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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 -
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?
How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood?
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:4 -
I have not sat with men of falsehood;
Neither will I go in with dissemblers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:6

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I hate them that regard lying vanities;
But I trust in Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 -
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;
And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
And meditate deceits all the day long.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:5

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Behold, thou hast made my days as handbreadths;
And my life-time is as nothing before thee:
Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:4

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Blessed is the man that maketh Jehovah his trust,
And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 52:7

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Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength,
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his wickedness.

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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 78:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:33 -
Therefore their days did he consume in vanity,
And their years in terror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:37 -
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity,
And quicken me in thy ways.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:20 -
For they speak against thee wickedly,
And thine enemies take thy name in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:4 -
Man is like to vanity:
His days are as a shadow that passeth away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:8 -
Whose mouth speaketh deceit,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 144:11 -
Rescue me, and deliver me out of the hand of aliens,
Whose mouth speaketh deceit,
And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:8 -
He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity;
And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:2

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:14 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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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; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:15 - Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:17 - So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skilfulness; yet to a man that hath not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:23 - For all his days are but sorrows, and his travail is grief; yea, even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that pleaseth God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:19 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:4 - Then I saw all labor and every skilful work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:7 - Then 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 that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches. For whom then, saith he, do I labor, and deprive my soul of good? This also is vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:16 - There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was: yet they that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:7 - For in the multitude of dreams there are vanities, and in many words: but fear thou God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:10 - He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:2 - a man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacketh nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but an alien eateth it; this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:4 - for it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and the name thereof is covered with darkness;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:9 - Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and a striving after wind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 6:12 - For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can 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 - For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:15 - All this have I seen in my days of vanity: there is a righteous man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his evil-doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - So I saw the wicked buried, and they came to the grave; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: 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 men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there are wicked men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:9 - Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of thy life of vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all thy days of vanity: for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labor wherein thou laborest under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:8 - Yea, if a man live many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that cometh 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 the dawn of life are vanity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:8

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