ΜΑΤΑΙΟΙ, ματαιοι
MATAIOI, mataioi
Sounds Like: mah-TAH-ee-oy
Translations: vain, empty, worthless, foolish, useless, a vain person, foolish people
From the root: ΜΑΤΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as empty, useless, or without purpose. It can refer to things that are futile or ineffective, or to people who are foolish, worthless, or given to empty pursuits. It is often used to denote a lack of substance or truth.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3152 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΤΑΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΑΝΤΑΙΟΤΗΣ — vanity, futility, emptiness, worthlessness, uselessness
- ΜΑΤ — vain, empty, worthless, futile, a vain thing, an empty thing
- ΜΑΤΑ — vain, empty, futile, worthless, useless, a vain thing
- ΜΑΤΑΙΑ — vain, empty, futile, useless, vain things, empty things, futile things
- ΜΑΤΑΙΑΙ — vain, empty, futile, useless, worthless, idle
- ΜΑΤΑΙΑΙΣ — (to) vain, (to) empty, (to) futile, (to) worthless
- ΜΑΤΑΙΑΝ — vain, futile, empty, useless, a vain thing, a useless thing
- ΜΑΤΑΙΑΣ — vain, empty, futile, worthless, useless, idle
- ΜΑΤΑΙΟΙΣ — vain, empty, futile, useless, worthless, foolish
- ΜΑΤΑΙΟΝ — vain, empty, useless, worthless, futile, a vain thing, an empty thing
- ΜΑΤΑΙΟΣ — vain, empty, worthless, futile, useless, a vain thing, an empty thing
- ΜΑΤΑΙΟΥΣ — vain, empty, futile, worthless, useless, idle, a vain thing, an empty thing, a futile thing
- ΜΑΤΑΙΩΝ — of vain things, of worthless things, of empty things, of futile things, of useless things
- ΜΑΤΑΙΩΣ — in vain, uselessly, without cause, to no purpose, idly, groundlessly
- ΜΑΤΕΑ — vain, empty, worthless, futile, a vain thing
- ΜΑΤΕΑΝ — vain, empty, futile, useless, a vain thing, an empty thing
- ΜΑΤΕΟΙ — vain, empty, worthless, futile, useless, a vain thing, an empty thing
- ΜΑΤΕΟΝ — in vain, vainly, without cause, to no purpose
- ΜΑΤΕΩΝ — vain, empty, worthless, futile, useless, foolish
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