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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3153 - ματαιότης

Transliteration

mataiótēs

Phonetics

mat-ah-yot'-ace

Origin

from (G3152)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

4:523,571

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

what is devoid of truth and appropriateness
perverseness, depravity
frailty, want of vigour

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1892 ‑ הֲבֵל (heh'‑bel, hab‑ale'); 1942 ‑ הַוָּה (hav‑vaw'); 7385 ‑ רִיק (reek); 7723 ‑ שַׁו (shawv, shav);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

2 Peter 1

NAS (3)

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

2 Peter 1

HCS (3)

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

2 Peter 1

BSB (3)

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

2 Peter 1

ESV (3)

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

2 Peter 1

WEB (3)

Romans 1

Ephesians 1

2 Peter 1

KJV (3)

vanity 3

NAS (3)

futility 2

vanity 1

HCS (3)

empty words 1

futility 1

to futility 1

BSB (3)

[but] empty 1

[the] futility 1

futility 1

ESV (3)

folly 1

futility 2

WEB (3)

the futility 1

to vanity 1

words of emptiness 1

RAH

N-APF 3

N-ASF 8

N-DSF 4

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 6

N-NPF 1

N-NSF 28

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

BEZ

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

BGB

N-DFS 2

N-GFS 1

BMT

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

BYZ

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

ELZ

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

NA26

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

SBL

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

SCV

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

STV

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

TIS

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

μᾰταιότης, ητος, ἡ,

vanity, purposelessness, ματαιότης ματαιοτήτων LXX Ecclesiastes 1:2, cf. Ph. 1.426; τῇ μ. ἡ κτίσις ὑπετάγη Romans 8:20; folly, ἀνθρώπων Phld. Rh. 2.26 S.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ματαιότης, 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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ματαότης , -ητος , ἡ

(< μάταιος ),

[in LXX for H1892, Psalms 31:6; Psalms 39:5; Psalms 62:9, al., and nearly 40 times in Ec; for H7723, Psalms 25:4, al.; H7385, etc.;]

vanity, emptiness, frailty, folly: Romans 8:20, 2 Peter 2:18; τ . νοός , Ephesians 4:17 (elsewhere only in Pollux, 6, 134, and Eccl.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

This subst., which ";suggests either absence of purpose or failure to attain any true purpose"; (Robinson Eph., p. 189), is found ter in the NT (Romans 8:20, Ephesians 4:17, 2 Peter 2:18) and frequently in the LXX, but rarely in any secular author, cf. Pollux 6. 134 and Sextus Empiricus adv. Math. i. 278. The word is restored in CIG IV. 8743.6.

List of Word Forms

ματαιότης ματαιότητα ματαιότητας ματαιοτητι ματαιότητι ματαιοτητος ματαιότητος ματαιότητός ματαιοτήτων mataioteti mataiotēti mataióteti mataiótēti mataiotetos mataiotētos mataiótetos mataiótētos