Strong G3153ματαιότης
futility
- Transliteration
- mataiotēs
- Pronunciation
- mat-ah-yot'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3152; inutility; figuratively transientness; morally depravity: - vanity.
Detailed definition
ματαιότης, -ητος, ἡ
(μάταιος), [in LXX for הֶבֶל, Psa.31:6 39:5 62:9, al., and nearly 40 times in Ec; for שָׁוְא, Psa.25:4, al.; רִיק, etc.;]
vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: Rom.8:20, 2Pe.2:18; τ. νοός, Eph.4:17 (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).†
(AS)
(μάταιος), [in LXX for הֶבֶל, Psa.31:6 39:5 62:9, al., and nearly 40 times in Ec; for שָׁוְא, Psa.25:4, al.; רִיק, etc.;]
vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: Rom.8:20, 2Pe.2:18; τ. νοός, Eph.4:17 (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3153 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- vanity3
First verses
- Romans 8:20For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
- Ephesians 4:17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,
- 2 Peter 2:18For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μᾰταιότης, ητος, ἡ,
vanity, purposelessness, ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Eccl.1.2, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.426; τῇ μ. ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη NT.Rom.8.20)]; folly, ἀνθρώπων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.26 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
vanity, purposelessness, ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων [LXX+1st c.AD+ (LXX.Eccl.1.2, compare 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.426; τῇ μ. ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη NT.Rom.8.20)]; folly, ἀνθρώπων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.26 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]