μάταιος, -ον (as in Att.., but -αία, -αιον, 1Co.15:17, 1Pe.1:18; μάτην), [in LXX for שָׁוְא, הֶבֶל, כָּזָב, etc. ;] vain, useless: ἀνωφελὴς κ. μ., Tit.3:9; πίστις, 1Co.15:17; θρησκεία, Jas.1:26; διαλογισμοί, 1Co.3:20 (LXX); ἀναστροφή, 1Pe.1:18; of idols and heathen gods, τὰ μ. (Jer.2:5, 4Ki.17:15, al.): Act.14:15 SYN.: κενός, q.v (AS)
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G3152 — μάταιος
mataios · futile · Greek
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Acts 14:15 · ματαίωνand saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:1 Corinthians 3:20 · μάταιοι.¶and again, The Lord knoweth the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.1 Corinthians 15:17 · ματαίαand if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.Titus 3:9 · μάταιοι.but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.James 1:26 · μάταιοςIf any man thinketh himself to be religious, while he bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his heart, this man’s religion is vain.1 Peter 1:18 · ματαίαςknowing that ye were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers;