Strong's G3155 · Greek

μάτην

maten · mat'-ane

accusative case of a derivative of the base of 3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

μάτην (G3155)

2 μάτην (prop. acc. of μάτη , a fault , folly ), adv., [in LXX for הֶבֶל , שָׁוְא , etc.;] in vain , to no purpose : Mt 15:9 , Mk 7:7 (LXX) .†

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

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