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Strong's G3152 · Greek

μάταιος

mataios · mat'-ah-yos

from the base of 3155; empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

μάταιος (G3152)

6 μάταιος , -ον (as in Att., but -αία, -αιον , I Co 15:17 , I Pe 1:18 ; μάτην ), [in LXX for שָׁוְא , הֶבֶל , כָּזָב , etc.;] vain , useless : ἀνωφελὴς κ. μ. , Tit 3:9 ; πίστις , I Co 15:17 ; θρησκεία , Ja 1:26 ; διαλογισμοί , I Co 3:20 (LXX) ; ἀναστροφή , I Pe 1:18 ; of idols and heathen gods, τὰ μ. ( Je 2:5 , IV Ki 17:15 , al.): Ac 14:15 . SYN. : κενός , q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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