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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 BoxExo 20:7 - “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - “Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols[fn] to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - “You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God, for the LORD will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - “I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - because of all the sins Baasha and his son Elah had committed and had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat, committing the same sin Jeroboam had caused Israel to commit, so that they aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - (There was never anyone like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD, urged on by Jezebel his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - They rejected his decrees and the covenant he had made with their ancestors and the statutes he had warned them to keep. They followed worthless idols and themselves became worthless. They imitated the nations around them although the LORD had ordered them, “Do not do as they do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - when he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat and calf idols he had made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 - What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 - So Job opens his mouth with empty talk; without knowledge he multiplies words.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 - Arise, LORD! Deliver me, my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - Not a word from their mouth can be trusted; their heart is filled with malice. Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they tell lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deception in their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 - The one who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not trust in an idol or swear by a false god.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Surely the lowborn are but a breath, the highborn are but a lie. If weighed on a balance, they are nothing; together they are only a breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 - Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and have washed my hands in innocence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 - Remember how fleeting is my life. For what futility you have created all humanity!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 - The LORD knows all human plans; he knows that they are futile.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 - Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 - Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies have no sense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 - A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 - Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 - Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 - Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations— I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day people will throw away to the moles and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - you town so full of commotion, you city of tumult and revelry? Your slain were not killed by the sword, nor did they die in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - All this also comes from the LORD Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - as when a hungry person dreams of eating, but awakens hungry still; as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking, but awakens faint and thirsty still. So will it be with the hordes of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - to Egypt, whose help is utterly useless. Therefore I call her Rahab the Do-Nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - His breath is like a rushing torrent, rising up to the neck. He shakes the nations in the sieve of destruction; he places in the jaws of the peoples a bit that leads them astray.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 - Yet he too is wise and can bring disaster; he does not take back his words. He will rise up against that wicked nation, against those who help evildoers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11 - You conceive chaff, you give birth to straw; your breath is a fire that consumes you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I declare what is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:4 - But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due me is in the LORD’s hand, and my reward is with my God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - No one calls for justice; no one pleads a case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments, they utter lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: “Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?” “Why have they aroused my anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the practices of the peoples are worthless; they cut a tree out of the forest, and a craftsman shapes it with his chisel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - They are worthless, the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 - The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophecies they gave you were false and misleading.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 - Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10 - So I went in and looked, and I saw portrayed all over the walls all kinds of crawling things and unclean animals and all the idols of Israel.

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