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Lexicon :: Strong's G3155 - matēn

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μάτην
Transliteration
matēn (Key)
Pronunciation
mat'-ane
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Accus. of a derivative of the base of μασάομαι (G3145) (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
19x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:523,571

Strong’s Definitions

μάτην mátēn, mat'-ane; accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose:—in vain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3155 in the following manner: in vain (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3155 in the following manner: in vain (2x).

  1. in vain, fruitlessly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάτην mátēn, mat'-ane; accusative case of a derivative of the base of G3145 (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose:—in vain.
STRONGS G3155:
μάτην (accusative (cf. Winers Grammar, 230 (216); Buttmann, § 131, 12) of μάτη, equivalent to ματία, a futile attempt, folly, fault), adverb, from Pindar, Aeschylus down, in vain, fruitlessly: Matthew 15:9 and Mark 7:7, after Isaiah 29:13 the Sept..
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
29:13
Matthew
15:9
Mark
7:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3155 matches the Greek μάτην (matēn),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:20 - Ahab said to Elijah, “So you have found me, my enemy!” “I have found you,” he answered, “because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:7 - Since they hid their net for me without cause and without cause dug a pit for me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - “Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:6 - When one of them comes to see me, he speaks falsely, while his heart gathers slander; then he goes out and spreads it around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 63:9 - Those who want to kill me will be destroyed; they will go down to the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 - A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to[fn] those he loves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:30 - Do not accuse anyone for no reason— when they have done you no harm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:3 - I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:17 - I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge, the lie, and water will overflow your hiding place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:13 - The Lord says: “These people come near to me with their mouth and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. Their worship of me is based on merely human rules they have been taught.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:4 - Though they have officials in Zoan and their envoys have arrived in Hanes,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:29 - See, they are all false! Their deeds amount to nothing; their images are but wind and confusion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:30 - “In vain I punished your people; they did not respond to correction. Your sword has devoured your prophets like a ravenous lion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:30 - What are you doing, you devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why highlight your eyes with makeup? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they want to kill you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:8 - “ ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 14:23 - You will be consoled when you see their conduct and their actions, for you will know that I have done nothing in it without cause, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
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