κένωσις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[emptying]], [[depletion]], οὐχὶ πεῖνα καὶ δίψα… κενώσεις τινές εἰσι…; Pl.R.585b, cf. Phlb.35b, BGU904.13 (ii A.D.): —poet. [[κενέωσις]], πόντου κένωσιν ἀνὰ πέδον Pi.Fr.107.12: metaph., κένωσις βίου Vett.Val.190.30; κένωσις τοῦ γιγνώσκειν Iamb.Comm.Math.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Medic., [[evacuation]], Hp.Aph.2.8, interpol.in Dsc.2.50; κένωσις τῶν οἰκείων, opp. κάθαρσις τῶν ἀλλοτρίων, Gal.18(2).134.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[depletion]], [[low diet]], opp. [[πλήρωσις]], Hp.VM9, cf. Art.49; κένωσις σίτου ib.50.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of the moon, [[waning]], opp. [[πλήρωσις]], Epicur.Ep.2p.40U.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[kenosis]], self-emptying of [[Jesus]]' own [[will]] and becoming entirely [[receptive]] to God's divine will. Paul used the term in Philippians 2:7 to describe his belief about the process by which Jesus discarded his supernatural powers and became human.