenoses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "kenoses"
      },
      "expansion": "kenosis (countable and uncountable, plural kenoses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "en:Christianity",
          "parents": [
            "Abrahamism",
            "Religion",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity."
      ],
      "id": "en-kenosis-en-noun-HgZo3~0~",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Christ",
          "Christ"
        ],
        [
          "voluntary",
          "voluntary"
        ],
        [
          "abasement",
          "abasement"
        ],
        [
          "humanity",
          "humanity"
        ],
        [
          "simultaneous",
          "simultaneous"
        ],
        [
          "occultation",
          "occultation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "kenotic"
        },
        {
          "word": "kenotism"
        },
        {
          "word": "kenoticism"
        },
        {
          "word": "kenoticist"
        },
        {
          "word": "krypsis"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kénosi",
          "sense": "Christ's voluntary abasement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "κένωση"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Christ's voluntary abasement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kenoza"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "kenosis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪˈnəʊsɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kenosis"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "κένωσις",
        "4": "",
        "5": "emptying"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek κένωσις (kénōsis, “emptying”) (see keno- and κενό (kenó)), from κενόειν (kenóein, “to empty”) (with reference to Philippians 2.vii, \"But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are\" – New Jerusalem Version).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kenoses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~",
        "2": "kenoses"
      },
      "expansion": "kenosis (countable and uncountable, plural kenoses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "kenotic"
    },
    {
      "word": "kenotism"
    },
    {
      "word": "kenoticism"
    },
    {
      "word": "kenoticist"
    },
    {
      "word": "krypsis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Christ",
          "Christ"
        ],
        [
          "voluntary",
          "voluntary"
        ],
        [
          "abasement",
          "abasement"
        ],
        [
          "humanity",
          "humanity"
        ],
        [
          "simultaneous",
          "simultaneous"
        ],
        [
          "occultation",
          "occultation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "kenosis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɪˈnəʊsɪs/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kénosi",
      "sense": "Christ's voluntary abasement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κένωση"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Christ's voluntary abasement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kenoza"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kenosis"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kenosis meaning in English (2.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.