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)
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G3153 — ματαιότης
mataiotēs · futility · Greek
3 tagged verse occurrences
Romans 8:20 · ματαιότητιFor the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hopeEphesians 4:17 · ματαιότητιSo I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.2 Peter 2:18 · ματαιότητοςWith lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.