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Lexicon :: Strong's G3152 - mataios

Aa
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.)
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:7 - Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain; for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:1 - Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 17:7 - And they shall no more sacrifice their sacrifices unto the he-goats, after which they play the harlot. This shall be a statute forever unto them throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:11 - Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:2 - Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel, and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:13 - for all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned, and wherewith they made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:26 - For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sins wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger with their vanities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:25 - (But there was none like unto Ahab, who did sell himself to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:15 - And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:15 - and he appointed him priests for the high places, and for the he-goats, and for the calves which he had made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:18 -
That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down;
According to the substance that he hath gotten, he shall not rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:16 -
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vanity;
He multiplieth words without knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:7 -
Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God:
For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;
Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 -
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is very wickedness;
Their throat is an open sepulchre;
They flatter with their tongue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 -
They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor:
With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 24:4 -
He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
Who hath not lifted up his soul unto falsehood,
And hath not sworn deceitfully.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -
Give us help against the adversary;
For vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 -
Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:
In the balances they will go up;
They are together lighter than vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:13 -
Surely in vain have I cleansed my heart,
And washed my hands in innocency;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:47 -
Oh remember how short my time is:
For what vanity hast thou created all the children of men!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:11 -
Jehovah knoweth the thoughts of man,
That they are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:12 -
Give us help against the adversary;
For vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:11 -
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread;
But he that followeth after vain persons is void of understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:6 -
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
Is a vapor driven to and fro by them that seek death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:2 -
As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,
So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:8 -
Remove far from me falsehood and lies;
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the food that is needful for me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:30 -
Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain;
But a woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; new moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies,—I cannot away with iniquity and the solemn meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:20 - In that day men shall cast away their idols of silver, and their idols of gold, which have been made for them to worship, to the moles and to the bats;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 22:2 - O thou that art full of shoutings, a tumultuous city, a joyous town; thy slain are not slain with the sword, neither are they dead in battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:29 - This also cometh forth from Jehovah of hosts, who is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it shall be as when a hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:7 - For Egypt helpeth in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I called her Rahab that sitteth still.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. And ye would not:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:28 - and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 31:2 - Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:11 - Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:9 - They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 45:19 - I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness; I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I, Jehovah, speak righteousness, I declare things that are 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 nought and vanity; yet surely the justice due to me is with Jehovah, and my recompense with my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:5 - Thus saith Jehovah, What unrighteousness have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:19 - Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: is not Jehovah in Zion? is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:3 - For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:15 - They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:18 - They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:14 -
Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions;
And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity,
But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:17 -
Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help:
In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:10 - So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

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