ΜΑΤΑΙΩΝ, ματαιων
MATAIŌN, mataiōn
Sounds Like: mah-TAH-ee-ohn
Translations: of vain things, of worthless things, of empty things, of futile things, of useless things
From the root: ΜΑΤΑΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes things that are empty, useless, worthless, or without purpose. It refers to something that lacks substance or value, often implying a sense of futility or pointlessness. It can be used to describe actions, beliefs, or objects that are ultimately unproductive or meaningless.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G3152 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:139
Codex Sinaiticus
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 91:3
Pseudo Clement of Rome
- Clement’s Second Letter — 19:2
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
- Mandate 12 — 6:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 14:15
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
- ΜΑΤΑΙΟΙ — vain, empty, worthless, foolish, useless, a vain person, foolish people
- 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
- 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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