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Lexicon :: Strong's G3153 - mataiotēs

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ματαιότης
Transliteration
mataiotēs (Key)
Pronunciation
mat-ah-yot'-ace
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:523,571

Strong’s Definitions

ματαιότης mataiótēs, mat-ah-yot'-ace; from G3152; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity:—vanity.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3153 in the following manner: vanity (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3153 in the following manner: vanity (3x).

  1. what is devoid of truth and appropriateness

  2. perverseness, depravity

  3. frailty, want of vigour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ματαιότης mataiótēs, mat-ah-yot'-ace; from G3152; inutility; figuratively, transientness; morally, depravity:—vanity.
STRONGS G3153:
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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Romans
8:20
Ephesians
4:17
2 Peter
2:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3153 matches the Greek ματαιότης (mataiotēs),
which occurs 54 times in 46 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - (LXX 4:3) O ye sons of men, how long will ye be [fn]slow of heart? wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - (LXX 25:4) I have not sat with the council of vanity, and will in nowise enter in with transgressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - (LXX 30:7) Thou hast hated them that idly persist in vanities: but I have hoped in the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - (LXX 37:13) While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - (LXX 38:6) Behold, thou hast made my days [fn]old; and my existence is as nothing before thee: nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - (LXX 39:5) Blessed is the man whose hope is the name of the Lord, and who has not regarded vanities and false frenzies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - (LXX 51:9) Behold the man who made not God his help; but trusted in the abundance of his wealth, and strengthened himself in his vanity.

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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 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - (LXX 77:33) And their days were consumed in vanity, and their years with anxiety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - (LXX 118:37) Turn away mine eyes that I may not behold vanity: quicken thou me in thy way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20 - (LXX 138:20) For thou wilt say concerning their thought, that they shall take thy cities in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - (LXX 143:4) Man is like to vanity: his days pass as a shadow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8 - (LXX 143:8) whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - (LXX 143:11) Deliver me, and rescue me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth has spoken vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - He that sows wickedness shall reap troubles; and shall fully receive the punishment of his deeds. (LXX 22:8a) [fn]God loves a cheerful and liberal man; but a man shall fully prove the folly of his works.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I beheld all the works that were wrought under the sun; and, behold, all were vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: and, behold, this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - And I looked on all my works which my hands had wrought, and on my labour which I laboured to perform: and, behold, all was vanity and waywardness of spirit, and there is no advantage under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, so shall it be to me, even to me; and to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, because the fool speaks of his abundance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated life; because the work that was wrought under the sun was evil before me: for all is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? and whether he will have power over all my labour in which I laboured, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is such a man that his labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in fortitude; yet this man shall give his portion to one who has not laboured therein. This is also vanity and great evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; in the night also his heart rests not. This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For God has given to the man who is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but he has given to the sinner trouble, to add and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God; for this is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - Also to them is the event of the sons of man, and the event of the brute; one event befalls them: as is the death of the one, so also the death of the other; and there is one breath to all: and what has the man more than the brute? nothing; for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - And I saw all labour, and all the diligent work, that this is a man's envy from his neighbour. This is also vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - So I returned, and saw vanity under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them: and the last shall not rejoice in him: for this also is vanity and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - (LXX 5:6) For there is evil in a multitude of dreams and vanities and many words: but fear thou God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - (LXX 5:9) He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver: and who has loved gain, in the abundance thereof? this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honour, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - For he came in vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered in darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - The sight of the eyes is better than that which wanders in soul: this is also vanity, and waywardness of spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - For there are many things which increase vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - What advantage has a man? for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - As the sound of thorns under a caldron, so is the laughter of fools: this is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - I have seen all things in the days of my vanity: there is a just man perishing in his justice, and there is an ungodly man remaining in his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - And then I saw the ungodly carried into the tombs, and that out of the holy place: and they departed, and were praised in the city, because they had done thus: this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there are righteous persons to whom it happens according to the doing of the ungodly; and there are ungodly men, to whom it happens according to the doing of the just: I said, This is also vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - And see life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which are given thee under the sun: for that is thy portion in thy life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - For even if a man should live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and folly are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher; all is vanity.
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