mataios: vain, useless Original Word: μάταιος, αία, αιον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: mataios
Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ah-yos)
Short Definition: vain, unproductive, godless
Definition: vain, unreal, ineffectual, unproductive; practically: godless.
3152 mátaios (an adjective derived from 3155 /mátēn, "without purpose or ground") – properly, aimless (vain), without purpose; (figuratively) without profit because without basis, i.e. fleeting (transitory), ineffectual ("groundless"). 3152 /mátaios ("aimless") emphasizes the "absence of purpose or failure to attain any true purpose" (Moulton and Milligan). 3152 (mátaios) refers to what is "vain, unreal, ineffectual, unproductive" (Souter). Word Origin
from the same as matén
Definition
vain, useless
NASB Word Usage
futile (1), useless (1), vain things (1), worthless (3).NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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All rights reserved Lockman.org vain, vanity. From the base of maten; empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol -- vain, vanity. see GREEK maten
μάστιγας — 1 Occ.
μαστίγων — 2 Occ.
μάστιγος — 2 Occ.
μάστιξιν — 1 Occ.
μαστοὶ — 2 Occ.
μαστοῖς — 1 Occ.
ματαιολογίαν — 1 Occ.
ματαιολόγοι — 1 Occ.
ματαία — 1 Occ.
ματαίας — 1 Occ.
μάταιοι — 2 Occ.
μάταιος — 1 Occ.
ματαιότητι — 2 Occ.
ματαιότητος — 1 Occ.
ἐματαιώθησαν — 1 Occ.
μάτην — 2 Occ.
Μαθθαῖον — 3 Occ.
Μαθθαῖος — 2 Occ.
Ματθάν — 2 Occ.
Μαθθὰτ — 2 Occ.
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Strong's Greek 3152
6 Occurrences
ματαία — 1 Occ.
ματαίας — 1 Occ.
ματαίων — 1 Occ.
μάταιοι — 2 Occ.
μάταιος — 1 Occ.
Acts 14:15 Adj-GMP
BIB: τούτων τῶν ματαίων ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπὶ
NAS: from these vain things to a living
KJV: from these vanities unto the living
INT: these vanities to turn to1 Corinthians 3:20 Adj-NMP
BIB: ὅτι εἰσὶν μάταιοι
NAS: of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS.
KJV: that they are vain.
INT: that they are futile 1 Corinthians 15:17 Adj-NFS
BIB: οὐκ ἐγήγερται ματαία ἡ πίστις
NAS: your faith is worthless; you are still
KJV: your faith [is] vain; ye are yet
INT: not has been raised vain the faith Titus 3:9 Adj-NMP
BIB: ἀνωφελεῖς καὶ μάταιοι
NAS: for they are unprofitable and worthless.
KJV: unprofitable and vain.
INT: unprofitable and worthless James 1:26 Adj-NMS
BIB: αὐτοῦ τούτου μάταιος ἡ θρησκεία
NAS: this man's religion is worthless.
KJV: this man's religion [is] vain.
INT: of himself of this one worthless [is] the religion 1 Peter 1:18 Adj-GFS
BIB: ἐκ τῆς ματαίας ὑμῶν ἀναστροφῆς
NAS: gold from your futile way of life
KJV: your vain conversation
INT: from the futile of you manner of life 6 Occurrences
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