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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Exo 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - “You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not [fn]leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - “They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the [fn]goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - ‘You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not [fn]leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their [fn]idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel with their [fn]idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, [fn]because Jezebel his wife incited him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - “He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - So Job opens his mouth [fn]emptily;
He multiplies words without knowledge.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God!
For You [fn]have smitten all my enemies on the [fn]cheek;
You [fn]have shattered the teeth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - There is nothing [fn]reliable in [fn]what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They [fn]flatter with their tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - They speak [fn]falsehood to one another;
With flattering [fn]lips and with a double heart they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - He who has clean hands and a pure heart,
Who has not lifted up his soul [fn]to falsehood
And has not sworn deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - O give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance [fn]by man is in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie;
In the balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - Surely in vain I have [fn]kept my heart pure
And washed my hands in innocence;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - Remember [fn]what my span of life is;
For what vanity [fn]You have created all the sons of men!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The LORD knows the thoughts of man,
[fn]That they are a mere breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Oh give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance [fn]by man is in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who pursues worthless things lacks [fn]sense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting vapor, the [fn]pursuit of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a sparrow in its [fn]flitting, like a swallow in its flying,
So a curse without cause does not [fn]alight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Keep deception and [fn]lies far from me,
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is my portion,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who [fn]fears the LORD, she shall be praised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - “Bring your worthless offerings no longer,
Incense is an abomination to Me.
New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats
Their idols of silver and their idols of gold,
Which they made for themselves to worship,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - You who were full of noise,
You boisterous town, you exultant city;
Your slain were not slain with the sword,
Nor [fn]did they die in battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - This also comes from the LORD of hosts,
Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be as when a hungry man dreams—
And behold, he is eating;
But when he awakens, his [fn]hunger is not satisfied,
Or as when a thirsty man dreams—
And behold, he is drinking,
But when he awakens, behold, he is faint
And his [fn]thirst is not quenched.
Thus the multitude of all the nations will be
Who wage war against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty.
Therefore, I have called [fn]her
“[fn]Rahab who has been exterminated.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - For thus the Lord [fn]GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said,
“In [fn]repentance and rest you will be saved,
In quietness and trust is your strength.”
But you were not willing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His breath is like an overflowing torrent,
Which reaches to the neck,
To shake the nations back and forth in a [fn]sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which [fn]leads to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 - Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster
And does not retract His words,
But will arise against the house of evildoers
And against the help of the workers of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For a fool speaks nonsense,
And his heart [fn]inclines toward wickedness:
To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD,
To [fn]keep the hungry person unsatisfied
And [fn]to withhold drink from the thirsty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11 - “You have conceived [fn]chaff, you will give birth to stubble;
[fn]My breath will consume you like a fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - Those who fashion [fn]a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - “I have not spoken in secret,
In [fn]some dark land;
I did not say to the [fn]offspring of Jacob,
‘Seek Me in [fn]a waste place’;
I, the LORD, speak righteousness,
Declaring things that are upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - But I said, “I have toiled in vain,
I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity;
Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD,
And My reward with My God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one sues righteously and no one pleads [fn]honestly.
They trust in confusion and speak lies;
They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - Thus says the LORD,
“What injustice did your fathers find in Me,
That they went far from Me
And walked after emptiness and became empty?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land:
“Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”
“Why have they provoked Me with their graven images, with foreign [fn]idols?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the peoples are [fn]delusion;
Because it is wood cut from the forest,
The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - They are worthless, a work of mockery;
In the time of their punishment they will perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - Your prophets have seen for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not exposed your iniquity
So as to restore you from captivity,
But they have seen for you false and misleading [fn]oracles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Yet our eyes failed,
Looking for [fn]help was useless;
In our watching we have watched
For a nation that could not save.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10 - So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around.

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