A reference to the "emptying" of the Son in the incarnation (Phil 2:7). Biblically it entails the temporary and voluntary surrender of the exercise of certain divine attributes by the Son while He was on the earth.
A Greek word which means "emptying." Paul used the term in Philippians 2:7 to describe his belief about the process by which Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ) discarded his supernatural powers and became human.
The doctrine related to Jesus Christ's refusal to exercise the attributes of His deity to benefit His humanity during the period of His incarnation.
Derived from the Greek word kenoo, which appears in Philippians 2:7 and means "to make nothing, to empty, or to strip." It describes God's choice in stripping Himself of His prerogatives and dignity as God in order to appear in flesh as a man. Some trinitarians hold to a kenotic theory which states that "God the Son" emptied Himself or laid aside His divine attributes when He was incarnated.
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Literally, "emptying." The word is associated with humility or humiliation. God the Word humbled Himself by becoming man (with no change in His divinity), suffering death on the Cross for the world and its salvation (Phil. 2:5-8).
Kenosis is a Greek word for emptiness, which is used as a theological term. The ancient Greek word κÎνωσις kénÅsis means an "emptying", from κενός kenós "empty". The word is mainly used, however, in a Christian theological context, for example Philippians 2:7, "Jesus made himself nothing (á¼ÎºÎνωσε ekénÅse) ..."