Strong's Concordance mataiotés: vanity, emptiness Original Word: ματαιότης, τητος, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mataiotés Phonetic Spelling: (mat-ah-yot'-ace) Short Definition: vanity, purposelessness Definition: vanity, emptiness, unreality, purposelessness, ineffectiveness, instability, frailty; false religion. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 3153 mataiótēs (a noun) – aimlessness due to lacking purpose or any meaningful end; nonsense because transitory. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3153: ματαιότηςματαιότης, ματαιότητος, ἡ (μάταιος, which see), a purely Biblical and ecclesiastical word ((Pollux 50:6 c. 32 § 134)); the Sept. for הֶבֶל (often in Ecclesiastes), also for שָׁוְא, etc.; vanity; a. what is devoid of truth and appropriateness: ὑπέρογκα ματαιότητος (genitive of quality), 2 Peter 2:18. b. perverseness, depravation: τοῦ νως, Ephesians 4:17. c. frailty, want of vigor: Romans 8:20. From mataios; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity -- vanity. see GREEK mataios Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 31533 Occurrences ματαιότητι — 2 Occ. ματαιότητος — 1 Occ. Romans 8:20 N-DFS GRK: τῇ γὰρ ματαιότητι ἡ κτίσις NAS: was subjected to futility, not willingly, KJV: was made subject to vanity, not INT: to the indeed futility the creation Ephesians 4:17 N-DFS 2 Peter 2:18 N-GFS |
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