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Lexicon :: Strong's G1500 - eikē

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εἰκῇ
Transliteration
eikē (Key)
Pronunciation
i-kay'
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Part of Speech
adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from εἴκω (G1502) (through the idea of failure)
mGNT
6x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
7x in 2 unique form(s)
LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:380,203

Strong’s Definitions

εἰκῆ eikē, i-kay'; probably from G1502 (through the idea of failure); idly, i.e. without reason (or effect):—without a cause, (in) vain(-ly).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G1500 in the following manner: in vain (5x), without a cause (1x), vainly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G1500 in the following manner: in vain (5x), without a cause (1x), vainly (1x).
  1. inconsiderably, without purpose, without just cause

  2. in vain

    1. without success or effort

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
εἰκῆ eikē, i-kay'; probably from G1502 (through the idea of failure); idly, i.e. without reason (or effect):—without a cause, (in) vain(-ly).
STRONGS G1500:
εἰκῇ (L WH Relz εἰκῇ; cf. Bttm. Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 342; Buttmann, 69 (61); [Winers Grammar, § 5, 4 e.; Jelf, § 324 Obs. 6; Kühner, § 336 Anm. 7; especially Etym. Magn. 78, 26f; and references under the word Ι, ι]), adverb; in Greek writings from Aeschylus down;
1. inconsiderately, without purpose, without just cause: Matthew 5:22 R G Tr brackets; Romans 13:4 (i. e. 'not to hide it in the scabbard, but to draw it' Fritzsche); Colossians 2:18.
2. in vain; without success or effect: 1 Corinthians 15:2; Galatians 3:4; Galatians 4:11. [From Xenophon, Aeschylus down.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:22
Romans
13:4
1 Corinthians
15:2
Galatians
3:4; 4:11
Colossians
2:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1500 matches the Greek εἰκῇ (eikē),
which occurs 6 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 13:4 - for it is a minister G1249 of God G2316 to you for good. G18 But if G1437 you do G4160 what G2556 is evil, G2556 be afraid; G5399 for it does not bear G5409 the sword G3162 for nothing; G1500 for it is a minister G1249 of God, G2316 an avenger G1558 who brings wrath G3709 on the one who practices G4238 evil. G2556
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:2 - by which G3739 also G2532 you are saved, G4982 if G1487 you hold G2722 fast G2722 [fn]the word G3056 which G5101 I preached G2097 to you, unless G1487 G3361 you believed G4100 in vain. G1500
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:4 - Did you [fn]suffer G3958 so G5118 many G5118 things G5118 in vain G1500—if G1487 indeed G1065 G2532 it was in vain? G1500
Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:11 - I fear G5399 for you, that perhaps G4458 I have labored G2872 [fn]over G1519 you in vain. G1500
Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:18 - Let no G3367 one G3367 keep [fn]defrauding G2603 you of your prize G2603 by delighting G2309 in [fn]self-abasement G5012 and the worship G2356 of the angels, G32 [fn]taking G1687 his stand G1687 on visions he has seen, G3708 [fn]inflated G5448 without G1500 cause G1500 by his fleshly G4561 mind, G3563
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