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, ‘Men, why these things do ye? and we are men like-affected with you, proclaiming good news to you, from these vanities to turn unto the living God, who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all the things in them;1 Corinthians 3:20 · μάταιοι.¶and again, ‘The Lord doth know the reasonings of the wise, that they are vain.’1 Corinthians 15:17 · ματαίαand if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;Titus 3:9 · μάταιοι.and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from—for they are unprofitable and vain.James 1:26 · μάταιοςIf any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;1 Peter 1:18 · ματαίαςhaving known that, not with corruptible things—silver or gold—were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,