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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 Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness
And seek falsehood? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 - I have not sat with idolatrous mortals,
Nor will I go in with hypocrites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6 - I have hated those who regard useless idols;
But I trust in the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5 - Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths,
And my age is as nothing before You;
Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4 - Blessed is that man who makes the LORD his trust,
And does not respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 52:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7 - “Here is the man who did not make God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his wickedness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 - Therefore their days He consumed in futility,
And their years in fear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 - Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,
And revive me in Your way.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20 - For they speak against You wickedly;
Your enemies take Your name in vain.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 - Man is like a breath;
His days are like a passing shadow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8 - Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 - Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners,
Whose mouth speaks lying words,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood—

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 - He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow,
And the rod of his anger will fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2 - “Vanity[fn] of vanities,” says the Preacher;
“Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and indeed, all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:1 - I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure”; but surely, this also was vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done
And on the labor in which I had toiled;
And indeed all was vanity and grasping for the wind.
There was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - So I said in my heart,
“As it happens to the fool,
It also happens to me,
And why was I then more wise?”
Then I said in my heart,
“This also is vanity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - Therefore I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me, for all is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will rule over all my labor in which I toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; yet he must leave his heritage to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are sorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Again, I saw that for all toil and every skillful work a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:7

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one alone, without companion:
He has neither son nor brother.
Yet there is no end to all his labors,
Nor is his eye satisfied with riches.
But he never asks,
“For whom do I toil and deprive myself of good?”
This also is vanity and a grave misfortune.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There was no end of all the people over whom he was made king;
Yet those who come afterward will not rejoice in him.
Surely this also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - For in the multitude of dreams and many words there is also vanity. But fear God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver;
Nor he who loves abundance, with increase.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - A man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor, so that he lacks nothing for himself of all he desires; yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner consumes it. This is vanity, and it is an evil affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - for it comes in vanity and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire.
This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11 - Since there are many things that increase vanity,
How is man the better?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he passes like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:6 - For like the crackling of thorns under a pot,
So is the laughter of the fool.
This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - I have seen everything in my days of vanity:

There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness,
And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten[fn] in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:14 - There is a vanity which occurs on earth, that there are just men to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous. I said that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - All things come alike to all:

One event happens to the righteous and the wicked;
To the good,[fn] the clean, and the unclean;
To him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice.
As is the good, so is the sinner;
He who takes an oath as he who fears an oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - But if a man lives many years
And rejoices in them all,
Yet let him remember the days of darkness,
For they will be many.
All that is coming is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:10 - Therefore remove sorrow from your heart,
And put away evil from your flesh,
For childhood and youth are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8 - “Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
“All is vanity.”
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