Kenophonia denotes speech treated as profane and to be avoided because it leads toward greater ungodliness.

The attested use concerns profane speech that is rejected: in both occurrences, the accusative plural form stands with an instruction to turn away from or avoid it, and one verse connects it with advancing toward greater ungodliness.

1. Profane speech to be avoided · dominant

   In 1 Timothy 6:20, κενοφωνίας is accusative plural in the instruction to turn away from the speech set alongside oppositions of falsely called knowledge; the APB renders the clause "turning away from the profane empty talks." In 2 Timothy 2:16, the same accusative plural form follows an instruction to avoid it, and the APB renders "avoid profane empty talk," adding that such speech will advance to greater ungodliness.

   1 Timothy 6:202 Timothy 2:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "profane empty talks" in 1 Timothy 6:20 and "profane empty talk" in 2 Timothy 2:16. These phrases confirm the clauses' presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent for the lemma.