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Lexicon :: Strong's G3152 - mataios

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μάταιος
Transliteration
mataios (Key)
Pronunciation
mat'-ah-yos
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From the base of μάτην (G3155)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:519,571

Trench's Synonyms: xlix. κενός, μάταιος.

Strong’s Definitions

μάταιος mátaios, mat'-ah-yos; from the base of G3155; empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol:—vain, vanity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G3152 in the following manner: vain (5x), vanities (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G3152 in the following manner: vain (5x), vanities (1x).

  1. devoid of force, truth, success, result

  2. useless, of no purpose

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάταιος mátaios, mat'-ah-yos; from the base of G3155; empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol:—vain, vanity.
STRONGS G3152:
μάταιος, μάταια (1 Corinthians 15:17; (1 Peter 1:18)), μάταιον, also μάταιος, μάταιον (James 1:26; Titus 3:9) (cf. WHs Appendix, p. 157; Winer's Grammar, § 11, 1) (from μάτην), the Sept. for הֶבֶל, שָׁוְא, כָּזָב (a lie), etc.; as in secular authors (Latincanus) devoid of force, truth, success, result (A. V. uniformly vain): universally, ἡ θρησκεία, James 1:26; useless, to no purpose, ἡ πίστις, 1 Corinthians 15:17; foolish, διαλογισμοί, 1 Corinthians 3:20; ζητήσεις, Titus 3:9; given to vain things and leading away from salvation, ἀναστροφή, 1 Peter 1:18. τά μάταια, vain things, vanities, of heathen deities and their worship (הֶבֶל, Jeremiah 2:5; Jeremiah 10:3; הַהֶבֶל אַחֲרֵי יָלַך, πορεύεσθαι ὀπίσω τῶν ματαίων, 2 Kings 17:15; הֲבָלִים, μάταια, Jeremiah 8:19; εἴδωλα, Deuteronomy 32:21; Jeremiah 14:22): Acts 14:15. (Cf. Trench, Synonyms, § xlix.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
32:21
2 Kings
17:15
Jeremiah
2:5; 8:19; 10:3; 14:22
Acts
14:15
1 Corinthians
3:20; 15:17; 15:17
Titus
3:9; 3:9
James
1:26; 1:26
1 Peter
1:18; 1:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3152 matches the Greek μάταιος (mataios),
which occurs 73 times in 68 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 20:7–Eze 8:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - And they shall no longer offer their sacrifices to vain gods after which they go a whoring; it shall be a perpetual statute to you for your generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord thy God will certainly not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - Forasmuch as I lifted thee up from the earth, and made thee ruler over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast caused my people Israel to sin, to provoke me with their vanities;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasa and Ela his son, as he led Israel astray to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel with their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - And he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nabat, and in his sins wherewith he caused Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel by their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - (LXX 20:25) But Achaab did wickedly, [fn]in that he sold himself to do that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, as his wife Jezabel led him astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they kept not any of his testimonies which he charged them; and they walked after vanities, and became vain, and after the nations round about them, concerning which the Lord had charged them not to do accordingly.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - And he made for himself priests of the high places, and for the idols, and for the vanities, and for the calves which Jeroboam made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - He has laboured unprofitably and in vain, for wealth of which he shall not taste: it is as a lean thing, unfit for food, which he cannot swallow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - Yet Job vainly opens his mouth, in ignorance he multiplies words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - (LXX 3:8) Arise, Lord; deliver me, my God: for thou hast smitten all who were without cause mine enemies; thou hast broken the teeth of sinners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - (LXX 5:10) For there is no truth in their mouth; their heart is vain; their [fn] throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - (LXX 11:3) Every one has spoken vanity to his neighbour: their lips are deceitful, they have spoken with a double heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - (LXX 23:4) He that is innocent in his hands and pure in his heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully [fn]to his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - (LXX 59:13) Give us help from trouble: for vain is the deliverance of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - (LXX 61:10) But the sons of men are vain; the sons of men are false, so as to be deceitful in the balances; they are [fn]all alike formed out of vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - (LXX 72:13) And I said, Verily in vain have I justified my heart, and washed my hands in innocency.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - (LXX 88:48) Remember what my being is: for hast thou created all the sons of men in vain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - (LXX 93:11) [fn] The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - (LXX 107:13) Give us help from tribulation: for vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - He that gathers treasures with a lying tongue pursues vanity on to the snares of death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - As birds and sparrows fly, so a curse shall not come upon any one without a cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Remove far from me vanity and falsehood: and give me not wealth or poverty; but appoint me what is needful and sufficient:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charms are false, and woman's beauty is vain: for it is a wise woman that is blessed, and let her praise the fear of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Though ye bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; I cannot bear your new moons, and your sabbaths, and the great day;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - For in that day a man shall cast forth his silver and gold abominations, which they made in order to worship vanities and bats;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - The city is filled with shouting men: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - And these signs came forth from the Lord of hosts. Take counsel, exalt vain comfort.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - The Egyptians shall help you utterly in vain: tell them, This your consolation is vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - Thus saith the Lord, the Holy Lord of Israel; When thou shalt turn and mourn, then thou shalt be saved; and thou shalt know where thou wast, when thou didst trust in vanities: then your strength became vain, yet ye would not hearken:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - And his breath, as rushing water in a valley, shall reach as far as the neck, and be divided, to confound the nations for their vain error: error also shall pursue them, and [fn]overtake them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 - Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11 - Now shall ye see, now shall ye perceive; the strength of your breath shall be vain; fire shall devour you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - But they that framed false gods did not then hearken; and they that graved images are all vain, performing their own desires, which shall not profit them, but they shall be ashamed

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not spoken in secret, nor in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek vanity: [fn]I, even I, am the Lord, speaking righteousness, and proclaiming truth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labour before my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - None speaks justly, neither is there true judgment: they trust in vanities, and speak empty words; for they conceive trouble, and bring forth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - Thus saith the Lord, What trespass have your fathers found in me, that they have revolted far from me, and gone after vanities, and become vain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Behold, there is a sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off: Is not the Lord in Sion? is there not a king there? because they have provoked me with their graven images, and with strange vanities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the nations are vain; it is a tree cut out of the forest, the work of the carpenter, or a molten image.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are vain works, wrought in mockery; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - (LXX 28:18) They are vain works, objects of scorn; in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Nun. Thy prophets have seen for thee vanities and folly: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn back thy captivity; but they have seen for thee vain burdens, and worthless visions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Phe. While we yet lived our eyes failed, while we looked in vain for our help. Tsade. We looked to a nation that could not save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10 - So I went in and looked; and beheld vain abominations, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon them round about.

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