kenosis

Meaning

Noun

• Christ's voluntary abasement consisting of humanity and the simultaneous occultation of the Divinity.

Origin

• From Ancient Greek κένωσις ("emptying") (see keno- and κενό), from κενόειν (with reference to Philippians 2.vii, "But he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming as human beings are" – New Jerusalem Version).